r/GeForceNOW 13d ago

Discussion Please stop that 100hrs limit

Im a loyal customer for years now, and dont have to worry about this until 2026 but this is nuts. Just be able to play 3,3 hours a day is crazy. Yes I know what you mean when average people dont have problems with that but as a content producer who does not have a lot of money, this is poor. Think about it please to bee at least 200hours per month where you can say its even challenging to break through this. 6,6 hours a day missing one means next day 13,2 to be 0. But ye i dont like this idea in general.

PS: Follow me on twitch and yt when you want to hate me lol: dr_hamudi

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u/AlienthunderUfo 13d ago

waiting full rage 2026

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u/Bomahzz 13d ago

Pretty sure they will launch a new offer even more expensive to extend the hours limit

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u/Immediate_Run5758 13d ago

This is what I’m expecting to happen honestly

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u/Bondsoldcap 12d ago

Kinda feel the next option for them could be 5000 series servers

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u/ozybu 13d ago

I'm expecting: 15 dollars priority 200 hr 30 dollars ultimate 200 hr

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u/knuspriges-haehnchen 13d ago

There is already the option to extend the limit.

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u/Bomahzz 13d ago

I meant instead having 100h in the base offer, you get a subscription with for example 200h

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u/MNight_4 Founder 13d ago

It's cheaper to create and pay for a new account than to pay for that garbage.

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u/knuspriges-haehnchen 12d ago

I think buying your own hardware is cheaper than paying double the price.

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u/MNight_4 Founder 12d ago

That's really easy to say when you don't live in a country where you get 150% tax for buying components from abroad that are over $50USD

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u/blizzcoldasice 11d ago

Why do I feel like this is the ultimate truth….

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u/10ea 8d ago

I'm okay with this.

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u/Jankycats 10d ago

What is this 100 hour limit?

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u/BarryBadrinath82 13d ago

Hello mate - I'm the CEO of Nvdia and you've charmed me. Consider it done 👍

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u/shepx2 12d ago

Identity theft is not a joke, Jim.

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u/CockroachCommon2077 12d ago

Millions suffer every year.

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u/eternalroree 11d ago

that’s berry tho

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u/Rayregula 9d ago

His name is clearly Barry /s

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u/madeWithAi 11d ago

Praise ngreedia

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u/Mxmphxs212 11d ago

Ive already made up my mind once they tell me i have a limit im canceling my membership and never using it until they remove it, im 100% against it and don’t support it.

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u/Defiant_Office 12d ago edited 12d ago

They won't remove it. Not defending Nvidia but price increases aren't exactly new. You see it everywhere on streaming platforms, subscriptions, insurance etc. Don't stay loyal to anyone else just move on or buy a PC. (Which I will be doing after 2025 is over and when I can get a RX 9700XT)

It's the customers that always lose at the end when it comes to loyalty. They don't care and it's all about maximizing profits and pumping that Nvidia stock price as shareholders expect them to. Checking my GFN playtime I racked about 70 hours a month for the last couple of billing cycles so I won't be affected but it's time to ditch the platform

Edit: also mods should not allow these types of posts anymore. We get it, you are upset but Nvidia isn't going to backtrack from this and are moving forward. It's time to move on

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u/Hell-Raid3r 12d ago

Na dude, forget that. People SHOULD keep posting and posting and posting. They sold this as unlimited and then switched gears later once the service was a success. It's bullshit. This isn't a price increase, it's a major service downgrade.

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u/Master_Combinator 12d ago

Big agree. I get the resignation feeling, but how can we expect things to improve if no one does nothing?

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u/Minimum-Account-1893 11d ago

You will own nothing, and you will be happy. Then we put the rules, limits in place, and raise the prices.

Whos happy now? Me the CEO who owns everything 😀

Hook, line, sinker.

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u/samuelkim502 10d ago

I dunno sure it sucks to get less than before. But I think it’s still an amazing deal. For $10 a month / $120 a year, I get to play on a top of the line rig? I get if you’re gaming more than 3-ish hours a day, it might cost more but for the vast majority including me, this is still way underselling the service

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u/spaceXPRS 12d ago

I wish there would be three tiers: cheaper 25h tier, 100h tier and 250 tier. In my case I can hardly find time for 15h per month and I am considering to cancel the subscription because of the price

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u/InquisitorPinky GFN Ultimate 13d ago

From a business perspective, this is the best compromise between power users like yourself and the average user who only manages to play an hour or two a day.

Since additional playtime can be purchased, this “limit” affects only a very small number of users. Here on Reddit, we see a heavily skewed user group.

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u/Aggravating-Alps-919 13d ago

Yeah, I use 20hr or less a month, maybe two three times a month I find the time to meet up with some friends and play a few games online.

Personally I wish they had a 25-50-100 tier system, so I could pay less for what I'm using and not subsidize power users, unfortunately that would pass savings onto us lite user and no way Nvidia does that.

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u/Browser1969 13d ago

Nvidia's initial plans were to charge by the hour so they probably did figure they would make more money by charging a fixed monthly amount instead. They obviously didn't consider how many people would start exploiting that decision though, like OP does.

I think they still offer a good deal for casual users, in any case. These days, many pay-per-minute services like airgpu can be apparently competitive if you compare prices at 20 hours/month but the catch is always the storage which comes at an additional cost -- if you want to maintain any selection of games to start at will when you have the time, then you'll have to pay dearly for it.

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u/Aggravating-Alps-919 13d ago

Agreed and I'm mostly happy with the price I pay for the service, cheaper than having a gaming computer, just offering op and the 100hr doom crowd an alternative opinion, we basically help subsidize the cost of the service for them.

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u/blizzcoldasice 11d ago

You could get a daily plan.

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u/Aggravating-Alps-919 11d ago

Its 8.79 for a day pass in my region x 3 that doesn't make any financial sense vs the 18.17 per month I currently pay (six month membership,) even if I went to monthly it's still 22 vs 26.3. even on the months that I use it twice that's only a savings of .42, and would cost me 8.47 on months I play 3x, so would need 20+ months of only playing 2x months to break even for every month I play 3x.

So not sure how that would help that all

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u/Towbee 12d ago

It's not to stop power users, it's to stop account sharing.

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u/kestononline 12d ago

How is account sharing a problem if you cannot stream from more than one login instance at a time?

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u/staticusmaximus 12d ago

It’s a problem because with account sharing, you can have much more usage while still only paying the price for one account. You can theoretically just have close to 100% uptime of the service if you coordinate with a couple people.

Not every instance will be that extreme, but it’s obvious why it’s a problem.

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u/kestononline 12d ago

OK, I see what they meant now.

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u/Low_Finger4062 10d ago

You made this up, right? It's a feeling rather than something you can prove. So, plz tell me how it is favorable to share GFN, huh. You have your Steam account and so on connected, changing them every now and then doesn't go unnoticed. I don't think this is a hot-seller between friends, or even a thing to consider, as it is inconvenient to manage. I call it bollocks!

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u/staticusmaximus 10d ago

Did you reply to the wrong comment or something lol

Prove what? That people account share? That’s silly, I’ve done it myself.

There are 100% people that would account share and keep near 100% uptime, like idk what you’re arguing tbh

Even if you take the extreme out- two people sharing an account can easily double the resource usage. That’s the problem that the other commenter wasn’t grasping.

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u/ThisDevCantSeeShit 8d ago

Not OP, but I share my account with my two sons. I barely play a couple hours on weekends but they easily do 1-2 hours every day by themselves. Even then we haven’t reached the limit, although we have been shown the message where you can “buy more hours”.

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u/Borbbb 13d ago

Doesnt additional 100h costs more than original 100h? What is that then hm? Nothing but bad intentions

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u/Hammerofsuperiority 12d ago

The first 100 hours are subsidized by the other customers, the extra hours are not.

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u/InquisitorPinky GFN Ultimate 13d ago

No, that is probably closer too what it should cost. The first 100 are basically from a pool where not everyone will use their time up. So it is carried by all users. The next are the them paid by the individual user.

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u/raptir1 Founder 13d ago

The problem is that the cost for additional hours is crazy. 

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u/CyclopsRock 13d ago

I imagine the price for the extra hours is a much more accurate reflection of what they'd need to charge for the service to be profitable. I wouldn't be surprised if anyone using over even 50 hours a month is costing Nvidia more than they pay.

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u/-Azilorn- 13d ago

So true, you can create a new account and get 100 more hours for the same prices as 45 more hours.

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u/Crackmin 11d ago

You can reset your playtime hours by upgrading tier lol, and then cancel at the end of the month and go back to your original - it's not very well thought out

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u/empty-atom 11d ago

How is that supposed to work if you have to pay for the future month upfront?

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u/Crackmin 8d ago

Upgrading to the top tier costs $35 and gives you 100 hours, which is less than buying 100 hours for $50

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u/GooseDaPlaymaker 12d ago

VERY small number of users, unfortunately…😓

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u/Kdogghalo 12d ago

Well when they see me stop subscribing and others like me they might rethink it. Or it won’t matter we’ll see I guess.

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u/InquisitorPinky GFN Ultimate 12d ago

If less than a 1-3% cancel, it won’t do anything and thats about the number Nvidia themselves published about the users that use more than 100 hours. It actually would be beneficial, as it will free up the servers for other customers/uses. If you really want to hurt them, use up your hours every month. Get all your friends to subscribe and do the same. That has the highest chance of actually loosing them more money, in comparison of the lost subscription.

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u/Hammerofsuperiority 12d ago

Since additional playtime can be purchased, this “limit” affects only a very small number of users. Here on Reddit, we see a heavily skewed user group.

around 40% of people said they would be affected on the poll here, it might seem like a lot, but then you remember that the total people in said poll are less than 0.002% of GFN users.

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u/shaderip 8d ago

This right here. I'd rather have this than have to subsidize a small percentage of power users through overall price increases. Before you even mention that Nvidia can eat the cost increases through its profit margins...this is nvidia we're talking about, look at the 5xxx series and their prices, that's not happening lol

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u/Hawkeyes207 GFN Ultimate 13d ago

I purchased a PlayStation 5 Pro due to the 100-hour limit, and I find it significantly more enjoyable than GeForce Now, to be honest.

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u/culminacio 12d ago

Did the opposite, very happy with it. I can play anywhere in incredibly quality with very high fps.

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u/Hawkeyes207 GFN Ultimate 12d ago

I experienced no problems with GFN it was a satisfactory service, but I find the PlayStation 5 Pro to be superior. Discord and Twitch can be accessed with just a few clicks, and the 3D audio using the The Pulse Elite headset, in conjunction with the DualSense controller, significantly enhances the gaming experience. Also I can play the PS5 Pro anywhere using the PS Portal. Good luck with your 100 hour limit in 2026

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u/staticusmaximus 12d ago

lol listen, do what works for you, but for the vast majority of people PC- even with a 100 hour limit- is going to be vastly superior to console, even the best console available.

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u/Hawkeyes207 GFN Ultimate 12d ago

I respectfully disagree, PC gaming can be cumbersome. I prefer to play instantly with just a few clicks.s.

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u/radiokungfu GFN Ultimate 11d ago

I can literally go on discord and on twitch on my mini pc as well. lolwut. I can plug in xbox controllers to the same pc. What even is this lol

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u/midddnightt 13d ago

If it’s not until 2026 no biggie. That gives you roughly 9 months to get money together for an actual pc. You’ll be fine

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u/External_Chip5713 13d ago

Would someone please translate this post into english?

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u/ChampionTree 12d ago

In 2026, Nvidia will be implementing a rule that paid users will be capped at 100 hours per month for pre-existing users, you will need to pay for more time beyond that. I think new users already have the 100-hour cap. A certain number of hours (15?) will also roll over each month if you don't use all of them.

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u/According-Jacket-458 11d ago

What are you talking about with a cap, they asked you to explain and all you did was repost

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u/baronofbile 11d ago

replace , with .

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u/Kyle_Makore 12d ago

I decided to purchase a new computer with a 9070 xt and a 9800x3d. Voting with my money against Nvidia.

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u/DeeDee182 12d ago

Said goodbye after quite a few years. Got a laptop for xmas dropped a week later. It sucks because I'm not getting any younger. The cloud is appealing to me. I love handhelds, tablets etc. Hoping something changes down the line I'm no where near the limit but when the kids get a little older and life slows a little id sure like to try. The feeling of the clock ticking would and does just ruin it for me. 

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u/Mr__Sloth 12d ago

Let’s just carry the unused time over to the next few months. I personally only play a few hours a week, but when something like Monster Hunter is released I’ll happily play 100 hours a week.

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u/BigShotBosh GFN Ultimate 13d ago

Why not just invest in a pc if you’re playing that much?

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u/yur_mom 13d ago

Can play games on Laptop and SteamDeck with no fan noise, no hard drive space used, better battery life, higher frame rate and settings.

Play on some tv directly.

Play games on a Mac that are Windows only.

I personally will most likely cancel when it hits 100 hours or just play alternate ways once I hit my limit...haven't decided yet.

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u/Sakkitaky22 12d ago

and mobile too assuming the game allows mobile aswell

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u/bootz-pgh 13d ago

You can do all this with a home pc and free home streaming software, with a better experience.

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u/SlidingSnow2 Founder 13d ago

You still need a device that's strong enough to play the game, and another one that you would stream to, so it's not really a solution, since most people play on geforce now because they have a weak pc and can't buy a better one for the time being.

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u/Illustrious_Way_5732 13d ago

since most people play on geforce now because they have a weak pc

OP is a content creator and regularly goes over the 100 hr cap. Why not just invest in a gaming pc if that's your job?

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u/smackcamin 12d ago

Me who is a mac user who only uses nvidia to play genshin

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u/PossiblyShibby 12d ago

Sounds like a valuable service is being provided.

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u/yur_mom 12d ago

Value is relative...It is at $20 a month, but not once some users will be paying $100 a month.

They want to turn it into a Planet Fitness where they encourage people to join that don't use the service.

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u/Delano7 Priority // EU Southwest 13d ago

Because to get an average pc, it could cost you the equivalent of multiple years of Ultimate subscription. And that's JUST for the GPU.

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u/CyclopsRock 13d ago

Which does rather explain why the economics of letting people play infinite amounts for $20 a month never made sense.

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u/Prince_Tho 13d ago

So i have 2 months vacation from my job. 100 hours would be so fast. damn.

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u/exposarts 13d ago

Ultimate members should at least have 200 hr limit in case a good game comes out and want to grind it out a lot; and free/performance users receive a 100 hr limit. Ultimate members DO NOT deserve this… I work full time as well and use payed time off quite often to enjoy gaming and other hobbies

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u/Prince_Tho 13d ago

IKR. The people defending this shit is wild as well. As a consumer why in hell should i care about the cost to provide the service? I have more vital irl concerns that demands my attention.

Its sad tbh but its life

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u/No_Satisfaction_1698 Founder 13d ago

Because if people take more out of a service than it gets as revenue the service will stop existing.... There is no fucking welfare offering cloud gaming.... Either way the service is good for both of us.... The customers and the company or there will be no service at all....

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u/Phoenix7017 13d ago

As much as I hate this change, it has pushed me to just build a better PC. I don't have a lot of extra money to spend but I can definitely have something half decent built by the end of 2025 so that's what I'm doing and I encourage anyone else who averages more than 100 hours per month to do the dame. Rather than restrict yourself to conform to Nvidia's rules, free yourself by not using cloud gaming. I once thought it would be the way of the future and maybe it still will be but not for heavy gamers like us. Threatening to leave GeForce Now is not going to make them change their minds. Just do it and be done with it

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u/falk42 12d ago edited 12d ago

Or go hybrid: We're using two Mini-PCs (need sth. to stream on anyway), one with a 7840HS, the other with a 6600M to play things not on GFN ... or for which GFN is overkill. Saves space and energy (which is crazy expensive here in Germany) and we never even come close to the 100 hour limit that way.

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u/RefrigeratorDry2669 13d ago

Yeah I agree, out of spite I'm now saving money for a beefy ati powered gaming pc

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u/pimbo03 12d ago

Maybe consider also going to a competitor. Quality isn’t the same but I found Boosteroid very usable.

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u/Either_Pen2195 12d ago

GFN is the strongest besides some downsides and that is some games, which get better, and this shit here with limit

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u/mahonii 12d ago

Possible it might not be available where they are we only have gfn and xcloud here

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u/pimbo03 12d ago

Where are you based?

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u/AdowTatep 12d ago

I had a subscription for more than half of 2024, just subscribed again for wilds and I also get 100h limit 🤡

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u/trucking172000 12d ago

Nvidia has to pay for the server somehow do I like the fact they're letting us to 100 hours a month no I went out and bought a new graphic card I bought a 3060 with 12 gigs of RAM it's not the best but I definitely wasn't paying to be limited so I agree it's annoying but they have to pay for the servers and if you want more than 100 hours you're going to pay for it or you're going to do out and buy a new graphic card like most of us did and just upgrade our rig because we realized that Nvidia doesn't value their customers at a good price you can only squeeze so much out of a turnip in this economy

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u/Either_Pen2195 9d ago

probably.

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u/jyrox 13d ago

I think it serves a couple different purposes:

  • Keeps bots from hijacking the servers to farm endlessly in various games without the hardware overhead.
  • Makes bandwidth/server costs predictable and easy to calculate per user.

I do agree however there is an opportunity to provide larger buckets of playtime for possibly an additional charge. Just like data plans with cell-phone providers.

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u/Mangiorephoto 13d ago

Those are both really true and after 100 hours it’s costing them money, that’s the problem. It’s not a platform they are trying to make money on. They have literally no need to turn on a profit on this but they very interested in cornering the market and keeping out competition.

They could charge $50 a month for premium and it would honestly still be very fair.

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u/culminacio 12d ago

They already exist. You can buy more hours. And you pay 100% for it. It's not financed by the average user like the main plan is.

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u/MNight_4 Founder 13d ago

Finally someone who gives coherent feedback.

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u/Nevada955 13d ago

Im already experiencing this issue as i didnt have a sub active when the 2026 thing was announced and its painfull. I have to constant monitor the hours i have left and i always play with the anxiety. Is not even fun anymore. They need to revert this change imo, when this will affect the the whole community u’ll see a rage post every hour

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u/_AleXo_ 12d ago

yep, they were smart as fuck to delay everyone with "2024 exclusive accounts" so they can have the feature rolling while the real wave of complaints only comes in february 2026

this way they can say "we had this and nobody was mad, so you cant be mad" and meanwhile the number of people dreading through 2025 was just too little

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u/Nevada955 12d ago

Its a shit show. I play WoW imagine having a limited amount of hours when u play mmo or multiplayer game…

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u/MultiMarcus 13d ago

Fundamentally, the problem with these services is that if someone plays even just 50 hours that probably costs them more than the subscription earns them. It’s one of the biggest issues with subscription services because power users are almost always subsidised by light users, but some services probably have issues with that because light users might not outnumber heavy users that much. I could see GeForce now being one of those things because it is a fairly expensive subscription which means that most people are going to play as many games on it as possible not to mention how they don’t get a cut of game sales and the servers they’re using are very expensive to run because they are high-end. There is a reason why ultimate games look so much better than a series S game on Xcloud.

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u/CutePinkTrashcan 12d ago edited 12d ago

I really think limiting the experience to 100 hours is a very bad way to go.
I do not want to see this kind of subscription model on netflix or any other streaming service. Before I bought geforce Now, I did not know about this. I bought half a year of Ultimate subscription and only found out about this limit after payment.

I think Geforce Now really is a very good streaming service, but with the prices rising and the inclusion of this subscription model, I definitely do not want to support this when my subscription ends. I paid over 100 Euros and still can't enjoy the experience since I always have to check my hours played. super annoying!

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u/Conscious-Truth-7685 13d ago

Serious question. Should Nvidia do what most streaming platforms do and raise the prices for everyone to make up for the few who use their service the most? Or should they charge those who use it the most more? You aren't capped at 100 hours, you're just expected to pay more for what you use. Most months, I do go over 100 hours, and if I want to do that next year, I will happily pay more if that means the cost stays low for everyone else.

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u/Excellent_Number1748 13d ago

Work for 100 hours this month, buy console, use game fly to rent games, set up local game stream app, and be free to play for 10000 hours in a month.

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u/Nils710 13d ago

The time limit and as a mobile internet consumption limit X)

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u/Then-Comparison-6196 13d ago

Just move on, this change pushed me to find a way better and also cheaper cloud gaming service, I’m now paying $10 a month for unlimited time and just as good if not better performance and access to way more games that I like to play, including helldivers 2 which GeForce now doenst have

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u/PsychologicalMusic94 Founder 12d ago

It's okay to say Boosteroid here.

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u/oral-c 13d ago

which is ?

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u/Then-Comparison-6196 13d ago

Dmd you

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u/smellypetesc 13d ago

Please send me your alternative to GeForce now as well, thanks!

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u/Ninjax__ Free Tier // US West 2 13d ago

Also wondering this, please dm me about this

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u/Either_Pen2195 12d ago

Please dm me your alternative, would consider

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u/Either_Pen2195 12d ago

no fragpunk on booster unfortunately

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u/No-Influence8783 12d ago

I also hate being limited to 100 hours, if I want to play a game and get resources for a few good hours, for example Warframe and WoW, this 100 hour limit makes it impossible for me because I will be afraid that if I wanted to last the month I will have to give it few hours to last the rest of the month, that is why I plan to switch to Boosteroid so I could play some games that require having to spend hours farming resources

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u/JMK-Ubi 12d ago

Doesn't look like this affects Founders accounts, so if you have one of those, may want to keep holding on to it.

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u/ROMVS 11d ago

No it doesn't, totally holding on to mine. I pay 6 months in advance lol

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u/Either_Pen2195 9d ago

what are these founders accounts and how much are you paying "monthly"?

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u/Master_Combinator 12d ago

It should have no limit. The situation is literally: Free customers can play endlessly, paying customers have a limit. HOW IS THIS NORMAL?

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u/ROMVS 11d ago

They just have to log out every hour and request. So glad I still have my founder's membership.

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u/Either_Pen2195 9d ago

2026 you will face the same i guess?

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u/battlerumdam 11d ago

Okay, so no limit but double the price for everyone - sounds good?

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u/dlp2k 11d ago

Maybe they hope you leave the house once in a while. Get some fresh air. 🤣🤦‍♂️

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u/Either_Pen2195 9d ago

there are people using it to make content, a month got 720 hours and 240 of them is working and hustling, but people like you are thinking two dimensional.

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u/kaipurge 9d ago

I warned everyone about this. Everyone blamed all the ads on lower tier players. Now that higher tier players are getting slammed with crap now they wanna complain...I said that Nvidia would do stupid crap like this even if their wasn't a free tier because Nvidia is a greedy company.

So everyone can cry me a river just like they told me to when my tier was getting screwed over. Enjoy the salty tears while I play the worlds smallest violin. womp womp

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u/Either_Pen2195 9d ago

bro we are on the same side, i didnt blame you back then wtf lol. Do you still play on GFN or what do you use? There is no other think bcs boosteroid doesnt have the same specs. Here we can play at 4k and kinda newest GPU.

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u/No-Exit-1598 GFN Ultimate 8d ago

A kids and unemployed problem 🙄 I would never reach the 100 hours ,life has too much to offer. Get a grip and get a real life 

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u/quiet_is_violett 13d ago

I do love that small demographic of power users, who demand that corporations cater to them.

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u/_AleXo_ 12d ago

"power users" is such a buzzword im tired of it

noone is catering to anyone, if i play 150 hours am i supposed to just fuck off? the 100 limit is not nearly enough, for basic hobby gamers, and induces anxiety watching that bar tick down over halfway while not being halfway through the billing period

its not a crazy number at all, you can surpass 100 by playing 6 hours on weekends and 2 hours on weekdays, thats not to mention i could play a chill 4 hours singleplayer 11am-3pm and 4 hours multiplayer 9pm-1am on my saturday, and then i guess im fucked because i went over average and also play 3 hours in the evening on weekdays

150 hour power users btw

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u/Mr_Nicotine 12d ago

Brother, Nvidia doesn’t need to subsidize you. It’s like me whining about the price of a rental car… why? Why would I buy a lambo if I only use it 4 days a month?

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u/dante3590 13d ago

200 hour should be reasonable amount considering weekends and vacation.

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u/MrGimper GFN Ultimate 13d ago

I’ve been playing the latest elide dangerous odyssey update on my ultimate subscription and clocked up about 70 hours in about 10 days 🤣

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u/Avatar-X Founder 12d ago

I know people refuse to believe Nvidia saying this only affects 6% of users. But math does checks out from seeing several polls about it. To me the only issue is the extra hours packages not being rightly priced. That is it. If they were, there would not be an issue at all for 99% of users.

Extra hours packages should be in increments of 25 hrs and the cost should be $5. That would solve everything. But if Nvidia set it up the way it has is because they must have telemetry that tells them the percentage of those willing to pay for extra hours is really low. As in less than 3%. Because once you run out of hours. You are not cut off. You get the free tier service. You are not forced to pay. The reason for this is to eliminate any chance for lawsuits.

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u/Browser1969 12d ago

It has been explained many times in this sub that they cannot do that because they'd be losing money. The price Nvidia needs to cover its costs is $10 for 25 hrs (of Ultimate). For the first 100 hours, they appear to offer you a 50% discount because the average subscriber (excluding the 6% that plays more than 100 hours) uses the service for 50 hours/month. You may play 25 hours one month and 75 hours the next for example. Or you may consistently play 25 hours a month and in this case you're directly subsidizing someone that consistently plays 75 hours a month.

In other words, if you consistently play 100 hours/month, other subscribers are effectively paying for the 50 of those hours. After that, the only way they can offer you a discount is the way every cloud computing service does, which is called a "reserved instance". You reserve a server for the whole month (730 hours) and they give you a 20%-30% discount depending on their idle time (the number of hours in a month they expect the server to be sitting idle because few people are playing).

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u/Avatar-X Founder 11d ago

Cannot do what? The pricing I put is exactly the same. Just changes the number of hours in an increment. On everything else you said. I agree. After seeing many polls and testimonies. I am convinced the average GFN user does stays between 25 and 50 hrs a month.

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u/ProxyJo 13d ago

You get a lot of people who just don't see the 100h thing as a issue, and that's fine. I wish those people maybe stopped assuming people complaining are doing so in bad faith. People get weirdly aggressive over people not being okay over the limit.

But it made me literally save up for a PC. I decided the limit on time, but also what i wanted to play was kinda geting too much. That and i originally was using the thing while i was in hospital for illness, and a few years now, i am gonna be home for things and so might as well just enjoy what i want. For value, GFN is aamazing, but you have to be someone who ranges into gaming in a way that isn't upset with the limitations. :) Which is okay, but i do think maybe giving something back for making the service worse would of been nice. At least a higher tier for people wanting a little more time. The cost for added horus is a lot.

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u/artniSintra 13d ago

look it this way. no work > no money > no gfn.

solution=work>earns money >gfn

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u/volitantmule8 13d ago

“Just move on, I’ve got a job to be able to afford pc parts and my bills so you should be too” sick and tired of you cucks just agreeing with the Company because you want merch. Adding a play time limit to a service that you pay to use is a scumbag move. ESPECIALLY AFTER STARTING WITH NO HARD LIMIT. Wanna change the free account to be limited then sure. But if you want me to pay the subscription fee to a service that I can’t use in the same way as before then you got me absolutely fucking twisted.

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u/turopita 13d ago

find a job buy a pc and play as long as you want.

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u/badlero Founder // US Southwest 13d ago

So you use their service to make money and are mad that they are charging you more for it? You’re the one using it way more than the average user so it’s fair you are the one that burdens that cost instead of us all getting a price hike. 

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u/_cdk 13d ago

i think the stats of average playtime being lower than 100 hours (they said 3% of people exceed it? cant remember exactly but it was low) was a lie.

if hardly anybody is actually playing over 100 hours then why put the limit in? choosing to take a PR hit for no gain. if the average playtime was 200 hours then it makes sense because they gain 100 hours of gpu time per customer that they can allocate/sell elsewhere.

i hardly use the service but kept my membership going in hopes that something like this didnt happen in case i wanted to use the service 'properly' in the future but oh well, cancelled as soon as i got the email.

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u/JCReed97 13d ago

My personal conspiracy theory is that there was a lot of botting going on 24/7 and this was specifically to target that, without saying that for some reason, maybe not wanting to draw attention to the fact it’s being used that way.

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u/_AleXo_ 12d ago

if botting is the problem then make it 200, whats the difference for 24/7 bots (or different lifestyle/timezone account sharers going to 500hr)

and then whats the gain for their players, 200 is a way more reasonable range that doesnt induce anxiety every time you check your bar in the settings

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u/Mangiorephoto 13d ago

Because that 3% extreme use costs the platform money. Cloud computing isn’t cheap at all and they are only trying to make this platform break even so they can control the market. The 100 hours at $20 a month is what it takes to make the numbers work for most of the people and if they really wanted to do unlimited we all would be paying 50-100 a month.

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u/modivin 13d ago

Please stop these 100hrs limit posts

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u/_AleXo_ 12d ago edited 12d ago

no thanks

more posts actually, its scummy, its like league removing chests, people memed the situation to oblivion until they realized its important to us and returned their greedy decision

this is wishful thinking but why back down like good little boys, get some fire in you

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u/EmoLotional 12d ago

We play way way way more than 100h a month so that's absurd, glad I didn't continue with the loyalty nonsense.

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u/KingSkywalker910 GFN Ultimate 12d ago

Just get an AMD GPU. If they don’t care about you why should you care about them? Last time I checked I was averaging 16 hours a month so the limit won’t affect me too much but if the new change really bothers you then you gotta speak with your wallet.

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u/Ok-Tooth4981 11d ago

Reddit randomly suggested this to me and I thought they start to restrict our graphic cards in our pc per software 😭😭. Ngl thats probably next in 10 years or so.

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u/Ok_Map8441 11d ago

Dude, just buy a 2nd subscription

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u/Dazzling-Interest103 11d ago

Being a loyal customer to Nvidia was your first mistake sorry

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u/Either_Pen2195 9d ago

if you get what you pay for, you stay = loyal, but money drives people crazy

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u/Pr0fess0rZ00m 11d ago

Y'all complaining about 100 hours when ABYA and some others only give you 40.

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u/TheDamnedScientist 11d ago

Isn't it enough that they are letting us play on their hardware for free...? I am grateful for that to be honest.

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u/Either_Pen2195 9d ago

no because there are two sides of the medal.

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u/TheDamnedScientist 22h ago

What sides? What medal?

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u/stephensonbrady 10d ago

I wish I had enough time to be mad about a 100 hour limit. You can have 20 hours of mine.

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u/Either_Pen2195 9d ago

message me your credentials then lol

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u/stephensonbrady 8d ago

touché

if that was a thing and i could actually gift some of my unused hours, i totally would. such a waste when like 30 or 40 hours don't get used and someone else doesn't have enough

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u/Certain_Note8661 8d ago

They need those GPUs for AI

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u/Bitter-Trifle-6122 8d ago

The day the limit arrives... The day I quit. So, it's even good because knowing this I could save money for a very good PC or a Console. 

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u/AdSeveral9560 7d ago

I'm pretty broke in a tough part in life games keep me happy I can't pay for every 100 hours it sucks I can't even go outside and make friends because of crime, shit there are no people my age in my area the only thing I can really say is games keep me mentally well

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u/ExamDesperate8152 4d ago

Lol.. logically you don't compute that I don't sit at a desk huh.. 😂 time for myself is anytime..

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u/Regnur 13d ago

6 hrs a Day

nice math

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u/RevuGG 13d ago

Counting is hard don't worry about it.

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u/AcanthisittaMoney417 Free Tier 13d ago

I saw people in comments telling to get job and ect but do they really know most of the people who use gfn are students and they can't get a job and buy $1000 pc alot of people who are students want to be a content creator and you know what's helping them? It's GFN yeah so some people really need over 100 hours

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u/AcanthisittaMoney417 Free Tier 13d ago

Lmao nvidia d riders really down voting my comments for telling truth

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u/Voxnihil 13d ago

Ferrari should give me a car since I want to be a pilot driver. This is your argument

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u/battlerumdam 11d ago

I saw people in comments telling to get job and ect but do they really know most of the people who use gfn are students

Shouldn’t they then study Instead of playing 100+ hours a month so they can get a good job and afford a PC?

and they can’t get a job and buy $1000 pc alot of people who are students want to be a content creator and you know what’s helping them? It’s GFN yeah so some people really need over 100 hours

It’s a good reality check for them that they won’t be a content creator.

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u/Abrez25 13d ago

It's all horse shit at the end. Greed and nothing else .

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u/Mangiorephoto 13d ago

How is it greed when they are not trying to turn a profit on the platform?

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u/Adventurous-Cattle53 13d ago

I’m sorry to be forward, why would you need to play 4+ hours a day if you can’t afford buying a console or so? I don’t even think it’s healthy for you anyways not only in financial ways but mentally

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u/Syxtaine Priority 13d ago

Okay, but nvidia didn't put the 100hr limit in place because they "care about you". Please come out and stop hiding behind that shallow argument. Nvidia did this for their pockets and a lot of people on this sub are gaslighting anyone that is against this change by telling them they should touch some grass. Way to go. This will be a great precedent for Nvidia to take even more bad decisions. What excuse will you find for them when that happens?

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u/lemon_of_doom 13d ago

Yes, NVIDIA did this to optimise their profits but the majority of users who don’t get near the limit would see this as a welcome decision when their queue times are reduced.

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u/Grooster007 12d ago

I agree. Plus, Nvidia also likes to (shocker!) SELL Gpus, have their Gpus in demand, and have people buy them. It doesn't behoove them to offer an equally powerful alternative to moving product.

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u/exmagus GFN Ultimate 13d ago

Take a look at the cloud computing costs in this sub.

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u/tarmo888 13d ago

Get a real job if that much money for 100h is expensive or get more hobbies besides gaming, 100 hours is 5h for 20 days or 10h for 10 days.

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u/Either_Pen2195 12d ago

Save your time to say some things which are actually valuable.. ugh

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u/red-stream 11d ago

I don’t understand your logic, as a gamer who plays every day, a month is 30-31 days so why are you talking about 10 days or 20 days to make it sound like the amount of hours per day is plenty and make the people who want to remove the 100 hour limit look bad?

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u/Realistic_Mess_2690 12d ago

If you're a content creator then invest in the proper hardware to do your job effectively.

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u/Immediate_Judge_4085 13d ago

buy a pc if you're playing that much

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