![]() Ray tracing on a Chromebook? Yes.Īs we have a GeForce Founder Account, we ran the Direct X Ray tracing game Control and cranked it up to high on the game. We “ran” Control with ray tracing set to high on an Acer Chromebook with a Celeron N3160 CPU. We played Rocket League with it for a few rounds and felt the performance was very satisfying. That’s no surprise for a $650 Chromebook, but we also saw very good results with the $269 Acer Chromebook 14 with its Celeron N3160. GeForce Now runs quite well on the Google Pixelbook Go with its Core i5-8200Y CPU and 8GB of RAM. That means the CR-48 and the original high-end Chromebook Pixel, both long past their support periods, were dead in the water. Anything older than that didn’t work for us. Nvidia’s official minimum spec is OS build 77. While GeForce Now will run on surprisingly sparse hardware, what will stop you in your tracks is the Chrome OS version. We also tried two obsolete models: An original 2013-era Google Chromebook Pixel, and the original 2010-era Google CR-48. We tried a pre-release of GeForce Now on two current Chromebooks, a non-approved Acer Chromebook 14 with a Celeron N3160 CPU, and a Google Pixelbook Go. The streamed gaming performance of GeForce Now playing Rocket League on a Chromebook is about 100 times better than playing 99.9 percent of web-based games. As the company is able to test more Chromebooks, it expects to add laptops running AMD and other CPUs to its approved list as well. ![]() Nvidia officials added that, as with GeForce Now’s launch on MacOS, the official list of supported computers starts off short. There are also quite a few “Atom-based” Celeron N Chromebooks officially approved. Surprisingly, a few of the laptops Nvidia doesn’t recommend for voice chat (denoted by the asterisk) are higher-end Core-class Chromebooks. Many of those laptops fall below Nvidia’s official minimum spec for GeForce Now. Samsung Chromebook XE350XBA* (Intel Celeron N4000, UHD600 4GB).Samsung Chromebook Plus* (Rockchip OP1, 4GB).Samsung Chromebook 3 (Intel Celeron N3060, HD400, 4GB).Lenovo Yoga Chromebook C630 (Intel Core i5-8250U, UHD620, 8GB).HP Chromebook x360* (Intel Celeron N4020, UHD600, 4GB). ![]() Google Pixelbook Go (Intel Core i5-8200Y, UHD612, 8GB).Google PixelBook (Intel Core i5-7Y57, HD515, 8GB).Asus Chromebook Flip C434* (Intel Core M3-8100Y, UHD615, 4GB).Asus Flip C302CA (Intel Pentium 4405Y, HD515, 4GB).Acer Chromebook Spin 13 (Intel Core i3-8130U, UHD620, 4GB).Acer Chromebook 715* (Intel Pentium 4417U, UHD 610, 8GB).Acer Chromebook 15 CB3-532-C4ZZ (Intel Celeron N3060, HD, 2GB).Additionally, this is a one use per-person, per-Chromebook situation, so there’s no sharing happening, here. Keep in mind you’ll have to be signed up for GeForce NOW Founders account on a monthly basis ($4.99/mo.) or with the 6-month deal they still have for $24.95 and you need to redeem your promo code within 48 hours of signing up. If you have Steam games you’ve purchased, you can sync those games by adding Steam in your settings under Game Sync. That’s it! Once done, you have 90 days to give GeForce NOW a test drive and can get started on your Chromebook by going to. Set up your Founders account and enter the promo code when prompted to redeem.Click the ‘Join Now’ button to be taken to the GeForce NOW sign up page.Click the ‘Copy’ button to copy your promo code.Scroll down until you see the GeForce NOW tile.Head over to Google’s Chromebook Perks page.How to redeem 3 months of free GeForce NOW I love those games and use GeForce NOW to play quite frequently. ![]() For players like me, that is a pretty big deal. However – and this is an important however – GeForce NOW has free-to-play games like Fortnite and Apex Legends that Stadia simply cannot match at this point. While Stadia’s Pro membership comes with some games, there are no free games bundled in with GeForce NOW. That’s right, as a Chromebook user you can now try the paid versions of both primary game streaming services for a full 3 months completely for free. ![]() While there are a few worthwhile deals in there right now like a few free games from the Play Store (Project High Rise and The House of Da Vinci) and a premium subscription to Clipchamp, by far the most interesting perk on offer is the latest GeForce NOW Founders membership that matches the 3 free months of Stadia Pro. These little deals specifically made for Chromebook users can run the gambit from free Google Drive space to deals on sweet games like Doom and Doom 2, so the Chromebook Perks page is always worth keeping a keen eye on. One of the fun-yet-oft-forgotten privileges of being a Chromebook owner is the inclusion of perks. ![]()
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