After the unveiling of the 4K micro-console (a product that is running the company's Tegra X1 chipset), NVIDIA will also be launching a 1080p resolution game streaming service that will commence in the month of May. The streaming service is called GRID streaming and according to The Verge, NVIDIA will be offering two tiers for subscription.
- Free
- Premium (pricing plans have not been announced by the company)
The game streaming library will have more than 50 games present in its directory. In addition, gamers can also purchase gaming titles if they wish. According to the CEO of NVIDIA, Jen-Hsun Huang, several gaming titles will be available on the same day as their release. The service is currently being backed by the company's GRID supercomputers along with Amazon Web Services. NVIDIA's own live blog mentions that Huang stated the following:
"If you have a fairly good internet connection, I can get a response from a computer based in Oregon in 150 milliseconds. That's half the blink of an eye. This is the most cinematic experience I've seen in real-time. It's the most advanced game engine in the world, which Tim Sweeney, the force behind Unreal Engine, is now giving away for free, including our GameWorks capabilities."
The streaming had been made possible thanks to the unveiling of the NVIDIA 4K micro-console. The package includes a console and a controller and will be carrying a price tag of $199 when it is officially available in May. In addition to the Tegra X1 chipset, the console will also be armed with 3 GB of RAM and allows for multiple controllers to be attached for group play (additional controllers will have to be purchased separately).
The NVIDIA Tegra X1 chipset happens to be fastest mobile chipset in existence, overcoming the capabilities of the Snapdragon 810 as well as Samsung's Exynos 7420 'system on a chip.' The chip will make the perfect weapon to stream at the 1080p resolution at a steady frame rate of 60 FPS.
