GeForce NOW in South Africa
Sold and run by rain, a GeForce NOW Alliance partner.
GeForce NOW is up in South Africa right now: rain's one pod in Johannesburg is operational. No queue reading from its pods.
Plans and prices
rain · 28 Aug 2026 (rain's page as of 10 May 2026)GeForce RTX rig with RTX on, priority access, 6-hour sessions, up to 1440p at 60 fps.
month to month · marked sold out when last readRTX 4080-class servers, 8-hour sessions, up to 4K at 240 fps.
month to month · marked sold out when last readFree plan. No free plan and no trial.
Account. A myrain account, used to log in to the GeForce NOW app. Both rain and non-rain customers can sign up; rainone 5G customers get discounted rates. No NVIDIA account is asked for.
What to know before paying
- Both plans were marked sold out on rain's page in May 2026, with a waitlist; rain adds capacity in batches. Check the page before counting on a plan.
- rain's GeForce NOW page redirects to the rain homepage from outside South Africa; the figures here were read from rain's own page as archived in May 2026.
- No monthly hour cap is stated on rain's plans, only the session length.
About GeForce NOW in South Africa
- How much does GeForce NOW cost in South Africa?
- rain sells 2 plans: Performance at R200/mo, Ultimate at R400/mo. Performance is the cheapest paid plan. Prices as rain listed them on 28 Aug 2026 (rain's page as of 10 May 2026).
- How do I sign up for GeForce NOW in South Africa?
- Through rain, at www.rain.co.za/nvidia. A myrain account, used to log in to the GeForce NOW app. Both rain and non-rain customers can sign up; rainone 5G customers get discounted rates. No NVIDIA account is asked for. NVIDIA's own memberships and their US prices are not sold in South Africa; the GeForce NOW app sends you to rain's sign-up instead.
- Is GeForce NOW down in South Africa right now?
- GeForce NOW is up in South Africa right now: rain's one pod in Johannesburg is operational. No queue reading from its pods. That is NVIDIA's status feed, read every five minutes; each region page lists the pods, the queue by plan and the incidents NVIDIA has declared.
- Which servers does GeForce NOW use in South Africa?
- South Africa: 1 pod in Johannesburg, up to RTX 3080, in service since Sep 18, 2023. Run by rain as a GeForce NOW Alliance partner; NVIDIA's status page lists it as Africa South.
- Is there a free GeForce NOW plan in South Africa?
- No free plan and no trial.
Sources, read 28 Aug 2026 (rain's page as of 10 May 2026): rain.co.za/nvidia (archived 10 May 2026). Server pods, GPU classes and dates are NVIDIA's own; queue lengths come from PrintedWaste's public feed.