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 server in Johannesburg is operational. No queue figure for its servers.
Plans and prices read 28 Aug 2026 (rain's page as of 10 May 2026)
Plans and prices
rain · 28 Aug 2026 (rain's page as of 10 May 2026)PERFORMANCER200/momonth to monthmarked sold out when last read
- Resolution
- Up to 1440p
- Frame rate
- 60 fps
- Ray tracing & DLSS
- RTX ON
- Graphics card
- GeForce RTX
- Queue priority
- Priority
- Max session length
- 6 hours
ULTIMATER400/momonth to monthmarked sold out when last read
- Resolution
- Up to 4K
- Frame rate
- 240 fps
- Ray tracing & DLSS
- —
- Graphics card
- RTX 4080-class
- Queue priority
- —
- Max session length
- 8 hours
Free 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 server in Johannesburg is operational. No queue figure for its servers. Updated every five minutes. Each region page shows the servers and past incidents; partner-run servers report no queue figure.
- Which servers does GeForce NOW use in South Africa?
- South Africa: 1 server 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 data: NVIDIA. Queue data: PrintedWaste.