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Nvidia\u2019s completely free, no-strings attached trial of its cloud gaming service GeForce Now is about to be very slightly less of a deal \u2014 on Wednesday February 28th, Nvidia tells The Verge<\/em>, users will start seeing ads. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n They\u2019re only for the free tier \u2014 not Priority or Ultimate \u2014 and even then, it sounds like they won\u2019t interrupt your gameplay. \u201cFree users will start to see up to two minutes of ads while waiting in queue to start a gaming session,\u201d writes Nvidia spokesperson Stephanie Ngo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Currently, the free tier does often involve waiting in line for a remote computer to free up before every hour of free gameplay \u2014 now, I guess there\u2019ll be a few ads too. Nvidia says the ads should help pay for the free tier of service, and that it expects the change \u201cwill reduce average wait times for free users over time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n My problem with GeForce Now\u2019s free tier has never been its queues, but rather that it\u2019s by far the least impressive version of the company\u2019s service and doesn\u2019t show what cloud gaming is truly capable of. For that, you really need to try GeForce Now Ultimate, which gives you the power of an RTX 4080 in the cloud<\/a>, greatly reduced latency, and now G-Sync monitor support<\/a>. But it currently still costs $20 a month, with no free trial. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n