How do I enable HDR10 or 10-bit color precision with my GeForce NOW Ultimate membership?

Updated 06/11/2025 10:14 AM
How do I enable HDR10 or 10-bit color precision when streaming with my GeForce NOW Ultimate membership?
HDR and 10-bit color precision are features available to GeForce NOW Ultimate members, and each has its own requirements.

How to enable HDR10
Using HDR10 is recommended for users playing an HDR-capable game. 

On a supported platform, you will find the HDR10 setting in the GeForce NOW app settings > Streaming Quality. To enable HDR10 streaming with the GeForce NOW Ultimate membership, you need a display that supports the HDR10 format.

For games that do not support HDR or members without an HDR-capable display, 10-bit color precision is recommended for the best image quality. This will convert the 8-bit content rendered by the game into 10-bit data before encoding, allowing the encoder to use higher precision and better preserve the game content before it is sent to your device for decoding.

On a supported platform, you will find the color precision setting in the GeForce NOW app settings > Streaming Quality > Color precision. The 10-bit setting is recommended, and 8-bit is provided for troubleshooting or for devices where 10-bit is not supported.

 

Platform

HDR10

10-bit Color Precision

Windows 

Native GeForce NOW app

Ensure one of the following supported GPUs is in use by the Native GeForce NOW app:

 
  • NVIDIA GPU: GeForce 10 series or later (Pascal architecture onwards)
  • Intel GPU: Intel 7th Generation processor or later (Kaby Lake architecture onwards)
  • AMD GPU: Radeon 500 series or later (AMD Polaris architecture onwards)

macOS 

Native GeForce NOW app

The following devices are supported:

 
  • MacBook 2017 or later
  • MacBook Air 2018 or later (HDR on external displays requires a MacBook Air with Apple Silicon)
  • MacBook Pro 2018 or later
  • iMac 2020 or later
  • iMac Pro (all)
  • Mac mini 2018 or later
  • Mac Pro 2019 or later
  • Mac Studio (all)

Windows 

Chrome, Edge, & Opera GX browser

Not supported

Requires an AV1 capable GPU

Chromebook 

Chrome browser

Not supported

Requires a Chromebook with an AV1 capable GPU

NVIDIA SHIELD

Supported

Supported when your display mode is set to YUV color space. 

 

If your display mode uses an RGB color space, you need to upgrade to the SHIELD Experience 9.2 or later before you can select 10-bit color precision.

Samsung TV

Not supported

Supported

LG TV

Supported with GeForce NOW app version 2.0.74 and higher.

Supported

Apple Vision Pro Safari

Not supported

Supported with visionOS 2 and higher

Other platforms

Not supported

Not supported

 

For more Information

For more information on setting up your GeForce NOW Ultimate Membership, please use the following guides:

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