How do I enable HDR10, 10-bit color precision, or YUV 4:4:4 with my GeForce NOW Premium membership?

Updated 09/16/2025 05:27 PM
How do I enable HDR10, 10-bit color precision, or YUV 4:4:4 with my GeForce NOW Premium membership?
HDR10 and 10-bit color precision are features available to GeForce NOW Ultimate and Performance members, and each has its own requirements.
 
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 > Gameplay. To enable HDR10 streaming with the GeForce NOW Premium 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 > Gameplay > Color quality. The 10-bit setting is recommended, and 8-bit is provided for troubleshooting or for devices where 10-bit is not supported.
 
YUV 4:4:4 is a separate color quality setting available to GeForce NOW Ultimate members that encodes color at a higher resolution, resulting in better color separation and better quality in fine text. YUV 4:4:4 is currently available on the native Windows or macOS app. YUV 4:2:0 is the default value if your system does not support YUV 4:4:4.
 
NOTE: YUV 4:4:4 is currently not supported with AV1 encoding.
 

Platform

HDR10

10-bit Color Precision

YUV 4:4:4
(GeForce NOW Ultimate only)

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)

Windows 11 23H2 (Build Number: 22631.2428) or later.

 

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

  • NVIDIA GPU: GeForce GTX 16 series or GeForce RTX with driver version 576.52 and later (Turing architecture onwards)

  • Intel GPU: Intel 11th Generation processor or later with driver version 32.0.1.101.6325 and later (Tiger Lake architecture onwards)
  • AMD GPU: NOT Supported

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)

All Apple M-based products including:

 
  • Macbook Air 2022 or later
  • MacBook Pro 2021 or later
  • iMac 2021 or later
  • Mac Mini 2020 or later
  • Mac Studio 2022 or later
  • Mac Pro 2023 or later

Windows 

Chrome, Edge, & Opera GX browser

Not supported

Requires an AV1 capable GPU

Not supported

Chromebook 

Chrome browser

Not supported

Requires a Chromebook with an AV1 capable GPU

Not supported

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.

Not supported

Samsung TV

Not supported

Supported

Not supported

LG TV

Supported with GeForce NOW app version 2.0.74 and higher.

Supported

Not supported

Apple Vision Pro Safari

Not supported

Supported with visionOS 2 and higher

Not supported

Other platforms

Not supported

Not supported

Not supported

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