Growth in NVIDIA GeForce-certified iCafes reflects interest in high-powered esports

There are now over 600 NVIDIA GeForce-certified iCafes in operation, exceeding the forecast by 20% in under a year.

One of the latest iCafes is MCT Esports, a Platinum-certified iCafe in Cambodia, which joins recently-opened iCafes across Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Source: NVIDIA.  GIC E-Sports, one of the GeForce-certified iCafes in Melbourne, Australia. The GIC E-Sports Zone is fully armed with GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition graphics cards and G-SYNC monitors.

More than 45 GeForce-certified iCafes in Australia, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam have added the latest GeForce RTX GPUs to their arsenal.

Following the launch of the new GeForce RTX 20-series GPUs, LHH of Taiwan has become the first iCafe to fully convert to the GeForce RTX with more than 200 RTX-enabled PCs. Powered by the new NVIDIA Turing GPU architecture and the NVIDIA RTX platform, RTX graphics cards bring together real-time ray tracing, artificial intelligence (AI) and programmable shading – enabling a whole new gaming experience.

“The stunning growth of the number of GeForce-certified iCafes is a reflection of the vibrancy of the gaming community in Asia,” said Raymond Teh, VP of sales and marketing for Asia Pacific (APAC) at NVIDIA.

“With our game-changing Turing-based RTX GPUs, gamers are able to enjoy games in ways never before seen.”

Launched in 2015, the certification programme helps iCafe owners deliver the ultimate gaming experience to customers with the most advanced GeForce platform.

Details:

View a list of GeForce-certified iCafes in each country, and the criteria for becoming an iCafe