diff --git a/app/streaming/session.cpp b/app/streaming/session.cpp
index 035c2d60..e294a2c7 100644
--- a/app/streaming/session.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/session.cpp
@@ -683,7 +683,9 @@ bool Session::validateLaunch(SDL_Window* testWindow)
 
     // NVENC will fail to initialize when using dimensions over 4096 and H.264.
     if (m_StreamConfig.width > 4096 || m_StreamConfig.height > 4096) {
-        if (m_Computer->maxLumaPixelsHEVC == 0) {
+        // Pascal added support for 8K HEVC encoding support. Maxwell 2 could encode HEVC but only up to 4K.
+        // We can't directly identify Pascal, but we can look for HEVC Main10 which was added in the same generation.
+        if (m_Computer->maxLumaPixelsHEVC == 0 || !(m_Computer->serverCodecModeSupport & 0x200)) {
             emit displayLaunchError(tr("Your host PC's GPU doesn't support streaming video resolutions over 4K."));
             return false;
         }