Nvidia Geforce Now Game Streaming Service For PC In Open Beta

[Guest]

The Geforce Now game streaming service for Mac/PC had entered public beta. Does that sound like deja-vu? It is

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[Valantar]

I got into this a week or so ago, tried it out on my desktop PC with a wired network connection, and it was absolute garbage. Tried playing Rocket League, but it was insanely stuttery (low/uneven FPS), laggy as all hell, and at times only registered about 1/3 of inputs. No thanks. The AMD-powered LiquidSky was in better shape last I tried it out.

 

[cryoburner]

Yeah, cloud-based game streaming services like this tend to not work all that well, unless perhaps one of their server farms happens to be right near where you live. Otherwise, the massive input lag makes any fast-paced games rather unpleasant to play. Even if the encoding of the video stream were near-instantaneous, you can't really get around the time it takes to transmit the data hundreds of miles across the Internet. And since they currently only have 7 server farms in the US, and 3 in Europe (one of which is offline for the next couple days) chances are you don't live near one.

 

[danlw]

If GPU prices keep their insane levels, this service might actually gain enough traction to warrant more local GPU streaming farms...

 

[Jeffs0418]

Near zero latency Quantum Entanglement communication can't come fast enough! Hopefully in my lifetime before my gaming hands are overcome by arthritis.

 

[donnihonig]

I got into this a week or so ago, tried it out on my desktop PC with a wired network connection, and it was absolute garbage. Tried playing Rocket League, but it was insanely stuttery (low/uneven FPS), laggy as all hell, and at times only registered about 1/3 of inputs. No thanks. The AMD-powered LiquidSky was in better shape last I tried it out.

Really excited for this! I've been on the waiting list for so long. Really want access already. @VALANTAR, when did you sign up?

I actually tested liquidsky, its great but quite expensive. Geforce now should be free until they get out of beta ( which will take awhile, the mac version has been in beta for over a year now).

 

[ramzisablaoui]

@VALANTAR if you are not using the account can you lend it to me as my pc is not working??

 

[Ninjawithagun]

No way will cloud gaming work. Latency alone will absolutely kill any such idea. From what most people are posting here, I have already been proven correct ;-)

 

[mrmichaeladelaney]

Nothing but garbage. Buy the new AMD Hardware Way Better and Cheaper.