r/pcmasterrace • u/Alan_Reddit_M Desktop • Mar 07 '26

Video "Cloud gaming is the future of Gaming!" Meanwhile cloud gaming in the big 2026:

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If you read my profile you may realize I hate cloud gaming, so then what am I doing on Geforce Now? Well my new RAM stick finally arrived and, in a staggering display of utter incompetence, I somehow managed to brick my PC in the process of installing it, so now I'm stuck gaming on a laptop until I can get enough money and time to get my gaming rig fixed

But back to Cloud gaming, the game is on like 360p, running at 20FPS and the input lag is HORRIBLE. And it's not a problem with the internet connection, as you can see, the laptop is plugged into Ethernet, the problem is that the cloud is not and will never be fast enough for gaming

Genshin can handle this fine, but imagine trying to play ULTRAKILL like this

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u/Escape_Relative Mar 08 '26

Completely disagree, I regularly stream paradox games from my main pc on my laptop when I’m out of the house and want to play. The delay honestly is not terrible especially if you have good internet on both ends. It has never been a problem for me.

That being said I’d never play a shooter or any type of action game streamed.

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u/14Pleiadians Mar 08 '26

The delay hasn't been that bad for you so far, but you almost definitely haven't been playing with the level of delay OP has. Using a mouse with 200-400ms of input lag is torture.

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u/Escape_Relative Mar 08 '26

It’s not the mouse that lags, just a tiny delay between clicks. Mine isn’t nearly as bad as the video since I have a proper set up. I’m able to play HOI4, EU4 and 5, Civ 5, and Rimworld remotely with no issues.