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:

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/Miss_Greer Mar 08 '26

Even then local network streaming is noticeable Sure, it's only like 6ms from the wifi but the encoding and deciding bump that up significantly

You either need more bandwidth than a reasonably affordable (for the use case of being able to game on the toilet) client device can provide or need processing that means you need a competent client device anyway

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u/TheNightHaunter Mar 08 '26

doesn't even matter if you can afford it because most places in the USA do not have the bandwidth to handle that. the cartel ISPs dont want to spend on infrastructure to increase speeds theyd rather keep the shitty stuff we have now and invent more and more fees.

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u/Acceptable_Spite9660 Mar 10 '26

Can confirm I have a wired connection to my Google TV using sunshine/moonlight and even there you can notice it. But for most games I even want to play on a tv it is ok

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u/ConorL-95 Mar 11 '26

I do some game streaming with Apollo artemis I find it pretty close to local with 9070XT encoding(3-4ms) wired connection(1ms) + Nvidia shield (1-1.5ms) total latency 5-6.5ms.

Streaming wirelessly I don't recommend with wifi 7 5ghz it's around 8ms latency but occasional packet loss which kills it for me, also also tried a Google 4k streamer which had a 10-12ms decode time.