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But can we use it to play games? You know, for research..

by tiku 9y ago

adamnemecek 9y ago
There’s also GeForce now. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/geforce-now/mac-pc/ https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/geforce-now/ma... There’s a public beta for macs. It’s dope as fuck. Like smooth as the fucking butter. Integrates with steam and battle.net. So you can play your games. Free in beta. I’ve been telling everyone I know about it. I can play pubg on ultra settings. There’s an extremely occasional skip but playing natively would do that too. I know I sound like a shill but it’s been a while since a product let alone beta blew me away this much. I wonder how they did it cause the latency is very small. But maybe I’m just a noob. On an tangential note this product has insane potential. Like they could do their own steam and basically own the whole gaming pipeline from the publishing to the platform users play on.
- collias 9y ago
  Thanks for this, I had no idea it existed and it looks amazing! Definitely trying it out tonight.
  - adamnemecek 9y ago
    Post your experience here afterwards.
    - collias 9y ago
      Will do!
    - tylermac1 9y ago
      I just tried it and am completely floored. It worked wonderfully. Just some expected mouse input lag. Otherwise smooth as butter. I have gigabit fiber so that might help a little with the overall experience but I'd be willing to pay a good amount of money for this as a service.
    - collias 9y ago
      Ok, just started it. I'm ABSOLUTELY FLOORED. Like, to the point where I' debating selling my gaming PC if I can get a better internet connection to reduce the input lag a bit. But even with that, the input lag is barely noticeable. I'm playing Destiny 2, highest graphics settings, at 1920x1080, totally smoothly.... on my 2012 MacBook. This is a game changer. Thanks for the suggestion!!
      - adamnemecek 9y ago
        I feel the exact same way. My productivity is probably gonna take a nosedive tho. I feel I need to tell everyone I know about this.
    - robotresearcher 9y ago
      Looks great. Installed and ran smoothly. Steam refused to install DOOM (the recent reboot) and COD Black Ops II. Not a failed attempt - a dialog popped up declining to install. Maybe there's a license deal behind the scenes that governs that. Very cool that it worked at all. I had a playable game during a screen-sharing telecon on the same machine. For science only, of course.
- Sholmesy 9y ago
  This is awesome. I can't wait for UK/EU, thanks for this.
- davidkuhta 9y ago
  Thanks for sharing! This is really cool and has a pretty broad spectrum of Games ranging from Minecraft to PUBG! "What is it?": > 1. WHAT IS THE GEFORCE NOW™ FOR MAC® FREE BETA? GeForce NOW for Mac beta is a new service from NVIDIA that connects you to a powerful GeForce GTX gaming PC in the cloud, turning your Mac into a powerful gaming rig. We’ve launched a free beta of this service. so you can try it out at no charge. The GeForce NOW beta app will require you to log in to Steam to install games included in our list of supported games. You must already own or purchase these games to play them. Other interesting note: 10. HOW MANY GAMES CAN I INSTALL? Install as many of your games as you like. GeForce NOW game storage is unlimited.
  - adamnemecek 9y ago
    You can play anything you own on steam r battle.net.
bdz 9y ago
Yes here is a guide to make your own. That's from 2015 but the idea is the same. https://lg.io/2015/07/05/revised-and-much-faster-run-your-own-highend-cloud-gaming-service-on-ec2.html https://lg.io/2015/07/05/revised-and-much-faster-run-your-ow... But there are services too https://liquidsky.com https://liquidsky.com https://parsec.tv https://parsec.tv

But can we use it to play games? You know, for research..

by tiku 9y ago

But can we use it to play games? You know, for research..

There’s also GeForce now. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/geforce-now/mac-pc/ https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/geforce-now/ma... There’s a public beta for macs. It’s dope as fuck. Like smooth as the fucking butter. Integrates with steam and battle.net. So you can play your games. Free in beta. I’ve been telling everyone I know about it. I can play pubg on ultra settings. There’s an extremely occasional skip but playing natively would do that too. I know I sound like a shill but it’s been a while since a product let alone beta blew me away this much. I wonder how they did it cause the latency is very small. But maybe I’m just a noob. On an tangential note this product has insane potential. Like they could do their own steam and basically own the whole gaming pipeline from the publishing to the platform users play on.

collias 9y ago
Thanks for this, I had no idea it existed and it looks amazing! Definitely trying it out tonight.
- adamnemecek 9y ago
  Post your experience here afterwards.
  - collias 9y ago
    Will do!
  - tylermac1 9y ago
    I just tried it and am completely floored. It worked wonderfully. Just some expected mouse input lag. Otherwise smooth as butter. I have gigabit fiber so that might help a little with the overall experience but I'd be willing to pay a good amount of money for this as a service.
  - collias 9y ago
    Ok, just started it. I'm ABSOLUTELY FLOORED. Like, to the point where I' debating selling my gaming PC if I can get a better internet connection to reduce the input lag a bit. But even with that, the input lag is barely noticeable. I'm playing Destiny 2, highest graphics settings, at 1920x1080, totally smoothly.... on my 2012 MacBook. This is a game changer. Thanks for the suggestion!!
    - adamnemecek 9y ago
      I feel the exact same way. My productivity is probably gonna take a nosedive tho. I feel I need to tell everyone I know about this.
  - robotresearcher 9y ago
    Looks great. Installed and ran smoothly. Steam refused to install DOOM (the recent reboot) and COD Black Ops II. Not a failed attempt - a dialog popped up declining to install. Maybe there's a license deal behind the scenes that governs that. Very cool that it worked at all. I had a playable game during a screen-sharing telecon on the same machine. For science only, of course.
Sholmesy 9y ago
This is awesome. I can't wait for UK/EU, thanks for this.
davidkuhta 9y ago
Thanks for sharing! This is really cool and has a pretty broad spectrum of Games ranging from Minecraft to PUBG! "What is it?": > 1. WHAT IS THE GEFORCE NOW™ FOR MAC® FREE BETA? GeForce NOW for Mac beta is a new service from NVIDIA that connects you to a powerful GeForce GTX gaming PC in the cloud, turning your Mac into a powerful gaming rig. We’ve launched a free beta of this service. so you can try it out at no charge. The GeForce NOW beta app will require you to log in to Steam to install games included in our list of supported games. You must already own or purchase these games to play them. Other interesting note: 10. HOW MANY GAMES CAN I INSTALL? Install as many of your games as you like. GeForce NOW game storage is unlimited.
- adamnemecek 9y ago
  You can play anything you own on steam r battle.net.

bdz 9y ago

Yes here is a guide to make your own. That's from 2015 but the idea is the same. https://lg.io/2015/07/05/revised-and-much-faster-run-your-own-highend-cloud-gaming-service-on-ec2.html https://lg.io/2015/07/05/revised-and-much-faster-run-your-ow... But there are services too https://liquidsky.com https://liquidsky.com https://parsec.tv https://parsec.tv