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Since not everybody is playing at the same time, a single GPU will service multiple players (each of whom would require a console).
by badpun 8y ago
Since not everybody is playing at the same time, a single GPU will service multiple players (each of whom would require a console).
- jedieaston 8y agoOn the other hand, everyone on the east coast (therefore using east coast edge nodes) will be playing from 8-11 EST when the new Wolfenstein game comes out, so how is stuff rationed? Do you make people queue until there is a node close enough to them available? Do you sell the spare GPUs to people in GCP to use for their compute on off times to make up the cash? Do you make it $40 per month?
- amaccuish 8y agoI think this comment is super underrated. If America is asleep, you can't really use that capacity for players in Europe, since the latency would increase. Likewise if Europe is over capacity, you can't really just assign players to a US server.
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoAnd (while I realize you're oversimplifying for the sake of example), it's not just per-continent in this case, but something more akin to per-metro-area.
- vasili111 8y agoGoogle can have GPU count near player count but when there is no big demand they can be used for other types of computations.