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A 1 Gbit/s connection is a great bandwidth (you probably mean 1 Gbit/s and not 1 GB), bit the latency is even more important. If the game movements and actions
by PhilippGille 7y ago
A 1 Gbit/s connection is a great bandwidth (you probably mean 1 Gbit/s and not 1 GB), bit the latency is even more important. If the game movements and actions lag behind your physical input, this can ruin the whole experience, no matter if the stream has a great quality (few compression artifacts, high resolution) thanks to the bandwidth.
I only used the Shadow gaming VM service so far and the servers are in a neighbouring country, with 100 Mbit/s bandwidth and 30ms ping to 1.1.1.1, so not optimal conditions, but GTA IV, Minecraft and other games were not fun to play due to the input lag.
- ilovecaching 7y agoYeah, you need to be next to a PoP where the game servers are running for an optimal experience.
- jayd16 7y agoWith fiber he's probably getting 1ms pings.
- KukicAdnan 7y agoYeah according to Speedtest.net I'm getting 2ms ping. http://www.gcping.com/ http://www.gcping.com/ to the closest Google data center puts me at 12ms median.
- kalleboo 7y agoThis all depends on where you live and the infrastructure. I have 1 Gbit fiber, but in my country nearly all the infrastructure is concentrated in one of 2 cities, so I still have minimum 15/30ms (IPv6/IPv4) ping to everything since it has to travel across the country. edit: gcping.com puts me at 40ms