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How does it look with geforce now? I'll admit I'm actually totally confused as to how that even works, but it seems like a really cool way of being able to pla

by blhack 6y ago

How does it look with geforce now? I'll admit I'm actually totally confused as to how that even works, but it seems like a really cool way of being able to play games on my macbook without spending $1500 on a new graphics card for my gaming PC!

antihero 6y ago
I mean if you own the game it’s £5 to try it but it’s decently playable on ultra settings. Resolution is capped to 1080p though. Input lag is not hugely noticeable but I wouldn’t be playing a competitively on it.
bentcorner 6y ago
> I'll admit I'm actually totally confused as to how that even works I subbed for a few months and have never played CP2077 but here's the high level overview: You buy games on Steam/Epic/Ubisoft game store as normal. In the GeForce Now client, you pick the game you want to play (and on which storefront). When you "launch" it, NVidia spins up a VM, configuring it to launch the storefront you selected with your game, and connects a remote stream to your local client. You sign into Steam/Epic/Ubisoft (usually only needed the first time per storefront), and you "install" the game and play it. It works pretty well. If you don't have cutting edge hardware and don't mind a few ms of latency, it's a pretty good deal. Only caveat is that I would not use it to play shooters that require quick reflexes.
- 1f60c 6y ago
  I just looked it up, and they have a free plan. The fact that I won't have to buy all of my games in "the NVIDIA store" is a big plus, too. Thanks!
TacticalTable 6y ago
I played through 40 hours of Cyberpunk and I'm about out of content worth doing. Geforce Now is great, but it has a caveat that make it dicey: ≤1080p only, and the window it creates cannot be resized. You're stuck with stretched 1080 if you're on a larger monitor (though it at least preserves aspect ratio when stretching). Graphics are excellent, I was running on Ultra RTX (remember, 1080p) in most of the city and getting 50 fps, and latency was around 20-30ms. For how most games play, it wasn't really noticeable. $5 a month is a great deal, though I do wonder how Stadia stacks up. I certainly could have used the better resolution. It also works on iPad/iPhone and Android decently, if you want to play anywhere. I didn't have any issues trying my iPad, though it appears you're stuck with controller input on that.

by blhack 6y ago

antihero 6y ago

I mean if you own the game it’s £5 to try it but it’s decently playable on ultra settings. Resolution is capped to 1080p though. Input lag is not hugely noticeable but I wouldn’t be playing a competitively on it.

bentcorner 6y ago

> I'll admit I'm actually totally confused as to how that even works I subbed for a few months and have never played CP2077 but here's the high level overview: You buy games on Steam/Epic/Ubisoft game store as normal. In the GeForce Now client, you pick the game you want to play (and on which storefront). When you "launch" it, NVidia spins up a VM, configuring it to launch the storefront you selected with your game, and connects a remote stream to your local client. You sign into Steam/Epic/Ubisoft (usually only needed the first time per storefront), and you "install" the game and play it. It works pretty well. If you don't have cutting edge hardware and don't mind a few ms of latency, it's a pretty good deal. Only caveat is that I would not use it to play shooters that require quick reflexes.

1f60c 6y ago
I just looked it up, and they have a free plan. The fact that I won't have to buy all of my games in "the NVIDIA store" is a big plus, too. Thanks!

TacticalTable 6y ago

I played through 40 hours of Cyberpunk and I'm about out of content worth doing. Geforce Now is great, but it has a caveat that make it dicey: ≤1080p only, and the window it creates cannot be resized. You're stuck with stretched 1080 if you're on a larger monitor (though it at least preserves aspect ratio when stretching). Graphics are excellent, I was running on Ultra RTX (remember, 1080p) in most of the city and getting 50 fps, and latency was around 20-30ms. For how most games play, it wasn't really noticeable. $5 a month is a great deal, though I do wonder how Stadia stacks up. I certainly could have used the better resolution. It also works on iPad/iPhone and Android decently, if you want to play anywhere. I didn't have any issues trying my iPad, though it appears you're stuck with controller input on that.