The truth is I/O is much slower then networking. Many LCD displays do image processing which results in it being several frames behind the one the GPU is curre

The truth is I/O is much slower then networking. Many LCD displays do image processing which results in it being several frames behind the one the GPU is currently pushing out. So between your desktop and your monitor could be 70ms of latency. On top of that there's the delay in input devices. If streamers could maintain 30ms of network latency then it's just a minor difference from the system baseline. If the streamers are smart they could colocate with the game servers. Then that 30ms of network latency is there regardless, home system or streaming system. It effectively adds no lag for streaming. John Carmack made a comment that he could send a packet to europe faster then he could send a pixel to a screen: http://superuser.com/questions/419070/transatlantic-ping-faster-than-sending-a-pixel-to-the-screen http://superuser.com/questions/419070/transatlantic-ping-fas...