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Ha - yea the amount of time spent building/researching/tweaking vs gaming isn't what it used to be...Cloud GPUs seem like an awesome idea for general compute tasks. Especially if there were a convenient API that made it appear to be a CUDA device on the local machine, it'd probably be great for non-real-time CUDA-accelerated tasks, of which I can imagine a few that might be relevant to the industry I work for.
I'm not really seeing the utility for games, though. I play games mostly as an excuse to build a hot-rod gaming PC, so the idea of renting time on one from nVidia is completely unappealing to me. I could see it being an easy sell to the crowd that enjoys watching game streams, though.
True, but you can RGB all the things these days!Ha - yea the amount of time spent building/researching/tweaking vs gaming isn't what it used to be...
It's still game streaming, which means latency is still the enemy.Maybe you guys arent seeing what thier advertising... nvidia is advertising to now have offsite GPUs stream games at max quality at 120fps... thats more what I was asking about. Im aware of AI/deep research stuff but this is a specific announcement at CES.
See link...
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/geforce-now/mac-pc/
Even under ideal circumstances, the image looks noticeably worse when using Steam streaming. That alone kills it for me personally, even if I were to get past my insistence on playing games on my own hardware.It's still game streaming, which means latency is still the enemy.
I'm more of a all black batman kind of guy, this RGB stuff is too distracting when my tower is on my deskTrue, but you can RGB all the things these days!
Even under ideal circumstances, the image looks noticeably worse when using Steam streaming. That alone kills it for me personally, even if I were to get past my insistence on playing games on my own hardware.
If I wanted to compromise on graphical quality, I'd play on a console.
Edit: Garbled a quote. Fixed now.
There is. How noticeable the latency is depends on the game; I don't notice it much in Witcher 3, but it was pretty obvious in Remember Me. I could see it being a serious deal-breaker in games like PUBG or CS:GO, and it would obviously be a huge problem for VR.I haven't used it myself; but people claimed there was latency even when using SteamLink which is just stream stuff within your local network from PC to TV.
With all the random hops and congestion on the Internet itself; I can't see it working all that well unless you're just playing some casual game.
Latency can be mitigated through predictive algorithms. Based on expected inputs, adjustments can be made to make latency virtually non existent. Nvidia mentioned with nearlt no latency impact using thier tech. Something tells me they will be doing deep learning on a per user basis and thrn applying predictive logic to that persons recognized patterns. I know I know sigh... its all scifi.
Better idea is when not at home, do other things. ie life.
Look forward to playing at home in full quality when you get back.
Can the tech be applied to your own GPU at home and streamed to any PC you want like on a road trip?
I think the cloud stuff is pretty cool. Old carmudgeon me who was materialistic probably would of balked, but to be honest I think the mentallity of outsourcing is just how it is now. I've spent over 3k+ in equipment just the last 2 years to up my game experience, and most of the stuff is out of date now, and requires a thousand or 2 here to get the latest. Realistically I could of paid a month to month service, and use what I needat my own time. The convenience of it being just made over the net makes it better.....so I like the idea. But also always ideas are cheap, execution is where it matters, so it would be cool to see how this goes when there's actually a high volume of people using it/etc.
I look at this as a solution in search of a problem.
If I want a GPU, I'll BUY a GPU.
I'm not mining. So I refuse to RENT a GPU.
When pushing 4K on consoles, sound infrastructure, unique games, VR on PS4 etc. I just don't see how this would be enticing blurry 1080p with latency. Would be funny if someone hijacked the GPU's into a massive mining endeavour. Maybe Nvidia is already doing that.Now that's it's been months I feel as this was just a feeler into a test market. A hypothesis and nothing more. Probably won't thrive in this day and age.