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First look: Nvidia GeForce Now brings premium gaming to Mac

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AppleInsider goes hands on with the latest beta version of Nvidia GeForce Now, a cloud gaming service that promises to deliver high-end gaming experiences to Mac.

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14 Comments

dr hawk 10 Years · 22 comments

I have a couple of questions regarding this service that weren't brought up on the video.

1) Will they have overseas servers (as I live in Australia and the lag would be in the 100's of milliseconds at best if the server is in the US)?
2) What connection to the internet is required for fast speeds? (ADSL 2 and above?)

Cheers Dr Hawk

Mike Wuerthele 8 Years · 6906 comments

dr hawk said:
I have a couple of questions regarding this service that weren't brought up on the video.

1) Will they have overseas servers (as I live in Australia and the lag would be in the 100's of milliseconds at best if the server is in the US)?
2) What connection to the internet is required for fast speeds? (ADSL 2 and above?)

Cheers Dr Hawk

This is just the very first examination of the service. I'll pass your questions on. 


Regarding internet speed, Nvidia recommends 50Mbit speed for 1080p, 20Mbit for 720p, and at least 10Mbit to work at all.

gatorguy 13 Years · 24627 comments

For their gaming service they do have one Asia-Pacific server AFAIK in addition to several in the US and EU, No doubt Mike will get the answers to the rest of your questions but at least you won't have to depend on connection to a US server (assuming I'm correct). If it's similar to their GeForce gaming on the Shield I think you have the opportunity to check the latency before committing to the service. 

digital_guy 14 Years · 162 comments

Why does this remind me of  OnLive , from what now seems like so long ago.


mrmiyamoto 9 Years · 22 comments

Dang, I read that as Nvidia chips coming back to the Macbook line -_-