Next Week

Next week I plan on doing the same test I did this week but on my low to mid-level gaming laptop and see if the same issues a present on a screen more suited for gaming. I will also be testing the difference in performance between playing on 5GHz signal and an Ethernet connection. The games will be the same to and will be on the same graphic setting to keep it consistent. I also plan on trying to record actual game play to let you see how the games actual looks like with a comparison video. Again, I am doing this blog to let other use my experience using different gaming technology and software and let them decide on if this information is useful to them in the future. If you have any questions or ideas feel free to put them in the comments and I’ll see if I can answer your questions.

Geforce Now VS Gaming Tower

 

This new testing that I am working on this week is to compare visual and gameplay on GeForce Now for a multiplayer platform. The re-inform on the games I chose where Red Orchestra Rising Storm 2 Vietnam, Destiny 2, and War Thunder. Each game will give me an understanding on how this service handle different types of gameplay it can handle. Now the system I decided to test each game on is a Surface Pro 7 manly to really give this service a test. In Red Orchestra Rising storm 2 Vietnam I wanted to see how much of a difference there was between an online service and a dedicated desktop. So, I put both test graphics on ultra and played on full game. Above you’ll see screenshots from each computer (surface Pro 7 and Gaming Desktop). Now while I managed to play one full game from start to finish there were some issues that I ran into during the hour-long game. One of the issues was the render distance, I had a difficult time spotting player from long distances or in heavy foliage and up-close it was difficult to see the players clearly even when they weren’t wearing camouflage. For War Thunder the graphics don’t really affect gameplay as much and it looks fine for most players. There is little to no lag when playing and I didn’t see much of an input lag while playing. The details are only noticeable when you look at your vehicle up close. The latency on the controls are not notable in this type of gameplay and since the graphics aren’t that detailed compared to most triple A games it is quite enjoyable. In my testing for Destiny 2 the graphics aren’t as sharp as it would be on a gaming monitor with a dedicated desktop. This becomes more relevant when there are multiple events happening at once. Now all the graphical limits may have been to the screen limits on my Surface Pro but that’s what the test is for, to see how a none gaming laptops run playing games they weren’t meant to play using a streaming service.

Next Week

Next week I plan on truly testing GeForce Nows capability as a game streaming service. I plan to test its latency on multi player gameplay. The games I will be using for this test will be RisingStorm 2 Vietnam, Warthunder, And Destiny 2. This should give me an idea if streaming service from GeForce Now is worth using for muli player or if one should primarily use it for single player games.

GeForce Now Comparison

Over the past few days I’ve been deciding on how to compare GeForce Now with PC rigs to see if it is worth getting an online service over buying or building a gaming PC. Now one comparison I worked on is seeing how GeForce Now works on a non-gaming laptop with two dedicated gaming laptops. The computers I chose to run GeForce Now was the Lenovo Yoga Pro 2 and the two gaming laptops I chose to compare its performance to was Asus Nitro 5 with a GTX 1050 and an Asus ROG Strix Scar 2 with an RTX 2070. Another factor I decided to add was that all three laptops will be unplugged, meaning they will solely rely on its own battery power to run the game. The game I chose to run was Subnautica with its graphics setting set to high to really test each computers ability to handle water physics in the game on just its battery power. As you can see from the video above GeForce Now doesn’t disappoint, it starts up the game slightly faster than either gaming laptops (and this is on a 2.5Ghz Wi-Fi signal). Not to mention download speed is almost instant on GeForce Now’s program. After only a few minutes of playing I checked is battery level, note that I stared with 100% on all three computers, and the Lenovo dropped to 96%, Asus Nitro 5 at 89%, and Asus ROG Strix 2 at the lowest 86%. So far, I’m impressed on the performance that Nvidia can accomplish. I have done a small test between the 2.5Ghz and 5Ghz signals and the game dose run smoother on 5Ghz, but I haven’t down a full test on it. My next test will be to test it on an android system and see how it fares with a gaming PC.