Terrible News, Cloud Gaming is Good Now

Linus and the team dive into Nvidia’s GeForce NOW in 2025 and, surprise surprise, it actually holds its own against beefy local rigs. They run benchmarks on Indiana Jones, Borderlands 4, and Apex Legends—comparing cloud vs. a custom AM5 setup with an RTX 5080, DDR5 RAM, and a slick OLED monitor—and the gaps are smaller than you’d think.

Despite the solid performance and silky-smooth frame rates, they wrestle with whether this is good for gamers who’ve long poured cash into high-end hardware. Spoiler: cloud gaming is finally viable, but at what cost to ownership, input lag fears, and that sweet, sweet piece of mind?

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