Terrible News, Cloud Gaming is Good Now

Linus dives into the surprisingly solid performance of Nvidia’s GeForce NOW, testing Indiana Jones, Borderlands 4 and Apex Legends in the cloud versus a beefy local rig. Despite latency concerns, cloud play mostly holds its own, with only minor hiccups in frame times and input lag—making it a legit option for anyone tired of upgrading hardware every year.

While it’s awesome that you can game on practically any device now, it’s also a little alarming for the PC market: if streaming continues to nail responsiveness and visuals, your next GPU upgrade might be purely optional.

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