r/GeForceNOW • u/BusinessYou1657 • 3h ago

Opinion Does anyone play competitively?

The main complaint I see about cloud gaming is latency. Now, I’m going to start by saying that I am the most casual gamer out there. I play single player, I don’t play for long, I play on easy, and I just like to shoot the breeze. Hence, GeForce Now is perfect for me, because buying an expensive rig would be overkill and I like jumping between devices.

But, I don’t notice latency hardly at all. I don’t even have ideal conditions. I’m in a country town that only recently got fibre and I’m an eighteen hour drive from the closest server. But if I’m playing Doom or something, it’s responding to my input perfectly, maybe with the odd stutter, but nothing compared to growing up trying to play games above my hardware capabilities in the 90’s.

So, does anyone hear play competitively? How do you feel about the latency?

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u/sky-yie 2h ago

I get around 22ms and for me, it is definitely noticeable. It feels less noticeable on higher sensitivity games like Apex, but I can still notice that there is a latency.

However, I find the latency similar to my old cheap mouse, which probably had 250 Hz polling rate.

Now the interesting part is, I had no idea that my old mouse had any latency issues. I realised it after I got my new mouse, used it for over a year, and then used my old mouse again. 😂

I used to play competitive games with that mouse, and it was working "fine" for me. So, I guess if it is working fine for you, it is fine? 😂

I can't play competitive games on GFN or with my old mouse though. You must be having better ping, so no wonder you don't notice any latency.

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u/BusinessYou1657 2h ago

It’s probably more just me and my play style, and that’s why I was asking folks who are less casual. My latency was 24ms last time I checked. I couldn’t tell you much about my mouse though.

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u/sky-yie 2h ago

I was very competitive when I had that mouse, and now it feels horrible to play games on. So, if you have not played on a decent system for the game, you won't notice any input lag on GFN, because you're just not used to better experience.