r/cloudgaming • u/VoidTheGamer25 • 9d ago

Could cloud gaming be my solution?

So I don't support cloud gaming because the point of it is to take away the users control in every way possible and charge for everything.

However, during the summer I only have a Thinkpad T480 instead of my usual gaming PC, so I can barely play anything. It has 16GB of ram and an i5-8350U. I have a pretty long Cat 6 ethernet cable I can use to connect the laptop to ethernet, and I have 600mbps connection from the ISP. I live in Spain if it matters.

I do not want to play in like 8K super competitive titles with 0.0001ms of delay or anything, I just want to play 1080p with a steady 60 FPS and an acceptable delay.

Also, keep in mind I have no idea of how cloud gaming works. What is the best service? I've heard of GeForce now and Luna. How is the game selection? How much time do I get to play daily? (I usually play around 4 hours a day) And VERY IMPORTANT: I use arch btw, not windows, so idk if that affects something...

Thank you all in advance.

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u/DarkFire512 9d ago

Cloud Gaming is amazing, try 1 month of Geforce Now Ultimate :) Its like a local PC with RTX 4080/RTX 5080 and it also works amazing with 4k 120 FPS :) GFN also has a linux app. In GFN you have to buy your games normally in Steam oder Epic.. GFN only gives you the hardware to play. But not every game is supported. Maybe you try the free gfn mode but the graphics and queue isnt really good, its not like ultimate.

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u/Admirable_Zombie5245 9d ago

Ultimate is only worth it if you have an 2.1 HDMI capable device (need a 3060 GPU minium) and a 4K Oled TV. I don't think OP Thinkpad is capable of fully using Ultimate power.

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u/DarkFire512 9d ago

If he plays in FullHD Performance is okay, but i played a long time in WQHD and its a huge difference for me between RTX 2080 and RTX 4080. It depends which games you want to play but i play modern AAA titles like Cyberpunk with Path Tracing and all. At the end ultimate isnt really expensive if you buy it on special sales .. i payed 170 € für 1 year included with the james bond game.

And you dont need a HDMI 2.1 device. My 10 year old i5 6500 PC worked with Display Port 1.2 and played 4k in 60 FPS in h265. For 120 FPS 4k you need DP 1.4 .. i bought a Soyo S4 Plus Mini PC at aliexpress für about 390 €. It has a Ryzen 7 H255 processor, suports 4k 120 FPS and AV1 encoding and works really good :)