Butwhat's happenedisastechnologyhasmovedforwardasInternetspeedshaveincreasedin, althoughtheUnitedStatesisstillin a stateofdisarray, ifyouwill, whenitcomestotheconsistencyofInternetprovidersand I S P s acrossthenationgivingfastInternetconnections, datacapsandallthatsortofstuff, it's gettingbetter, however, thisserviceissomethingthatdoesuseInternet.
Butmovingforward G forcenowis a cloudbasedgamingservice.
Whatdoesthatmean?
Whileitmeansthatthereis a bunchofserversonlinethatthenhaveallyourgamesinstalledandrunning, andthentheystreamthemtothecomputerthatyouwerebeingtheenduserat.
Soyoucanseenowwhy a latentseeandInternetspeedandbandwithandreliabilityaregoingtobemoreimportantthananythingthathastodowithspecs.
Sobasically, lookatitthisway.
A very, verybig, veryrobustversionofsteamstreamingwhenyouhave a computeronyournetworkthathas a gameinstalledonitandyoulunchsteamonanothercomputer.
I thinkwithsomeepicgamesareor e a originandthennotallgamesupthere.
Soobviouslythelibrary, inmyopinion, a littlebitlimited.
Butthesearethekindofthingsthatgrowovertime.
And I thinkinvideoinvestinganysortofenergyandcostintothismeansthatwecanseethismature, unlikeotherserviceisthathavecomeaboutandthenjustfallenoffbythewayside.
Now, G Forcenowisactually a freeservice.
Butthereis a paidservicecalledFounders.
I mean, theyreallylovetheirwiththattermaroundfor $4.99 a month, whichgivesyou a perceivedincreaseinhardwarespecs.
Ifyouwillremember, thisisallrunningoff a server.
Soagainof a bigversionoflikewhatLinusdidwiththeonePC 20 gamerskindofthing.
Soyou'regettingslicesofhardwarethatarededicatedinto V EMS, whichyou'reconnectingto, andbasicallyyou'regetting a virtualmachinethatyougettoconnectto, anditstreams a gamedowntoyou, um, intermsofthehardwareandcodingandthespecsandallthatsortofstuffthatkindofvague.
We'lltake a lookhereintheinthesteamsystem, configuringyourthingtoseeifittellsuswhatitis.
That's simplybecauseofthefactthatitneverreallyhad a chancetofullydowntogetitsdownloadspeedrampedup.
Andall I didwasgrabitfromitsownserver.
SonowwecanhitplayforhowgoodtheseLGspeakerswere.
Alright.
Halflifetwoadmittedly, yes.
Youcouldplayonpotato.
Yes, wearedoingitonthis 9900 k, whichisverycapableofdecoding h 0.264 10 80 p 60 f pssignalclearly.
Butwhat I wantwhen I want a testrightnowislateandsee, that's whatwe'retestingfirst, becausewehavetoseewhathappenswhenwegofromundoubtedly a veryoverkillgamingPCto a PCthatnormallycouldn't playthisgame, letaloneDestiny, toobyitself.
Soifwegodowntodataserverordatasaver, that's ifyouhave a lotlessconnectiveityorlet's saydatacaps, butitstillcanuseasmuchassixgigabytesperhourarefourgigabytesperhour.
Soonethingwe'regonnadorightnowtoiswe'regonnaturnoffthesinkbecause I'm kindofcurioussystemthatwillhelpourlateandsee a littlebitbecauseVisaandcancreatelatencyonlocalclientsideattheMagicisdoingontheserver.
It's requiredthatyouloselessontwoframesandthenrecommendislessthanhalf a frame.
I hatewhenonlyhalf a framedropsanyway, lateandseeherelikeit's sayingit's requiredthatyouhavelessthan 80 millisecondsoflateandseeit's recommendedthatyouhavelessthanfouryearssoclearlywe'redoingallrightrightthere.
Soifyouhave a fibernetwork, you'redefinitelygonnabeallright.
Solet's goaheadandfireup a gamehere.
Um, I don't thinktheyhavethebestsystemintermsoffindingyourgamesforinstance.
I wishtheywouldjusthave a biglistofHere's allthegamesonthere.
Soonethingwedidrightnowiswewentaheadandturnthesinkbackonontheapptoseeifthatkindofgetsridofsomeofthestutteringandchoppinessthatweweregettingtokindofcompletelyputthisouttherewhen I wasplayingonthisintheon a differentcomputer, onethat's notnearlyashighspecisthisWeweren't I wasn't gettinganychoppinessorstutteringatall.
Well, bigstutterthere, huh?
It's notgood.
CSgoesProbablynot a titlethat I wouldtaketooseriouslyon G forcenow.
Butthisisprobablyoneofthemostcompetitivetitlesthat I couldprobablyimaginewhenitcomestolatetoseebeingimportant.
Andgiventhefactthatit's freeand a lotofpeoplehaving a hardtimebuildingorgettingpartsorpiecesrightnowmovingforwardaswekindofhavethiswholeindustrydisruptionhappening, there's noreasonwhyyoushouldn't tryitforfree.
I mean, wedid, andthat's whatwedecidedtomakethisvideo.
But I cantellyourightnowitdoesworkinthesensethatwecouldtake a systemlikethissurfacebookorsurfacetabletconvertiblethingy.
Um, it's not a prodoesn't discreetgraphiccardoranyanyofthatstuffthatisavailableonthehigherandmodelandcouldplaygamesthatitneverwouldhavehad a chance.
I couldhavesathereandactuallyplayedthroughDestiny a bit, andthetypeofgamethatthisservice, I think, makesthemostsenseforisanadventuretypegame.