The Last GPU (Graphics Card)

[TimGarcia1991]

My last GPU was a EVGA 1050 TI SC which I never got to play with but before that was a EVGA 750 TI SC which was good enough to play Rust. Since then I've been using GeForce Now on a Chromebook. With Cloud gaming, It seems like hardware will disappear... Hopefully im wrong.

 

[Colif]

My last one was a 2070 Super.
Before that it was a GTX 980
Before that it was a GTX 960
I don't know what I had between than and a GTX 260, I know it was an AMD of some kind.
Prior to 2010 is the dark ages and I cannot be sure of anything I owned back then.
Apart from, My 1st 3d GPU was a Voodoo 2, and my 1st 2d GPU was an ATI Rage Pro

Cloud gaming requires faster internet in some countries before it will be an alternative to having local hardware.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

I really dont want to replace my local hardware with a subscription service, especially one that has queuing times and limited session lengths. I also just like messing around with hardware so thats a negative from me at least

Its a really good option for a lot of people though, like Colif says those that have good internet at least.

Whats the situation with smaller budget games there? It says they have 2000 games available but Steam gets like almost 20000 added a year at this point. Would be really frustrating to me to find a game I wanted to play wasnt available on the platform.

 

[Zed Clampet]

My last GPU was a EVGA 1050 TI SC which I never got to play with but before that was a EVGA 750 TI SC which was good enough to play Rust. Since then I've been using GeForce Now on a Chromebook. With Cloud gaming, It seems like hardware will disappear... Hopefully im wrong.

I used to think this, but one of the great joys of PC gaming is the PC itself, and I don't see mid to high end PC gaming going away in my lifetime, particularly since the FPS standard has moved from 60 to 120 and beyond, and the resolution is gradually changing to 4k. These are things that cloud gaming is a long way from being able to replicate. I hate to say "never" because those statements are always funny 10 years later, but the way that PC gaming tends to advance, it may not be possible for cloud gaming to keep up. It's significantly behind now, and PC gaming isn't standing still.

What I see happening is that graphics cards get more and more expensive, and the people who would traditionally buy the low end cards, the budget gamers, will gradually move to cloud gaming.

Geforce Now started out extremely well in terms of gaining new customers, but it's slowed down tremendously the last couple of years. I see it continuing to slow down, particularly since AMD is coming out with low end cards that are bangers.

 

[Colif]

and the resolution is gradually changing to 4k.

seemingly force-ably so, in that if you want 1440p you better be happy with a 27 inch screen as everything above it is 4k. If anything that makes it harder for low end to exist and maybe youth won't mind the latency associated with playing something that isn't local.

Maybe 10g will be so fast we can't tell its not local... but this future isn't near... not for some where fast internet is a threat to legacy industries who won't have an audience soon. and are trying to slow down progress. And educate their youth that TV is still best place to get news... or maybe thats just Australia. Brainwashing must continue, how dare internet get in the way.

Cloud gaming here may happen eventually but I won't be jumping at it.