Obviously, latency is a major topic here, and has a profound influence on both parts of the equation (there are also a lot of other challenges like bandwidth, capacity, etc., but I’ll get into those later).

NVIDIA’s service is in beta, and relies on two things: data center deployments in several US and EU locations, and a finely tuned streaming protocol (with clients for PC, Mac and their own hardware). What got me interested in GeForce NOW in the first place is that it promised hassle-free access to a few select games I cannot play on my Mac at all, like Quake Champions, which I only managed to install (but hardly play) in a Parallels VM a year back.

There have been many attempts at launching game streaming services in the past–some by labels, some by third-parties, and even some by carriers 1. That e-mail almost single-handedly prevented me from finishing last week’s post, but provided so much fun that I just had to write something about their service from the perspective of a (nearly) retired FPS gamer. 12 min read Playing Quake Champions On Your Mac with NVIDIA Geforce NOWĪ few days ago, amidst some home automation hacking, I got an e-mail that gave me pause: it was the confirmation I’d been accepted into the NVIDIA GeForce NOW beta, which I’d applied for a few months ago but promptly forgot about.

Free for mac instal Quake