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Nvidia GeForce NOW SA launch
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shadow_man
Executive Member
Thanks, you JHB people must stop showing off with your "we live next to the dc" pings
but don't worry us CPT people get our revenge when you want to play internationally and you get that sweet sweet 20-30ms extra latency for international traffic, that we get for local traffic I'm loving how well Rain 4G holds up with Geforce Now. But I'm not surprised, I previously used the service using UK servers and I averaged +700GB a month from just Geforce Now gaming on 1080p 60fps.
New games got added.
GEFORCE NOW: GAME READY THURSDAY RELEASES 19/10/2023
New to GeForce NOW:- Wizard With a Gun (New release on Steam, Oct. 17)
- Alaskan Road Truckers (New release on Steam and Epic Games Store, Oct. 18)
- Hellboy: Web of Wyrd (New release on Steam, Oct. 18)
- AirportSim (New release on Steam, Oct. 19)
- Eternal Threads (New release on Epic Games Store, Oct. 19)
- Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 - Turbocharged (New release on Steam, Oct. 19)
- Laika Aged Through Blood (New release on Steam, Oct. 19)
- Battle Chasers: Nightwar (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
- Black Skylands (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
- Blair Witch (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Xbox and available on PC Game Pass)
- Dead by Daylight (Xbox and available on PC Game Pass)
- Dune: Spice Wars (Xbox and available on PC Game Pass)
- Everspace 2 (Xbox and available on PC Game Pass)
- EXAPUNKS (Xbox and available on PC Game Pass)
- Gungrave G.O.R.E (Xbox and available on PC Game Pass)
- Railway Empire 2 (Xbox and available on PC Game Pass)
- Techtonica (Xbox and available on PC Game Pass)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge (Xbox and available on PC Game Pass)
- Torchlight III (Xbox and available on PC Game Pass)
- Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy (Epic Games Store)
- Vampire Survivors (Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
Kosmik
Honorary Master
For 1080? Too expensive.
shadow_man
Executive Member
Beat me to it! I find the reddit GeForce now subreddit pretty good for this kind of thing (and I can see a few posters here do too!):
marhsava
Expert Member
Tried it on the shield with my PS5 controller, felt like I was playing on console.
Wonder how it will be in 4k.
Wonder how it will be in 4k.
shadow_man
Executive Member
Anyone seeing weird loss via the GeForce now network testing tool?
If I use WiFi it says 0 loss. If I switch to ethernet cabled I have a 15% loss - that I can't replicate to anywhere else (either via WiFi or cabled)...
Anyone know what the end GeForce server I can test to is or do I need to dump traffic and see?
EDIT - Quick dump shows:
af-south.ran.geforcenow.nvidiagrid.net
$ dig +short af-south.ran.geforcenow.nvidiagrid.net
npa-ran-jnb-01.ran.geforcenow.nvidiagrid.net.
196.46.65.143
196.46.65.144
WiFi
Ethernet
GeForce now (via Ethernet)
If I use WiFi it says 0 loss. If I switch to ethernet cabled I have a 15% loss - that I can't replicate to anywhere else (either via WiFi or cabled)...
Anyone know what the end GeForce server I can test to is or do I need to dump traffic and see?
EDIT - Quick dump shows:
af-south.ran.geforcenow.nvidiagrid.net
$ dig +short af-south.ran.geforcenow.nvidiagrid.net
npa-ran-jnb-01.ran.geforcenow.nvidiagrid.net.
196.46.65.143
196.46.65.144
WiFi
Ethernet
GeForce now (via Ethernet)
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Flamer283
Well-Known Member
So weird its only over Ethernet
Doubt it'll cross the R250 mark. It currently costs R190 to use Geforce Now with a US account or around R230 with a UK account. It won't make sense for them to charge us higher. I think R150-R180 will be the amount FOR NOW.
So this is something @PBCool or @TheRoDent needs to maybe have a look at. They are reaching Rain through their transit provider and not via peering because Rain is announcing the 196.46.64.0/21 at NAP JHB and CPT.
Kosmik
Honorary Master
For which? Keep in mind, the tier we are on is basically free in other territories. I wouldn't expect it free but using a price comparison is skew, they haven't even allowed ultimate etc yet.
Actually I see ours is a but hybrid of free and priority, especially session length.
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Priority Plan will definitely not cost more than R200. Ultimate will be a bit pricier though
Kosmik
Honorary Master
Mine persisted in Starfield?
Some games do save settings like Ubisoft+ game but other games like Battlefield does not save the graphics settings and it defaults to Nvidia recommended settings each session.
The option to save settings in the Nvidia app is disabled for Free and Priority plan. It's only available for Ultimate.
KleinBoontjie
Honorary Master
Tested on Mibox 4 and Chromecast Android TV. On both GFN complained about 2.4ghz. Got a noticeable controller lag on the Mibox, but on the Chromecast it was smooth (even though it's 2.4GHZ).
shadow_man
Executive Member
Thanks.
I asked them in the CISP thread and got the following feedback.
"We already do learn this route at all common peering points."
Indeed, but it's coming from both Rain directly and Vodacom. It's not a train smash but the Rain NLD between CPT and JHB looks slightly lower in latency than the Vodacom one and this could be because they use a different NLD and once the traffic reaches JHB it needs to go over a cross connect from Vodacom to Rain because Rain uses Vodacom for transit internationally. I think Vodacom is also announcing that range at IXP which Rain should probably change.
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W@P
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Yeah I tested this morning with Mibox 3 and PS4 controller. Controller lag and for some reason, the buttons are Xbox buttons.
Not sure how to fix this. If I can get it to work it would be great for my oldest boy to play on the Mibox. I don't want to let him play on the PS4, scared he will delete kak or something. He still learning.