[Q] Nvidia GRID, and Playing on TV w/o HDMI cable.

[dcchambers]

Currently, for the Project Shield to play PC games you have to be on the same WIFI network as your own PC (to reduce latency, it makes sense)

However, with Nvidia's GRID service, does anyone know if that will enable us to play PC games in just about any wifi area? (assuming we are a member of the GRID service, whose details I am still a bit iffy on) I am having trouble finding a news about this.

Also, in the few demo videos I have seen, Nvidia has shown that the Shield can stream PC games through your HDTV, but it has been hooked up via HDMI. I believe they said eventually it would be possible to do it wirelessly (which I hope is true, since having an HDMI cable connected at all times would be a bit...wonky). So PC -> Shield -> HDTV, without the use of an HDMI cable... - Can anyone confirm if this is true?

Thanks!

 

[PR0XIDIAN]

Currently, for the Project Shield to play PC games you have to be on the same WIFI network as your own PC (to reduce latency, it makes sense)

However, with Nvidia's GRID service, does anyone know if that will enable us to play PC games in just about any wifi area? (assuming we are a member of the GRID service, whose details I am still a bit iffy on) I am having trouble finding a news about this.

Also, in the few demo videos I have seen, Nvidia has shown that the Shield can stream PC games through your HDTV, but it has been hooked up via HDMI. I believe they said eventually it would be possible to do it wirelessly (which I hope is true, since having an HDMI cable connected at all times would be a bit...wonky). So PC -> Shield -> HDTV, without the use of an HDMI cable... - Can anyone confirm if this is true?

Thanks!

What I want to know, is if we can use root access to set up a VPN or possibly trick the shield into streaming without being on the same wifi network. My home network has a latency of 8MS to google, my work network has around 20MS. Which to me would be fine for this sort of thing latency wise.

 

[agrabren]

What I want to know, is if we can use root access to set up a VPN or possibly trick the shield into streaming without being on the same wifi network. My home network has a latency of 8MS to google, my work network has around 20MS. Which to me would be fine for this sort of thing latency wise.

The real question will be about uplink bandwidth. Google Fiber users would have *no* issue. Most of us have restrictive uplinks, where our providers throttle the upload speed. Because the vast majority of data would be going from your PC to the internet and down to your client, that's where you need a fat pipe. You should measure that pipe speed to see if it seems reasonable to get working first.

 

[PR0XIDIAN]

The real question will be about uplink bandwidth. Google Fiber users would have *no* issue. Most of us have restrictive uplinks, where our providers throttle the upload speed. Because the vast majority of data would be going from your PC to the internet and down to your client, that's where you need a fat pipe. You should measure that pipe speed to see if it seems reasonable to get working first.

I've got a REALLY fat pipe. Upload is 60mbps download is 170mbps. Ping to google is usually around 8-12.

 

[agrabren]

I've got a REALLY fat pipe. Upload is 60mbps download is 170mbps. Ping to google is usually around 8-12.

That comment borders on the obscene.

I don't actually know what the uplink requirements are. I'm not part of the network ops team, nor streaming services.

 

[PR0XIDIAN]

As to the actual thread, I'm 100% sure that grid will be coming to shield. On the grid website it says "Any-device gaming: High-quality, low-latency, multi device gaming on any PC, Mac, tablet, smartphone or TV. " The shield is essentially a small tablet. Running android. If they put it on smartphones and tablet and not the shield they would be pretty stupid. http://www.nvidia.com/object/cloud-gaming.html

 

[agrabren]

Grid is a bit different than streaming from your PC to anywhere. But I don't currently know the bandwidth requirements.

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[SixSixSevenSeven]

As to the actual thread, I'm 100% sure that grid will be coming to shield. On the grid website it says "Any-device gaming: High-quality, low-latency, multi device gaming on any PC, Mac, tablet, smartphone or TV. " The shield is essentially a small tablet. Running android. If they put it on smartphones and tablet and not the shield they would be pretty stupid. http://www.nvidia.com/object/cloud-gaming.html

shield will run any android app so you could easily sideload it or on a rooted device spoof your device idea to the play store to download it from there.

If they release it on android there would be no way to prevent the shield access.