For many, cloud gaming has become an excellent way to enjoy their favorite titles, and it’s understandable, as this option ultimately eliminates one of the most important issues when it comes to gaming hardware from the equation. component costs.

It is very easy to understand. When we run the game locally, it’s our computer that has to take all the load it generates, which means that if we don’t meet the minimum requirements, it’s very likely that it won’t work, or that it will work in a deadlock. and starts and in bad quality. very low graphics Cloud game free us from this problem completelybecause the launch of video games is not on our device but on the server.

This server does the hard work and streams the game to our team for us to enjoy. we’ll just need very light client and good internet connection. The latter is very important because it will largely determine the experience we will have, and no, it does not have to be high speed, but it must be stable and have low latency.

We already talked about this topic when we saw the three things we need to enjoy cloud gaming, but today I want to focus on an important topic, latency and how we can reduce it. Those of you who read us regularly already know that latency is the delay that occurs between the two-way communication that is established between our PC and the server. If it is too high, communication will be delayed and our actions and changes in the game will be reflected late, which in extreme cases can make it impossible to play.

How to reduce latency for a better cloud gaming experience

1. Select the server closest to your country: Although this is a detail that is clear and perfectly understood by the average user, there are still people who do not fully adopt it, and it is a shame, because choosing the wrong server can completely ruin our cloud gaming experience. This has a very simple explanation, that if we communicate with a server that is in Europe, the distance will be less and the latency will be less, but the opposite will happen when communicating with a server in the United States or China.
2. Use a wired connection: these tend to have more stability, are unaffected by external interference, and usually offer lower latency. In some cases, going from wireless to wired can make a huge difference in terms of latency, especially when using a Wi-Fi 4 connection.
3. Switch to Wi-Fi 5: This is a standard that, although no longer considered state-of-the-art, is still capable of very high speeds, suffers from less interference than Wi-Fi 4 and has lower latency, if we stay at a reasonable level. distance from the router so that the signal strength is good enough.
4. Adjust bandwidth consumption: This is especially important in cases where the Internet connection is not very fast, and also when we use relatively old routers with multiple connected devices. For example, for cloud gaming with GeForce Now, 50 Mbps bandwidth is recommended, but 15 Mbps is the minimum.
5. Change the router: It’s a rather drastic measure, which is why we put it last. A very old router can cause high latency issues because its hardware is outdated and therefore doesn’t have enough RAM or a powerful enough processor to handle workloads like cloud gaming and that’s it. it can be worse if we have multiple devices connected at the same time.

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