I was able to play right alongside PC gamers, and while there was still a bit of stuttering and lag, it worked. Playing PUBG using GeForce NOW was just like playing it on a PC. To ensure players get a low ping, Nvidia has servers located across the United States. I was able to successfully play over WiFi for most of my testing, though, as I didn't see the frame loss issue consistently. When switching over to a hardwired ethernet connection, the game ran more smoothly, so if you don't have a Wi-Fi connection that's robust enough, a physical connection might be necessary to use the service. Even with a Wi-Fi connection that met those demands, I ran into some problems with frame loss that made the game unplayable a couple of times. Nvidia recommends a 50Mb/s connection or higher to account for other potential internet traffic. GeForce NOW is heavily reliant on a fast internet connection, requiring a 25Mb/s download speed at a minimum and a 5GHz wireless router. GeForce NOW runs a system check when you launch it so you can tell if your connection is going to be good enough for optimal streaming. With Player Unknown's Battlegrounds, I bought it on Steam, logged into GeForce NOW, and had it up and running on my 2013 iMac in about 30 seconds. Since you're essentially streaming the gameplay from the cloud, when you choose a free-to-play game or a game you've purchased on Steam, you don't need to install it because it's already installed and ready to go.
Setup is as simple as downloading the GeForce NOW for Mac app and then connecting a Steam account. I've been testing GeForce NOW this week and while it's not perfect, it's promising. You need to purchase the games you play, with GeForce NOW providing the power to play them. GeForce NOW integrates with Steam and works with the games you already own, so it's not a gaming service that provides access to games.
So if you've been wanting to play Player Unknown's Battlegrounds on a Mac, for example, you can do so with GeForce NOW.
That's also an issue that can be solved with GeForce NOW, because it can stream PC-only games too. Since Macs aren't known for being gaming machines, PC makers don't typically design new titles to run on Macs. The only requirement is a good internet connection, with the virtual gaming PC handling all of the GPU and CPU requirements. GeForce NOW for Mac, currently in beta testing in North America, lets you use a virtual GeForce GTX gaming PC in the cloud to run games that otherwise may not be possible to play on a Mac. Apple's Macs aren't optimized for gaming and often don't have powerful enough GPUs to run the latest gaming titles, a problem that Nvidia is aiming to solve with its GeForce NOW service designed for Macs.
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