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0 pointsGigachad16h ago0 comments

Why? Those servers still have to pay the same price for components plus a markup for the service. In theory you can serve more gamers per GPU, but these GPUs have to be physically located in your city to have a usable latency, and that means you'll have issues with peak utilization being most users gaming at the same time of day.

I just don't see the cost savings of sharing a GPU overcoming the extra expense + profit such a service would need.

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HDBaseT14h ago

The GPUs do not have to be "psychically located in your city" to have usable latency.

Of course, less latency is always better although running a traceroute between my IP and major city (Sydney) from 1,500 km equates to about 11ms latency with optimal routing. (Real life test, traceroute via an ISP Looking Glass).

GigachadOP12h ago

1500km is still largely the same timezone though. To actually get consistent usage of the GPUs you'd want users on the other side of the planet using them while the current side is sleeping/etc.

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HDBaseT14h ago

The GPUs do not have to be "psychically located in your city" to have usable latency.

GigachadOP12h ago

1500km is still largely the same timezone though. To actually get consistent usage of the GPUs you'd want users on the other side of the planet using them while the current side is sleeping/etc.

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