Should my new gaming pc just be a super fast network card?

[Fre Ragnarsdottir]

Just the title. Will game streaming become so main stream in the near future that it’s pointless to spend a ton of money on dedicated hardware?
 

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[CopiWasTaken]

9 minutes ago, Fre Ragnarsdottir said:

Just the title. Will game streaming become so main stream in the near future that it’s pointless to spend a ton of money on dedicated hardware?
 

Budget (including currency): 

Country: 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

 

To be honest, I highly doubt it from what I've seen from things like Stadia and GeForce Now.

[Moonzy]

near future? i'd say not within 5 years

unless there's a breakthrough in networking technologies

[Akolyte]

Even if you purchase a high-end network card chances are even an onboard NIC will be able to use the full bandwidth of your residential internet.  

 

It will be at least a few years before Streaming becomes the norm.  There is also a lot of existing and older games that are fun that you would miss out on if you only bought a basic PC with a high-end network card. 

 

I don't really play many any games anymore, but I think the gaming industry is turning a bit rotten anyway, I'm not deeply involved into it currently so my perspective may not be a full one.  

 

I suspect there will be a gaming "enthusiast" community which will play games on their own PCs, and then a more mainstream community playing DRM-Heavy, Microtransaction, Stream-Only games.  A fair way off, but just a prediction.