Acer’s Chromebook 516 GE is here to play — if you’ve got great internet

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Acer’s Chromebook 516 GE is here to play — if you’ve got great internet
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This laptop will launch later in October for $649.99.

, and more without thinking too much about the fact that I was gaming on a Chromebook, let alone streaming the games from a server farm somewhere. You can forget that the games aren’t being run natively. And this laptop’s screen specs aid in that illusion.You’ll need ainternet connection to maintain this illusion. If you want to take full advantage of the 516 GE’s 120Hz, 1600p panel, you’ll need a download speed of at least 35Mbps, and you’ll need to pay $19.

Those requirements may not be outlandish for city or suburb dwellers but will likely spell trouble for anyone who doesn’t have access to high-speed terrestrial internet. While some LTE / 5G home internet may meet the speed requirements, the latency likely won’t meet Nvidia’s recommendation of 40ms or less.

The appeal of cloud gaming is that it lets you experience high-end gaming without having to pay for high-end gaming hardware. Google tried to get into cloud gaming with its, but it couldn’t compete with Nvidia GeForce Now and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, in part because those services let you play games you already own on other platforms rather than having to buy them again.

And while offloading the heavy lifting means you can game on hardware you already have, companies are starting to sell devices that are optimized for cloud gaming. If you’ve been following recent tech news, that’s the idea behindA cloud-gaming Chromebook makes a lot more sense than Stadia ever could because even when you aren’t gaming, a laptop is a very useful thing to have. And the 516 GE has respectable specs for the $649.99 price.

We’ll be diving more deeply into performance with gaming Chromebooks like this for a full review as soon as we can.

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