topic Re: Stadia with a 4G router? in Getting Started With Stadia

Stadia with a 4G router?

cbdeakin — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 05:04:44 GMT

Is there a minimum or recommended latency requirement for Stadia to work well at 1080p or 4k resolutions?

Latency on 4G is around 30-50ms (in the UK), would that be enough for stable/fluid gameplay?

I have a 50mbps VDSL connection and the latency is pretty low (8-10ms), connected via Wi-fi at close range.

What I'm wondering is, should I upgrade to a possible speed of 90-100mbps with a 4G router, or stick with a fixed line 50mbps connection?

I suppose another factor here is how close the nearest Google data centre is to where I live. Is there a way to find the location of this?

Re: Stadia with a 4G router?

davidking — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 12:22:28 GMT

@cbdeakin Stadia doesn't specify a minimum latency requirement and it depends a lot on the service provider / carrier. Anything 100ms or less is considered acceptable for gaming. However, 20-40ms is optimal.

Hope that helps!

Re: Stadia with a 4G router?

Northlight — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 22:44:48 GMT

@cbdeakin There is a test available on Stadia main page and here some more information:

https://support.google.com/stadia/answer/9607891?hl=en-CA

Here is the test:

https://projectstream.google.com/speedtest

And here is a extra one since quality is probably more.important then speed:

https://packetlosstest.com/

If you are losing a lot of packet I would stay away until you can upgrade.

Have a merry Christmas time.