Tech Specs

Maingrid’s Cloud Gaming service offers a robust and scalable infrastructure designed for high-performance game streaming. Below are the key technical specifications:

These specifications are designed to provide a smooth, high-performance gaming experience, adaptable to various game types and user requirements.

Key Technical Specifications:

• GPU Splitting with CIMS: The Cloud Instance Management Service (CIMS) can partition a GPU attached to a worker node into 4–8 isolated instances, each capable of running separate game sessions. The number of instances depends on game size and optimization, allowing efficient resource allocation and seamless scaling.

• Game Optimization Recommendations for Unreal Engine 5 (UE5): To ensure optimal performance, we recommend several UE5 optimization techniques:

  • Level of Detail (LOD): Implementing LODs on complex 3D models reduces polygon count based on camera distance, optimizing render performance without impacting quality.

  • Texture Streaming and Compression: Use texture streaming and compression methods like Virtual Textures to reduce memory usage and improve texture loading times.

  • Efficient Lighting: Utilize baked lighting or adjustable shadow distances instead of dynamic lighting when feasible, as dynamic lights can be resource-intensive.

  • Culling Techniques: Techniques such as occlusion culling and frustum culling prevent rendering of objects outside the player’s view, saving GPU and CPU resources.

  • Asset Optimization: Reduce texture sizes, optimize meshes, and minimize high-resolution assets where not needed. Tools like Unreal’s built-in Profiler and GPU Visualizer can help identify performance bottlenecks.

  • And many more... refer to Unreal Engine official How To's.

• Recommended EC2 Instances: Our benchmarks indicate that the G4dn family of AWS EC2 instances is ideal for cloud gaming. These instances offer NVIDIA T4 GPUs, balancing performance with cost efficiency for high-quality gaming experiences.

• Bandwidth Requirements for H.265 Streaming: Maingrid’s proprietary streamer uses H.265 encoding, optimized for high-quality, low-bandwidth video streaming.

  • 1080p @60fps: Requires approximately 6–8 Mbps for smooth gameplay.

  • UHD (4K) @60fps: Requires around 15–20 Mbps to maintain visual fidelity without compromising quality.

• Game Startup Time: Depending on the game size and platform configuration, startup times are typically between 3–10 seconds, ensuring quick and responsive access for end users.

• Gameplay Latency: Latency typically ranges between 8–12ms, depending on the region and streaming quality. CIMS intelligently selects the closest available resource to the end user to minimize latency and optimize gameplay responsiveness.