My Boosteroid experience suddenly became terrible — the app connection is constantly bad, but the browser works fine

My Boosteroid experience suddenly became terrible — the app connection is constantly bad, but the browser works fine

I want some help understanding what is happening with Boosteroid, because my experience has been absolutely terrible. Terrible.

About a week ago, I started noticing that every session I launch has a terrible connection. It makes no sense. Because when I close the session and run the connection test, it exceeds all the minimum and recommended requirements. I can get over 100 Mbps of speed, and my latency is also usually very low.

However, I recently noticed that my latency has increased a lot. It went from around 10 ms to 21 ms, while it normally always stayed around 10 or 11 ms.

Now, every time the connection becomes terrible, I only get one red connection bar, indicating that the connection is bad. Then I have to close the session and start it again. But eventually, it happens again. Then I have to close the session and open it again.

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I have already uninstalled the app and reinstalled it from scratch. I even removed it from my computer through the Windows Control Panel to make sure it was completely removed, and then I installed it again. I tried this because sometimes there can be something wrong with a specific installation or some kind of corrupted file, so I wanted to make sure that wasn't the problem.

I already did all of that, but when I play through the browser, the game feels completely different. In other words, the problem seems to be with the application.

This has never happened to me before because I have always used the Boosteroid application. Always. I have always used the app, and I never had this problem.

But recently, this has been happening, and the experience has been horrible. Horrible.

I want help. I need help. I want to understand what is happening because I have already tried alternative ways to fix this without any success. Nothing worked.

I want to understand what is going on so I can try to fix it and stop getting this weird connection state, because it makes absolutely no sense to me.

There is no one else using my internet at home. I live alone, so I'm the only person using the connection. I also play using an Ethernet cable (RJ45).

One thing I could try is testing it over Wi-Fi 5 to see if the behavior is different. Maybe it could make a difference, I don't know. I haven't tried that yet.

But I really want to ask for help and try to fix this because this has never happened to me before, even though I have always used the Boosteroid application to play.

So, something is clearly happening, and I want to figure out what it is and try to solve it.

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u/Ok-Skin-9073 — 1 day ago

AI Voice Chat — Best Choice?

I was using ChatGPT and was actually very satisfied with it. The voice it generates is very human and natural, nothing robotic, and this can really change the experience. Currently, I have been using it a lot to discuss features/workflows of the new system at my company that I am learning. And besides discussing methods and processes involving features, I also practice my ENG, since I use the language in my position. Referring to the saying "killing two birds with one stone." But I always reach the Voice Chat limit, and this bothers me because I have to switch to another account, and if I stopped without finishing the system module I was working on at the moment, I have to start everything over again, which ends up being annoying and creates more work for me.

I want to subscribe to the Go plan for R$40, but I would like to know the difference between Free and Go. Will I really have a higher limit when using Voice Chat? I can normally use it for around 3 hours a day, according to my calculations. I actually spend quite a lot of time talking.

I have also used Gemini's Voice Chat, but I found it a little too robotic... But I would like to know if anyone knows of any good alternatives, has had a good experience with one, and would like to share their experience with the tool.

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u/Ok-Skin-9073 — 24 days ago

AI Voice Chat — Best Choice?

I was using ChatGPT and was actually very satisfied with it. The voice it generates is very human and natural, nothing robotic, and this can really change the experience. Currently, I have been using it a lot to discuss features/workflows of the new system at my company that I am learning. And besides discussing methods and processes involving features, I also practice my ENG, since I use the language in my position. Referring to the saying "killing two birds with one stone." But I always reach the Voice Chat limit, and this bothers me because I have to switch to another account, and if I stopped without finishing the system module I was working on at the moment, I have to start everything over again, which ends up being annoying and creates more work for me.

I want to subscribe to the Go plan for R$40, but I would like to know the difference between Free and Go. Will I really have a higher limit when using Voice Chat? I can normally use it for around 3 hours a day, according to my calculations. I actually spend quite a lot of time talking.

I have also used Gemini's Voice Chat, but I found it a little too robotic... But I would like to know if anyone knows of any good alternatives, has had a good experience with one, and would like to share their experience with the tool.

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u/Ok-Skin-9073 — 24 days ago

AI Voice Chat — Best Choice?

I was using ChatGPT and was actually very satisfied with it. The voice it generates is very human and natural, nothing robotic, and this can really change the experience. Currently, I have been using it a lot to discuss features/workflows of the new system at my company that I am learning. And besides discussing methods and processes involving features, I also practice my ENG, since I use the language in my position. Referring to the saying "killing two birds with one stone." But I always reach the Voice Chat limit, and this bothers me because I have to switch to another account, and if I stopped without finishing the system module I was working on at the moment, I have to start everything over again, which ends up being annoying and creates more work for me.

I want to subscribe to the Go plan for R$40, but I would like to know the difference between Free and Go. Will I really have a higher limit when using Voice Chat? I can normally use it for around 3 hours a day, according to my calculations. I actually spend quite a lot of time talking.

I have also used Gemini's Voice Chat, but I found it a little too robotic... But I would like to know if anyone knows of any good alternatives, has had a good experience with one, and would like to share their experience with the tool.

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u/Ok-Skin-9073 — 24 days ago

AI Voice Chat — Best Choice?

I was using ChatGPT and was actually very satisfied with it. The voice it generates is very human and natural, nothing robotic, and this can really change the experience. Currently, I have been using it a lot to discuss features/workflows of the new system at my company that I am learning. And besides discussing methods and processes involving features, I also practice my ENG, since I use the language in my position. Referring to the saying "killing two birds with one stone." But I always reach the Voice Chat limit, and this bothers me because I have to switch to another account, and if I stopped without finishing the system module I was working on at the moment, I have to start everything over again, which ends up being annoying and creates more work for me.

I want to subscribe to the Go plan for R$40, but I would like to know the difference between Free and Go. Will I really have a higher limit when using Voice Chat? I can normally use it for around 3 hours a day, according to my calculations. I actually spend quite a lot of time talking.

I have also used Gemini's Voice Chat, but I found it a little too robotic... But I would like to know if anyone knows of any good alternatives, has had a good experience with one, and would like to share their experience with the tool.

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u/Ok-Skin-9073 — 24 days ago

I never thought cloud gaming would completely change the way I buy and play games.

I was just thinking about something I used to do before I started using Boosteroid.

Back when I had my gaming PC, every single time I wanted to buy a new game, I had to do research first.

I'd look up the game's system requirements.

Then I'd go to YouTube and search for videos with my exact specs. Usually someone had already uploaded a benchmark with the same CPU and GPU as mine.

I'd watch the whole video checking the FPS, whether they were playing on High, Medium, Ultra, RTX On, RTX Off... basically trying to figure out what settings I'd have to use before even buying the game.

Sometimes I'd even decide not to buy a game because it didn't run as well as I wanted.

That was just part of owning a gaming PC.

Now?

I just open Steam, search for the game I want, buy it, launch Boosteroid, put everything on Ultra and start playing.

That's literally it.

And honestly... that's insane.

It really is.

I still can't get over how crazy this service is.

For some context, it's not like I came from a bad PC either.

My previous setup was:

  • ASUS RTX 3060 Ti Triple Fan
  • Ryzen 5 5600G
  • 24 GB of RAM
  • 512 GB XPG NVMe SSD

That wasn't a weak PC.

Not even close.

It was an entry-level gaming PC compared to today's flagship hardware, sure, but it was still a really good machine. I could play basically every game that came out. Most games ran on High, a lot of them even on Ultra without any problems.

But the image quality and overall experience I'm getting with Boosteroid still impress me.

Sometimes I honestly forget that the game isn't even running on my own computer.

It's running on a remote machine.

And that's what blows my mind.

I know there are Boosteroid servers much closer than "thousands of kilometers away" (I got a little carried away thinking about it 😅), but the fact remains that I'm streaming a game from another machine and it still feels this good.

That's incredible.

People always say cloud gaming requires an insanely good internet connection.

Honestly... not in my experience.

I'm in Brazil using a regular 300 Mbps connection from Claro. It's not even fiber.

I plug an Ethernet cable into my laptop, open Boosteroid and just play.

No noticeable input lag.

No annoying jitter.

No performance issues.

There was actually one time I played over Wi-Fi without realizing my Ethernet cable wasn't connected.

That's how smooth it was.

Only later did I notice I wasn't using the cable.

Sure, Ethernet is always better and more stable, so I switched back immediately, but the fact that Wi-Fi was already that good really surprised me.

I've even played competitive games like Call of Duty: Warzone.

I'm exactly the type of player who gets really frustrated when I die because of lag, input delay or network issues instead of my own mistake.

That simply hasn't happened to me with Boosteroid.

Whenever I lose, it's because I got outplayed—not because the service let me down.

Another thing that amazes me is the hardware.

From what Boosteroid has shared, we're basically playing on current-generation gaming PCs.

If I wanted to build a comparable machine here in Brazil, I'd probably spend something close to R$20,000.

The graphics card alone would cost a fortune.

Meanwhile, I grabbed one of Boosteroid's promotions earlier this year: six months for around R$300.

That still sounds unreal to me.

I'm playing on hardware I'd never personally spend that much money to own.

At this point, I honestly don't think I'll ever buy another gaming PC.

I never thought I'd say that.

Owning powerful hardware always felt like the dream.

Now I just want to play my games.

No more searching YouTube benchmarks.

No more wondering if my PC can handle a new release.

No more tweaking graphics settings for half an hour before actually playing.

I buy the game.

I launch Boosteroid.

I put everything on Ultra.

And I enjoy the game.

To everyone at Boosteroid: thank you.

Seriously.

You've genuinely changed the way I experience PC gaming, and as someone who came from owning a very capable gaming PC, that's probably the biggest compliment I can give.

Keep up the amazing work.

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u/Ok-Skin-9073 — 2 months ago

mano, eu tô puto de verdade com isso aqui — preciso saber se alguém já passou por algo parecido porque não é possível

tenho um Gigabyte G24F2, comprei faz mais ou menos 2 anos — sempre usei normal, nunca caiu, nunca bati, nada fora do padrão

hoje de manhã eu tava usando ele tranquilamente, zero problema — desliguei tudo, fui tomar café na casa da minha tia, coisa rápida — voltei… e simplesmente o monitor virou isso aí da foto/vídeo 🤡

tipo — DO NADA

uma linha vertical no meio da tela, com uns glitches coloridos, o resto da tela todo apagado — e o mais bizarro: isso acontece até SEM HDMI conectado

ou seja — não é PC, não é placa de vídeo, não é cabo — é o monitor que decidiu ir de base sozinho

mano, eu não fiz absolutamente nada — não teve queda, não teve pico de energia (pelo menos nada que eu percebi), não teve NADA — eu só saí de casa por um tempo e quando voltei o bagulho simplesmente morreu

e o pior — já vi gente relatando EXATAMENTE esse tipo de problema em monitor da Gigabyte, tipo “tava normal → desliguei → nunca mais voltou” — parece até defeito crônico, sei lá

e claro — acabou a garantia faz pouco tempo né 🙂 incrível como essas coisas acontecem depois

tô muito frustrado porque:

  • é meu segundo monitor dando problema em pouco tempo
  • esse aqui não foi barato
  • e simplesmente não tem explicação lógica do ponto de vista de uso

alguém aqui já passou por isso?
isso é painel que foi pro saco mesmo?
vale tentar assistência ou já era?

aceito qualquer luz porque no momento tô só no ódio mesmo 🫠

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u/Ok-Skin-9073 — 4 months ago

mano, eu tô puto de verdade com isso aqui — preciso saber se alguém já passou por algo parecido porque não é possível

tenho um Gigabyte G24F2, comprei faz mais ou menos 2 anos — sempre usei normal, nunca caiu, nunca bati, nada fora do padrão

hoje de manhã eu tava usando ele tranquilamente, zero problema — desliguei tudo, fui tomar café na casa da minha tia, coisa rápida — voltei… e simplesmente o monitor virou isso aí da foto/vídeo 🤡

tipo — DO NADA

uma linha vertical no meio da tela, com uns glitches coloridos, o resto da tela todo apagado — e o mais bizarro: isso acontece até SEM HDMI conectado

ou seja — não é PC, não é placa de vídeo, não é cabo — é o monitor que decidiu ir de base sozinho

mano, eu não fiz absolutamente nada — não teve queda, não teve pico de energia (pelo menos nada que eu percebi), não teve NADA — eu só saí de casa por um tempo e quando voltei o bagulho simplesmente morreu

e o pior — já vi gente relatando EXATAMENTE esse tipo de problema em monitor da Gigabyte, tipo “tava normal → desliguei → nunca mais voltou” — parece até defeito crônico, sei lá

e claro — acabou a garantia faz pouco tempo né 🙂 incrível como essas coisas acontecem depois

tô muito frustrado porque:

  • é meu segundo monitor dando problema em pouco tempo
  • esse aqui não foi barato
  • e simplesmente não tem explicação lógica do ponto de vista de uso

alguém aqui já passou por isso?
isso é painel que foi pro saco mesmo?
vale tentar assistência ou já era?

aceito qualquer luz porque no momento tô só no ódio mesmo 🫠

https://preview.redd.it/nb4p3zjqpbzg1.jpg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e7e6c3cd2870aaf1a7195370a8552c61d1fd6d7

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u/Ok-Skin-9073 — 4 months ago

mano, eu tô puto de verdade com isso aqui — preciso saber se alguém já passou por algo parecido porque não é possível

tenho um Gigabyte G24F2, comprei faz mais ou menos 2 anos — sempre usei normal, nunca caiu, nunca bati, nada fora do padrão

hoje de manhã eu tava usando ele tranquilamente, zero problema — desliguei tudo, fui tomar café na casa da minha tia, coisa rápida — voltei… e simplesmente o monitor virou isso aí da foto/vídeo 🤡

tipo — DO NADA

uma linha vertical no meio da tela, com uns glitches coloridos, o resto da tela todo apagado — e o mais bizarro: isso acontece até SEM HDMI conectado

ou seja — não é PC, não é placa de vídeo, não é cabo — é o monitor que decidiu ir de base sozinho

mano, eu não fiz absolutamente nada — não teve queda, não teve pico de energia (pelo menos nada que eu percebi), não teve NADA — eu só saí de casa por um tempo e quando voltei o bagulho simplesmente morreu

e o pior — já vi gente relatando EXATAMENTE esse tipo de problema em monitor da Gigabyte, tipo “tava normal → desliguei → nunca mais voltou” — parece até defeito crônico, sei lá

e claro — acabou a garantia faz pouco tempo né 🙂 incrível como essas coisas acontecem depois

tô muito frustrado porque:

  • é meu segundo monitor dando problema em pouco tempo
  • esse aqui não foi barato
  • e simplesmente não tem explicação lógica do ponto de vista de uso

alguém aqui já passou por isso?
isso é painel que foi pro saco mesmo?
vale tentar assistência ou já era?

aceito qualquer luz porque no momento tô só no ódio mesmo 🫠

u/Ok-Skin-9073 — 4 months ago