How do I improve my fps?

[MarcoMadnesss]

I'm playing Fallout 4 on the steam link and I can only get a max avg of 30fps, even though my PC is running it at 60 fps and 1080p (my computer is in the same room and I can see both).

I have it on a wired connection through my d-link dir-655, and my stream settings are on Beautiful. I also notice that while the screen is pretty busy I will get artifacts and quality degradation.

My host PC has an i5-760, on an AMD 7850 and 8 gb ram.

What do I need to do to increase the framerate and quality on the steam link?

[Tucu]

Have you tried enabling hardware encoding in your host PC?
Try enabling that and the performance stats overlay in the Link to get a better idea of where the bottleneck is.

[MarcoMadnesss]

is hardware encoding enabled by default? I haven't changed any settings on the host pc.

[Tucu]

Originally posted by MxP83:

is hardware encoding enabled by default? I haven't changed any settings on the host pc.

Normally not. Go to the Steam menu->Preferences->In-Home Streaming->Advanced Host options.

Then enable the performance stats overlay in the Link (Settings->Streaming->Advanced Options).

When using the overlay you can expand it and see the name of the encoder and decoder Steam is using.

[MarcoMadnesss]

Just checked now, but hardware encoding is on and it still displays 30 fps. Is it possible that it's my router?

Heres my stats:
Decoder: marvell hardware decoding
Stream latency: 0.18ms input, 58ms display
Ping time: around .65 to .75ms
Inc bitrate: 850 kbit, video 1424kbit
Outgoing bitrate: 77kbit
Est bandwidth : 75mbps
Packet loss: 0%

[kosmos1209]

@MxP83 Did you ever get your encoding to improve? Coincidentally, I also use a AMD 7850, and get about 30 fps encoding max on demanding games.

[MarcoMadnesss]

I got better by downscaling the graphics to 900p, and moved from beautiful to balanced. Not as great, but it runs 60fps