So basically all games will run smoothly then since your not playing it on your pc? lol

[ThaMadd]

The only real qustion i have with steam link is that since your playing the games on your tv and not your pc, you can bacially download a 8GB RAM, i7 processor game on you 2GB RAM intel celeron, PC. and run it throguh the steam link with no problems like, lag, framerate issues, stuck loading screens,freezing, and so on? Lol?

[Plaid]

No that's not how it works. It streams the gameplay from your PC to your TV, so you'll experience the same frame dips that you would while sitting at your desk.

[ThaMadd]

Originally posted by Plaid:

No that's not how it works. It streams the gameplay from your PC to your TV, so you'll experience the same frame dips that you would while sitting at your desk.

How is that possible? Does the steam link pick up the system specs of the pc? I can see how it picks up the data and info of the pc, but stuff like RAM and processor and vid cards are hardware stuff... how can that be possible? Unless its the equivelent of plugging in a usb from the pc to the tv but except its wireless?

[Marcio Neves]

The Steam Link STREAMS the video generated by the game from your Desktop into the TV it is connected. Like watching a YouTube video, but generated in realtime

[ThaMadd]

Originally posted by Marcio Neves:

The Steam Link STREAMS the video generated by the game from your Desktop into the TV it is connected. Like watching a YouTube video, but generated in realtime

Oh okay so the game has to be actively running on your pc then?

[Marcio Neves]

Originally posted by ArielleThaMad:

Originally posted by Marcio Neves:

The Steam Link STREAMS the video generated by the game from your Desktop into the TV it is connected. Like watching a YouTube video, but generated in realtime

Oh okay so the game has to be actively running on your pc then?

Yes. The Steam Link is just a device to show on a differente screen what is running on the main PC. But if you can run cables from the PC into the TV, with long enought cables (without having signal loss due to distance), the SteamLink becomes somewat useless

[ThaMadd]

Originally posted by Marcio Neves:

Originally posted by ArielleThaMad:

Oh okay so the game has to be actively running on your pc then?

Yes. The Steam Link is just a device to show on a differente screen what is running on the main PC. But if you can run cables from the PC into the TV, with long enought cables (without having signal loss due to distance), the SteamLink becomes somewat useless

Ah okay that makes complete since. steam link would be good for desktop pc's without having to buy a long enough cord and be tripping over it and stuff. Laptops def don't need it though. Well I would still want it cause I want to use a wireless controller.

[Marcio Neves]

Originally posted by ArielleThaMad:

Originally posted by Marcio Neves:

Yes. The Steam Link is just a device to show on a differente screen what is running on the main PC. But if you can run cables from the PC into the TV, with long enought cables (without having signal loss due to distance), the SteamLink becomes somewat useless

Ah okay that makes complete since. steam link would be good for desktop pc's without having to buy a long enough cord and be tripping over it and stuff. Laptops def don't need it though. Well I would still want it cause I want to use a wireless controller.

If you have a laptop with a good enought wireless connection (or can plug it by cable into the router/switch), and have no problem using it to plug into the TV, you could just use the regular Steam In-Home Streaming and spare the cash. You could also use a wireless XBox 360 controller too, just conect the receiver into the laptop and voilá :)

[ThaMadd]

Originally posted by Marcio Neves:

Originally posted by ArielleThaMad:

Ah okay that makes complete since. steam link would be good for desktop pc's without having to buy a long enough cord and be tripping over it and stuff. Laptops def don't need it though. Well I would still want it cause I want to use a wireless controller.

If you have a laptop with a good enought wireless connection (or can plug it by cable into the router/switch), and have no problem using it to plug into the TV, you could just use the regular Steam In-Home Streaming and spare the cash. You could also use a wireless XBox 360 controller too, just conect the receiver into the laptop and voilá :)

Great! I'll do that, thanks!

[Pat]

Originally posted by Marcio Neves:

Originally posted by ArielleThaMad:

Ah okay that makes complete since. steam link would be good for desktop pc's without having to buy a long enough cord and be tripping over it and stuff. Laptops def don't need it though. Well I would still want it cause I want to use a wireless controller.

If you have a laptop with a good enought wireless connection (or can plug it by cable into the router/switch), and have no problem using it to plug into the TV, you could just use the regular Steam In-Home Streaming and spare the cash. You could also use a wireless XBox 360 controller too, just conect the receiver into the laptop and voilá :)

But that doesn't look as nice as a small block box or whatever colors they may offer :)

[Marcio Neves]

Well, sure it does not. That depends of WHAT you want, given WHAT is (or will be) available :)

[initiaLiSeD]

Try running Steam In Home Streaming. It uses a bit of your CPU and GPU for encoding so allow for a 10-20% drop in frame rate from what you'd get running native. So if your game runs at 100fps on your gaming rig it'll run 80-90fps when streamed to Link.

Yes basically I can mirror my i7 7970 12GB gaming PC on a low end laptop plugged into my big ass TV. That is what IHS does and is what Steam Link will do (minus needing a low end laptop).

[ThaMadd]

Originally posted by initiaLiSeD:

Try running Steam In Home Streaming. It uses a bit of your CPU and GPU for encoding so allow for a 10-20% drop in frame rate from what you'd get running native. So if your game runs at 100fps on your gaming rig it'll run 80-90fps when streamed to Link.

Yes basically I can mirror my i7 7970 12GB gaming PC on a low end laptop plugged into my big ass TV. That is what IHS does and is what Steam Link will do (minus needing a low end laptop).

Awww :,( will the framerate issue affect the gameplay expirence much?

[ThaMadd]

Originally posted by initiaLiSeD:

Try running Steam In Home Streaming. It uses a bit of your CPU and GPU for encoding so allow for a 10-20% drop in frame rate from what you'd get running native. So if your game runs at 100fps on your gaming rig it'll run 80-90fps when streamed to Link.

Yes basically I can mirror my i7 7970 12GB gaming PC on a low end laptop plugged into my big ass TV. That is what IHS does and is what Steam Link will do (minus needing a low end laptop).

Awww :,( will the framerate issue affect the gameplay expirence much?

[initiaLiSeD]

Not in my case as the games I'm playing right now tend to run around 80fps native so dropping that down into the 60s isn't a problem. If I crank the AA settings too high I can make games dip under 40fps over IHS.

But since you lose a bit of quality anyway you can turn things like AA and AF down when streaming to compensate.

It's also a bit of a trade off and you can tweak it a little, you can have less GPU dependence by turning off Hardware Encoding (Steam->Settings->In Home Streaming->Advanced Host Options) for GPU limited games so it'll use your CPU instead

[ThaMadd]

Originally posted by initiaLiSeD:

Not in my case as the games I'm playing right now tend to run around 80fps native so dropping that down into the 60s isn't a problem. If I crank the AA settings too high I can make games dip under 40fps over IHS.

But since you lose a bit of quality anyway you can turn things like AA and AF down when streaming to compensate.

It's also a bit of a trade off and you can tweak it a little, you can have less GPU dependence by turning off Hardware Encoding (Steam->Settings->In Home Streaming->Advanced Host Options) for GPU limited games so it'll use your CPU instead

Okay great thanks! :)