![]() It might work better if I disable Smart Connect, but my remote screens are all cell phones at the moment. Router - Netgear Nighthawk R7000, connected on the 5GHz network, though I do have the networks set up with Smart Connect (2.4 and 5 bands both named and password protected identically, router auto-negotiates with remote device for best connection). I tried it last night with a couple of games (Shadow of Mordor, X-Wing Special Edition) - the frame dropping one floor up and one room length over was unusuable. Unless I'm hardwiring a remote device, it's not worth it in my house. ![]() One of the other nice features of the software used to achieve it (Lime Tech unRAID) is that you can also also set your PC up to work as a NAS, so you can get a little more value out of the (pricey) hardware you'll need to pull off a two-headed gaming rig. You will need two graphics cards, though, which at current prices will be a little painful. I guess it's one instance where you can be glad that most game developers haven't really embraced the multi-core CPU revolution. Linus Tech Tips did this a couple of years ago, it looks like it's a bit of work to get set up, but once it's running it seems like you get pretty solid performance from your hardware. Two Users, One PC is definitely doable I've been contemplating doing it myself after I got given some server hardware that would make for a ludicrously overpowered gaming rig. Particularly as Civ also has pretty solid touch controls. There's also scope for using it with games where lag doesn't matter the idea of being able to lounge around on my couch playing Civ VI at max settings on a thin-and-light tablet is pretty appealing. Took me a few minutes to figure that out, even with knowing about the new pairing modes (you can turn on the controller while holding one of the a/b/x/y buttons to enter bluetooth/dongle mode) Once that's done, you can pair the Steam Controller via bluetooth to pretty much anything (the dongle is still preferred as its protocol is designed from the ground up for low-latency with the Steam Controller in mind).Īnother note: You will probably have to re-pair your controller to your dongle after the update. This enables connectivity via Bluetooth LE. This was done with my phone about three feet from an ASUS RT-AC87.Ī note to those wondering how you pair your Steam controller: The Steam Link app will tell you to pair your controller to your desktop like you normally would (i.e. Streaming also had pretty bad audio lag (but curiously, video was fine). D-pad didn't work on either, and the joystick was intermittent. I had trouble getting both my PS4 controller and my Steam controller to work properly. With the amount of money I've saved via cord cutting, I can build a new tower (and spend over $1,800) every 2 years and still break even (compared to my prior entertainment monthly costs). ![]() If it can't do it, it can't do it - I'm not overly concerned. If I can get my machine to handle two games simultaneously (and I'm not talking 2018 AAA titles) on my right (i3 6100, 1050ti low profile, 8 GB of RAM), then that seriously changes some future hardware purchases. That's the scenario I'm more interested in right now. ![]() The third possible scenario is that you have one massively overpowered gaming rig and more than one user in the house. One of two circumstances arises - either you want to play a game that is suitable for a living room TV and you have a device connected to it that would allow remote streaming of said game (device type now doesn't seem to matter much), or you have an HTPC/gaming hybrid rig on your living room TV and you want to play a game on a bedroom TV, or on a tablet in a bedroom, just anywhere other than the living room. You have a main gaming capable PC in the house, somewhere, anywhere, doesn't matter. It seems to me that the use case for this is my situation (or something similar): If you’re used to 7-10ms this is an eternity. I’m used to 144 Hz with freesync so maybe I’m just spoiled, but the input lag feels like someone put a rubber band around my controls.Īrticle says Kyle got 50-150ms rountrip. Picture quality is fine but the delay is atrocious even with both on Ethernet. I’ve anecdotally had poor experiences with steam streaming to a HTPC. I’d rather use a big screen if available, and since this only works over WiFi that means I’m home and have nicer displays to use than a phone/tablet. Pretty cool tech demo, but I just don’t see myself using this even if it worked perfectly.
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