Gaming via remote LAN pc

pallys · 1 Dec 2018 at 09:07

Hi guys,

I have a q6600 gtx460 pc upstairs but wanted to game on a 2nd pc which is weak i.e. athlon X2 3800+ 7800gt. I play old games from like 5+ years ago as got weak pc.

They are connected on the same LAN via homeplugs.

Is this possible to game remotely via software? I.e. harness the power of my relatively more powerful pc but sit at a client pc.

Thanks.

BlizzardX · 1 Dec 2018 at 09:40

Yep. I use steam in home streaming or splashtop depending if I want access to windows store games.

pallys · 1 Dec 2018 at 09:52

Do I have to repurchase the games from steam to use their feature?

I already own the games that I bought used from the likes of cex and don't want to buy them again.

willhub · 1 Dec 2018 at 09:55

It's not reliable at all, especially for shooter games, not really doable

Zefan · 1 Dec 2018 at 09:56

You should be able to stream anything, steam games, non-steam games that you have added to launch via steam, ones you haven't added, or even the entire desktop.

BlizzardX · 1 Dec 2018 at 10:23

I find streaming very reliable, in fact I have my PC in a rack mount away from the living areas due to space so all I can use is steam streaming, splashtop or nvidia gamestream!

pallys · 2 Dec 2018 at 12:53

Well I added doom 3 as a non steam game and it would not come up on client PC steam as a stream.

Buddy · 2 Dec 2018 at 14:44

You could try the nvidia shield ?