Local game streaming on a Steam deck vs Odin portal 2 (via Moonlight/Apollo)

[kidkhaos]

Hi all, currently I have a 4060 and will be upgrading this to a 5080 (hopefully in a few days’ time). My PC is currently connected to my 4k TV; however, as I have a young child who has pretty much taken over the TV and I also have another one on the way the majority of the limited gaming I do in future will be streaming via moonlight.

Now I am unsure on which device to get to stream to. I’ve looked at reviews and think the best for me would be either a Steam deck vs Odin portal 2. Now each has pros and cons. however as 95+% of gaming will be at home, I feel the Steam deck’s ability to game locally and faster decoding isn’t enough to over come the Odin's superior screen, battery life and portability. Now before I order an Odin portal I was wondering if there was anything I missed so would be grateful if anyone in similar circumstances could offer any insights/advice.

Thank you

 

[Jimbo]

Post that in the retro gaming section handhelds or pc gaming steamdeck thread. I use sunshine/moonlight on my pc to my SD oled and only problem I have it occasionally tells me to drop the bitrate even though I'm on 1 Gig vm connection. I've got an Odin 2 Pro I'll have to try it on there see if it's better.

 

[kidkhaos]

Cheers for the reply. I'll repost this on the steamdeck thread and would be really grateful if you would get back to me on your Odin's performance using moonlight in comparison to your steamdeck.