PC game streaming help

Mark1989 · 7 Dec 2017 at 07:34

So thought I'd ask here, see my spec in signature, sometimes in evening I'd rather be downstairs on sofa in front of my fire with disarrono playing on my PC and I can't as it's upstairs in atic in my man cave.

I have tried steam link and it was impossible it couldn't even stream lego games this was on wired and wireless.

Is there any other means? I know of nvidia shield but I can't work out if would work better than steam link.

Unfortunately having a mini itx system isn't possible nor is buying a gaming laptop for the odd evening

Martini1991 · 7 Dec 2017 at 07:45

Steam link wired should be fine.
Play with all the settings.
But I've played Witcher 3 over Wifi to my link downstairs fine.

In fact I played through in its entirety prototype 2 downstairs.

Mark1989 · 7 Dec 2017 at 07:48

I spent good couple days just didn't work with out being a judder mess, I can only assume was cause I had to go through power line adapters,

My only other theory was hdd games were running off were old and slow they don't have any errors on or anything though

bayo000 · 7 Dec 2017 at 07:59

Mark1989 said:
So thought I'd ask here, see my spec in signature, sometimes in evening I'd rather be downstairs on sofa in front of my fire with disarrono playing on my PC and I can't as it's upstairs in atic in my man cave.

I have tried steam link and it was impossible it couldn't even stream lego games this was on wired and wireless.

Is there any other means? I know of nvidia shield but I can't work out if would work better than steam link.

Unfortunately having a mini itx system isn't possible nor is buying a gaming laptop for the odd evening

I'm on the phone and don't see your signature. But assuming you have Nvidia card you can download moonlight and give that a go.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.limelight

Witcher1980 · 7 Dec 2017 at 11:53

Martini1991 said:
Steam link wired should be fine.
Play with all the settings.
But I've played Witcher 3 over Wifi to my link downstairs fine.

In fact I played through in its entirety prototype 2 downstairs.

How was Witcher 3? I use the steam link wired for most of my games and they look and run fine but Witcher 3 looks like poop when streaming, at least for me.

Martini1991 · 7 Dec 2017 at 12:39

Witcher1980 said:
How was Witcher 3? I use the steam link wired for most of my games and they look and run fine but Witcher 3 looks like poop when streaming, at least for me.

I haven't tried it since Vega.
However I have a Ryzen 1700 overclocked, I use software rendering set to 16 threads and honestly IQ is spot on.

Martini1991 · 7 Dec 2017 at 12:39

Mark1989 said:
I spent good couple days just didn't work with out being a judder mess, I can only assume was cause I had to go through power line adapters,

My only other theory was hdd games were running off were old and slow they don't have any errors on or anything though

I wouldn't touch powerlines at all.

Mark1989 · 7 Dec 2017 at 13:13

Martini1991 said:
I wouldn't touch powerlines at all.

Not much choice ain't running an ethernet cable through living room and 2 flights of stairs

RoosterC · 7 Dec 2017 at 13:20

I'm using powerline adapters with my Steam Link, and it works perfectly.

TheVoice · 7 Dec 2017 at 13:29

Does the Steam Link let you do any speed tests between the device itself and the PC? It does seem like the powerline adapters will be the reason for your issues, they're fine for general internet use but streaming games is a bit more sensitive to latency and bandwidth fluctuations.

Martini1991 · 7 Dec 2017 at 13:54

Mark1989 said:
Not much choice ain't running an ethernet cable through living room and 2 flights of stairs

Use your wireless, that's what I use downstairs and it's pretty solid.

Mark1989 · 7 Dec 2017 at 14:03

TheVoice said:
Does the Steam Link let you do any speed tests between the device itself and the PC? It does seem like the powerline adapters will be the reason for your issues, they're fine for general internet use but streaming games is a bit more sensitive to latency and bandwidth fluctuations.

When I had the steam link it was always in green for signal strength. Only issued I had was wouldn't always see it until I unplugged power line adapter and plugged it back in.

Martini1991 said:
Use your wireless, that's what I use downstairs and it's pretty solid.

I tried I even went and spent £100 on a new router whilst it improved reception in my house it barely reaches atic,

Disco_P · 7 Dec 2017 at 15:03

One of the experimental features of geforce experience allows you to stream to a single client. Client uses a URL and a chrome app and can play the game from their computer. Worked quite well but requires a fast connection, not sure whether it was fast internet or just a fast LAN.