Playing PC Games on the Big TV - Game Streaming & GPU Virtualisation

[KelDG]

I have been PC gaming on 40+ inch TVs since they got HDMI ports. Easy nearing 10 years now. Play everything on the 360 controller. If the game does not support it I use xpadder to map it (Got to lvl 85 on WoW doing PUGS with the controller no problem). Only first person shooters in multiplayer are a problem as KB/M stomps the controller for that unfortunately, so I crack open the PS4 for that fix .

Just bring your PC downstairs, or treat yourself to a nice big screen in a bedroom.

 

[Spuddy]

Cant you use one of those new Steam Link boxes? Wont that do the job?

 

[MatTheCat]

1: Long HDMI and USB Wires
2: HDMI Ethernet Converter
3: HDMI Wireless transmitters

My questions, is anyone familiar with these, is there any more options ?what would people recommend or am i best waiting for Nvida Grid or SteamBoxes to possibly stream the power of my computer or other GPU down to my TV downstairs

Would love to hear peoples opinions on this

You can already stream the power of your desktop to your TV downstairs if you have so much as a laptop hooked up to a home network. Steam 'Streaming' converts the game on the base machine to a video, and streams it to a remote device.....I have tried it....it works....but only as a very distant second to actually just having your desktop hooked up to your big TV.

For demanding single player games, I have now moved my desktop downstairs to big TV and am now using my laptop for online BF4, CS, and browsing upstairs with keyboard, monitor, mouse, etc (my laptop is a gaming laptop admittedly).

What else you can do, is move your whole desktop downstairs for the quality big leather armchair n gamepad offline gaming experience, and get yourself a cheap nettop PC to stream data from your desktop and programs to your 'office space' for general PC use. I don't use this set up at home, but I sometimes do at 'work' where I recieve a data stream from a powerful PC somewhere noisy, cold, and unpleasant, to a nice air conditioned office where I have a couple of monitors, keyboard, mouse hooked up to a cheap nettop.

 

[ci_newman]

Cant you use one of those new Steam Link boxes? Wont that do the job?

Yes, but they aren't released until the Autumn

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Try moonlight embedded on a raspberry pi if you've got an nvidia card.
Works flawlessly for me, stream any game from my PC 2 floors up to my TV in the living room.
Wirelessly too, only problem is it's not much use for online gaming due to latency