Steam link

xraycat87 · 15 Dec 2017 at 23:23

After selling the xbox one and wii u I'm coming back to PC gaming.

I've looked at these steam links and I'm wondering if they're any good? I'm planning on using a 980ti at 1080p but will it show as ultra on my TV?

bloodiedathame · 15 Dec 2017 at 23:34

They're only as good as your PC, network and the screen you're playing on. All it does is allows you to beam whatever your PC is running to the link box.

Hiijinx · 16 Dec 2017 at 01:25

^^ I have mine wired and it works flawlessly, as above it just displays whats on your PC so if running a game at 1080p, it will be 1080p on your TV and so on etc (it displays on both screens)

Amleto · 16 Dec 2017 at 06:09

I did have a phenom II with hd6850 gfxsystem and it could NOT handle rocket league. Had to put the gfx quality right down to low other wise the lag was ~ 1s+. GRID autosport was fine. Middle-earth: shadow of mordor had some funny audio pops every few seconds, but gfx levels were fine, no lag.

I've upgraded my system to an i5 with same gfx car in the meanwhile, but I havent tried RL since. Full disclosure, my PC is connected by powerline adapter, but it still gets 30mbps connection minimum.

stopper · 16 Dec 2017 at 11:34

My Steam Link has ended it's life as a kodi box with a master system and megadrive emulator now.

I remember latency being a killer for me.

kinger8938 · 16 Dec 2017 at 11:55

If you have a 2016/17 Samsung TV, there is a steam link App which removes the need for this device, great experiance so far (wired)

xraycat87 · 16 Dec 2017 at 16:50

Will it allow my missus to use my monitor whilst i steam link to the TV? or does it just mirror the image?

bloodiedathame · 16 Dec 2017 at 16:56

xraycat87 said:
Will it allow my missus to use my monitor whilst i steam link to the TV? or does it just mirror the image?

Mirrors the image

xraycat87 · 16 Dec 2017 at 17:03

bloodiedathame said:
Mirrors the image

Thanks for getting back to me.

Lastly will it just play games purchased via steam or any game path created on steam

for example, roms or uplay

bloodiedathame · 16 Dec 2017 at 17:15

xraycat87 said:
Thanks for getting back to me.

Lastly will it just play games purchased via steam or any game path created on steam

for example, roms or uplay

I've not tried but I don't see why it wouldn't work for non steam games

Josh · 16 Dec 2017 at 17:19

I have uPlay & Origin games on mine, just added them as non steam games and hey presto.

xraycat87 · 16 Dec 2017 at 17:20

JOSH said:
I have uPlay & Origin games on mine, just added them as non steam games and hey presto.

fantastic

thanks for your help guys. Hoping to find one cheaP. STeam want £50 lol

JoeFX · 16 Dec 2017 at 17:57

JOSH said:
I have uPlay & Origin games on mine, just added them as non steam games and hey presto.

Jeez I have a steam link and never even thought to do that... genius.

Haggisman · 16 Dec 2017 at 18:54

xraycat87 said:
fantastic

thanks for your help guys. Hoping to find one cheaP. STeam want £50 lol

They were something silly like £10 including postage in a sale recently!

A 980ti will be absolutely fine, I have one and actually set most games to 1440p, even though the link can only output 1080p the picture is still better (similar to using DSR I guess)

kinger8938 · 16 Dec 2017 at 19:42

JoeFX said:
Jeez I have a steam link and never even thought to do that... genius.

I found my mileage would vary here. Certain games seemed to not pick up the controller properly even though they full support it.

Origin games seemed to map the mouse to the controller rather than it working as it should. Hard to explain!

Psymonkee · 16 Dec 2017 at 21:35

xraycat87 said:
fantastic

thanks for your help guys. Hoping to find one cheaP. STeam want £50 lol

Christmas sale won't be far off though! https://www.whenisthenextsteamsale.com/

Solus · 16 Dec 2017 at 22:05

I want one and found that game were recently selling them for £4!

If they hadn't been so low in price I would have stumped up the cash but I guess I'll wait.