Steam streaming?

[dokko]

Anyone do this? I've just found out about it and it sounds like something I'd like to try out. Was thinking of a gaming laptop, however I'd only really use it on the sofa at home and was put off my last gaming laptop with the noise level, so this interests me.

I was thinking a nice thin 1080p touchscreen laptop then steam streaming off it. Is anyone doing this? If so what are your thoughts?

Thanks.

 

[dokko]

I use my girlfriends laptop, only a simple HP ultrabook but runs games sweet. I have both the laptop wired and PC wired when running games, otherwise there's a little bit of lag over wireless. Works beautifully though.

My desktop is wired, I was hoping to go wireless for the laptop but there are ways round it should it work noticeably better.

Suppose I better try this out first before buying a laptop.

 

[dokko]

Surface Pro 2 is 560 quid or something, that'd be perfect as a Steaming Client.
I use an Acer S7 191 Ultrabook (1080P IPS Ivy Bridge i5) and Steam Streaming is absolutely flawless.

I'm looking at a ASUS VivoBook S551LN for £600

I5 4200
1080p
Touchscreen
Ethernet port
Two hdds (1 small SSD but upgradable)
Even has room for a DVD drive and 840m gpu
22mm thick.

 

[dokko]

That sounds nearly powerful enough to just run the games outright - I assume you want it for things other than streaming as well?

I'm hoping it can do most 2d games, plus some light 3d, and stream wired games in the house ie lying on the sofa or in bed (will get some home plugs for both areas)

My last laptop died, big brute of a thing, noisy, clunky 17" 1200p 880gtx which was awful really, I'm worried about a gaming laptop outright due to the noise so thought streaming would be a better option.

What replaced my laptop was an ipad2, which has done me well but is starting to show its age and why I thought a light 15.6 touchscreen laptop could take its place.

I think there's a gap for a unit, my gaming rig doesn't get used as much as I like simply down to it being faced away from tv, people, puppies, kids, therefore I end up playing 5-10mins here and there and never getting in to things. The ps4 gets more use as believe it or not even though it takes the tv it's more sociable, I think a laptop would offer that.

I looked at the surface pro 2 or which ever the new one is but wasn't sold on it, screen res is weird and it's a lot of money for a tablet.

Eames I hope this answers your questions on this.