Streaming from PC.

willhub · 27 Jan 2024 at 08:52

Does anyone exclusively use their desktop in this fashion? I can't really decide if it's a large waste of money having a desktop pc with a 5800x3d and a 4080 in it exclusively use via streaming software, mostly it does give a "I forgot I was even streaming" experience but still. Maybe it's the new way, allows desktop to be crammed in a discrete corner somewhere far far away, the RGB definitely is a waste of money in this case.

willhub · 27 Jan 2024 at 10:32

Rroff said:
Whether a waste of money I guess depends person to person.

I don't use my desktop for it - but I've a 10870H laptop w/ 3070 which is setup for Steam Remote Play which I occasionally use for playing on lower powered devices - though it isn't how I normally do things.

Generally you lose around 25-60% performance via playing this way though.

The performance in fps seems a couple of fps if that, I'll have to try test, CB2077 at 1440p

willhub · 27 Jan 2024 at 10:33

khevolution said:
Out of curiosity how are you doing this? I'm assuming a wired connection?

You don't need a wired connection, maybe best for the desktop but if you have Wifi 6 you can do it wirelessly.

On the host, you have a piece of software called "Sunshine", and on the client you have "Moonlight", it's available on the App stores Android/Apple I believe.

willhub · 27 Jan 2024 at 10:49

Rroff said:
Depends quite a bit on what you are playing, specs, whether using a different GPU and/or software for encoding, etc. etc. some games which hit the memory bandwidth and buses hard like Hogwarts Legacy are worse than others.

I'll give Hogwarts benchmark too see what sort of impact it is

willhub · 27 Jan 2024 at 12:23

Rroff said:
Unless they've changed it the "benchmark" option in game doesn't actually do anything useful benchmarking wise it just runs a test off-screen and then annoyingly adjusts your settings to what it thinks your system can handle.

Oh actually ages ago I remember tying to stream Hogwarts at 4k and it was tanking, but it wasn't the frame rate, the frame rate was registering ok, but maybe something to do with VRAM usage. So perhaps with streaming the framerate might not be the big issue but if it's hitting close to VRAM limit then it all just tanks.

willhub · 29 Jan 2024 at 07:48

Haggisman said:
Not exclusively, but I do frequently stream from my desktop to my Steam Deck or living room PC (Vis Nvidia Shield) for more casual games.

Not sure how doing this makes having the powerful PC a "waste" though - if you want to play a game in 4k ultra then you need the PC capable of running those settings, regardless of whether you're sat at your desk or streaming it to another device

Is your living room PC connected to a 4k tv? If so does the stream handle it ok?