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While not the same as the Steam Machine, I got one of the Steam Link streaming boxes for $50. It's pretty amazing and can't believe how well it works. I've onl

by taude 11y ago

While not the same as the Steam Machine, I got one of the Steam Link streaming boxes for $50. It's pretty amazing and can't believe how well it works. I've only played Rocket League, Pay Day 2, Monanco, and Super Meat boy on my television. For me, it's the perfect compromise for my casual gaming. I get to have a custom built PC, hidden away in my office and a tiny box on the living room. I look forward to seeing the platform evolve.

josefresco 11y ago
Glad to hear it works well as I'm considering it. Curious: Is either your gaming PC, and/or the Steam Link box wired?
- mu_killnine 11y ago
  Not the OP but I did have both sides wireless for a while and it couldn't keep the framerate up (playing Portal). I have an i7 920 @3.6Ghz, 680GTX, 12GB RAM on the main machine. I was streaming to my late-2013 MBP 15". I have an AC1750 802.11ac router. Once I wired my desktop in, I could play wirelessly via my MBP with 60fps constantly. I suspect if both were wired you'd have excellent performance. However, one caveat is that low-light games really seem to show a lot of artifacts (for example, Amnesia: The Dark Descent was close to unplayable because of compression artifacts, despite being on 'highest quality' stream settings). I hope this is helpful.
- taude 11y ago
  Yes, they are both wired
mreiland 11y ago
Received mine yesterday and loaded up Tales of Zesteria. It works pretty much flawlessly for me and I'm super happy with it. I have no illusions that I'm going to be playing the latest Fallout 4 with it, but I have a strong tendency towards non-twitch based games, and those will work just fine. When I do play Fallout 4, et al, it will be on the PC, but being able to stream so many of my games to my television is great.
- taude 11y ago
  I'm hoping to try Fallout 4 this weekend, if it's raining out.
  - mreiland 11y ago
    I'd love to hear your experience on it. I have someone in the house who very much wants to purchase fallout 4 to play it over the link. I'm just not confident it will work, even with a good, wired connection, but I'd love to be wrong :)

by taude 11y ago

josefresco 11y ago

Glad to hear it works well as I'm considering it. Curious: Is either your gaming PC, and/or the Steam Link box wired?

mu_killnine 11y ago
Not the OP but I did have both sides wireless for a while and it couldn't keep the framerate up (playing Portal). I have an i7 920 @3.6Ghz, 680GTX, 12GB RAM on the main machine. I was streaming to my late-2013 MBP 15". I have an AC1750 802.11ac router. Once I wired my desktop in, I could play wirelessly via my MBP with 60fps constantly. I suspect if both were wired you'd have excellent performance. However, one caveat is that low-light games really seem to show a lot of artifacts (for example, Amnesia: The Dark Descent was close to unplayable because of compression artifacts, despite being on 'highest quality' stream settings). I hope this is helpful.
taude 11y ago
Yes, they are both wired

mreiland 11y ago

Received mine yesterday and loaded up Tales of Zesteria. It works pretty much flawlessly for me and I'm super happy with it. I have no illusions that I'm going to be playing the latest Fallout 4 with it, but I have a strong tendency towards non-twitch based games, and those will work just fine. When I do play Fallout 4, et al, it will be on the PC, but being able to stream so many of my games to my television is great.

taude 11y ago
I'm hoping to try Fallout 4 this weekend, if it's raining out.
- mreiland 11y ago
  I'd love to hear your experience on it. I have someone in the house who very much wants to purchase fallout 4 to play it over the link. I'm just not confident it will work, even with a good, wired connection, but I'd love to be wrong :)