… unlocking the full potential of Valve’s handheld device for cloud gaming.
The app is now available, and gamers can stream titles on the Steam Deck at up to 4K 60 frames per second …
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
on 29 May 17:54
nextcollapse
Sure, it would have, but I was following the time-honored tradition of reading only the title and the Lemmy comments without clicking through to the full article. If that comment hadn’t been there, it is possible that my intrigue and confusion would have been sufficient to make me betray my legacy and bring shame to my family by actually reading the linked article. Disaster avoided!
TheFrogThatFlies@lemmy.world
on 29 May 23:19
collapse
Why would anyone stream 4k to a smaller screen!?
socphoenix@midwest.social
on 30 May 02:05
collapse
They sell a dock that supports up to 4K for tvs, I’d guess for that. It’s capable of doing that fairly well on less intensive games.
Donjuanme@lemmy.world
on 29 May 15:53
nextcollapse
Oh hell yes!
Now to get off this third world Internet (Northern California)
sylver_dragon@lemmy.world
on 29 May 16:06
nextcollapse
Um yay, I guess. I’m always for more options. And maybe there is a market out there for the “game from the cloud” idea. Personally though, I’d rather just play a game on the Steam Deck directly. Or, if that’s somehow not an option, stream the game from my own PC to my TV via SteamLink. In no world do I want to pay for a subscription to play games on a device where I can just play that game locally.
CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world
on 29 May 16:29
nextcollapse
If you have the ability to play every game you’d want, then yeah you likely have no need for this. But I’ve used GeForce Now to either play games on low-spec PCs or for a period of time when I only had access to a MacBook. Also, not every game will run on Linux (or if it does it may not perform quite as well), so that’s another potential use case.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au
on 30 May 01:36
collapse
Personally though, I’d rather just play a game on the Steam Deck directly. Or, if that’s somehow not an option, stream the game from my own PC to my TV via SteamLink.
Stuff like this is great for when you don’t have the hardware required to play the game at that quality (or at all), or you want to try a game before installing it.
I was down in Texas for Dreamhack last week at the LAN. On the drive back, my car passenger was able to take my shitty laptop, connect to his phone hotspot, and he used the GeForce streaming service to play a steam game for a good 4+ hours.
Fuck Nvidia, but the service is okay in a pinch. I will never use it, but I see the appeal for people that don’t have gaming computers.
TheRealKuni@midwest.social
on 30 May 04:24
collapse
Yep. I understand it, being able to stream my physical Xbox to my phone or tablet when I’m away from home is awesome.
network_switch@lemmy.ml
on 29 May 19:24
nextcollapse
I’ve subbed a few times over the years. Usually one off summer months when I want to game but don’t want to turn on a really hot PC without AC. Or when they give some big deal for 6 months. It’s high quality and very responsive for me. Good to see a Steam Deck app. Going to check sometime if they do any limitations on Linux installations that aren’t detected as a Steam Deck
At this point it makes no difference because with all the upscaling and fake frames Nvidia is pushing you’ve got that when running locally, too.
missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone
on 29 May 20:19
nextcollapse
For me the biggest gripe is frame pacing, can’t seem to ever get it to be as consistent as running on-device.
OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world
on 29 May 20:24
nextcollapse
I’ve had good luck with Sunshine/Moonlight, though I haven’t tried it in the last 6 months or so. Was using it to stream my much beefier desktop to my Rog Ally while in bed when I hurt my back.
There was a slight latency, like, enough to notice that I notice, but hardly enough to catch when fully engaged. But the PC was getting like 200 frames in the games I was playing and that was limited to the 120fps limit I set for Moonlight (i think it let’s you bypass this to go higher, but I didn’t want to at the time).
Chiaki and Moonlight are both great solutions if your Wifi signal is strong and your host device has a wired connection in my experience. Do people with good internet up speeds set it up to stream from WAN? This would be equivalent to that IMO.
justlemmyin@lemmy.world
on 29 May 20:08
nextcollapse
Ewwwwwwwww
walderan@sh.itjust.works
on 29 May 21:25
nextcollapse
I’d be tempted giving it a shot, since it has a free tier, if it didn’t involve giving my personal and steam data to nvidia of all companies.
threaded - newest
I read the headline and made a bad assumption that would have been corrected if I read the article.
That’s awesome! I never installed this crap on Windows, now I get to skip installing it on Linux. Keep up the good work.If you’re diligent you could be looking at decades of not installing crap!
just in case this is not the GPU management app, this is the streaming service.
Oh, I see now. This is actually pretty cool then.
I mean, of course battery life is better when you’re essentially just streaming video…
Oh, thanks, I needed that to understand what this was talking about.
Didn’t this give it away?:
Sure, it would have, but I was following the time-honored tradition of reading only the title and the Lemmy comments without clicking through to the full article. If that comment hadn’t been there, it is possible that my intrigue and confusion would have been sufficient to make me betray my legacy and bring shame to my family by actually reading the linked article. Disaster avoided!
Why would anyone stream 4k to a smaller screen!?
They sell a dock that supports up to 4K for tvs, I’d guess for that. It’s capable of doing that fairly well on less intensive games.
Oh hell yes!
Now to get off this third world Internet (Northern California)
Spectrum/Comcast: Wha? Us?
Um yay, I guess. I’m always for more options. And maybe there is a market out there for the “game from the cloud” idea. Personally though, I’d rather just play a game on the Steam Deck directly. Or, if that’s somehow not an option, stream the game from my own PC to my TV via SteamLink. In no world do I want to pay for a subscription to play games on a device where I can just play that game locally.
If you have the ability to play every game you’d want, then yeah you likely have no need for this. But I’ve used GeForce Now to either play games on low-spec PCs or for a period of time when I only had access to a MacBook. Also, not every game will run on Linux (or if it does it may not perform quite as well), so that’s another potential use case.
Stuff like this is great for when you don’t have the hardware required to play the game at that quality (or at all), or you want to try a game before installing it.
I was down in Texas for Dreamhack last week at the LAN. On the drive back, my car passenger was able to take my shitty laptop, connect to his phone hotspot, and he used the GeForce streaming service to play a steam game for a good 4+ hours.
Fuck Nvidia, but the service is okay in a pinch. I will never use it, but I see the appeal for people that don’t have gaming computers.
Yep. I understand it, being able to stream my physical Xbox to my phone or tablet when I’m away from home is awesome.
I’ve subbed a few times over the years. Usually one off summer months when I want to game but don’t want to turn on a really hot PC without AC. Or when they give some big deal for 6 months. It’s high quality and very responsive for me. Good to see a Steam Deck app. Going to check sometime if they do any limitations on Linux installations that aren’t detected as a Steam Deck
I’ve yet to stream a game from a device to another without being annoyed by latency and compression artifacts.
It’s been ok enough for games like Civilization etc. but generally it’s just shit. The hardware just isn’t there yet.
At this point it makes no difference because with all the upscaling and fake frames Nvidia is pushing you’ve got that when running locally, too.
For me the biggest gripe is frame pacing, can’t seem to ever get it to be as consistent as running on-device.
I’ve had good luck with Sunshine/Moonlight, though I haven’t tried it in the last 6 months or so. Was using it to stream my much beefier desktop to my Rog Ally while in bed when I hurt my back.
There was a slight latency, like, enough to notice that I notice, but hardly enough to catch when fully engaged. But the PC was getting like 200 frames in the games I was playing and that was limited to the 120fps limit I set for Moonlight (i think it let’s you bypass this to go higher, but I didn’t want to at the time).
Chiaki works pretty well for me (PS5 on the Deck)
In my experience it only works well for 10-15 minutes. Then it needs a reconnect. Kind of same with the native app.
Chiaki and Moonlight are both great solutions if your Wifi signal is strong and your host device has a wired connection in my experience. Do people with good internet up speeds set it up to stream from WAN? This would be equivalent to that IMO.
Ewwwwwwwww
I’d be tempted giving it a shot, since it has a free tier, if it didn’t involve giving my personal and steam data to nvidia of all companies.
What would be the point of streaming a game at 4K onto an 800p display?
In dock mode I assume.
Who said you needed to stream it in 4k?
You save the extra pixels for later
Probably for docked Decks attached to a 4K TV/Display.
The next four words in the article explains it… “Connected to a TV”
Because it’s just streaming video…
I read the headline expecting to need some ELI5 on how they had some crazy optimizations… but guess it’s nothing like that hahaha.
Don’t forget the added latency and subscription.
Self hosted Sunshine and Moonlight is the way to go.