I have a gaming pc with a 4090 in the other room. I never really stream to the deck, but I’m wondering if that’s how I should be playing the games all the time?

Would it make a big difference with the 90hz OLED steam deck?

  • tdeasyweb@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    My PC is on ethernet, my steam deck wifi.

    If i’m playing at home, i’m streaming from my PC using Moonlight. There’s no reason not to IMO. No latency, better graphics, less heat, less battery usage.

    This all depends on your connection of course. I have gigabit which helps.

    • incubeezer@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Best reason not to is you can’t suspend/resume when streaming. And also streaming can be really finicky.

    • Djagatahel@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I agree, although I think there are valid reasons not to sometimes.

      1. Power consumption, the deck might not use a lot of current but the 4090 will for sure haha

      2. Slightly less straightforward, you need to care about streaming resolution, active display, hdr (deactivating it usually) and stuff like that

      3. Some games might not have cloud saves and that means you’ll have to choose between local or streaming (or setup some kind of sync yourself)

      imo it’s worth it but I also enjoy the process so I’m biased. I always find it magical to be able to do that.

    • bigdaddydurb@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Agree, I pretty much exclusively stream if I’m at home. I leave my PC on 24/7 for jellyfin anyways so connecting to moonlight is perfect for me 100% of the time. It’s incredible how much better moonlight feels than steam remote play on my network. It’s like magic