Nvidia debuts a native GeForce NOW app for Steam Deck, supporting games in up to 4K at 60 FPS; in testing, the app extended Steam Deck battery life by up to 50%
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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in testing, the app extended Steam Deck battery life by up to 50%
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.
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What would be the point of streaming a game at 4K onto an 800p display?
You save the extra pixels for later
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What would be the point of streaming a game at 4K onto an 800p display?
Probably for docked Decks attached to a 4K TV/Display.
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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.
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Chiaki works pretty well for me (PS5 on the Deck)
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.
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What would be the point of streaming a game at 4K onto an 800p display?
The next four words in the article explains it.. "Connected to a TV"
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Self hosted Sunshine and Moonlight is the way to go.
