Do you have a Steam Machine (gaming)?

Can anyone confirm what the streaming is like via Wi-Fi? I don't have the option to run a cable.
 
Electric said:
Steam OS is pointless.
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For a pure streaming client it's perfect. Largely because it's free but more so because you need very little resources and could run it on just about anything in the lounge that could also double as a Plex/XBMC client.
 
I'd recommend Powerline adaptors if you cant run cables.
 
YingYang said:
If so, what are the specs? I'm thinking of building one which would double as an HTPC for the lounge.

Since my motherboard of my HTPC gave in a few months ago I never had the cash to replace it (it was a DDR2, socket 775 board so it was a bit of a mission to find replacement parts).

My wife has recently started nagging about not being able to watch her series in the lounge anymore so I'm trying to use this as motivation for a Steam Box :whistle:

The idea is to run Steam as well as something like XBMC or Plex for media.

Anybody try this yet?
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Intel is claiming you can use this to stream steam games to your tv.

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-stick/intel-compute-stick.html
http://www.takealot.com/intel-atom-compute-stick-8gb-with-ubuntu-14/PLID40638755
http://www.takealot.com/intel-compute-stick-with-windows-8-1-32-bit/PLID38678603

Just do some homework on the ports and storage on the units as it's quite limited.
 
For some reason Moonlight(Android version of Nvidia GameSteam) Works better on Wifi than Steam Inhome Streaming. I suppose same goes for Nvidia GameStream in general.

Anyone else experience the same?
 
Vegeta said:
I'd recommend Powerline adaptors if you cant run cables.
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I'm not sure this will necessarily work for me (in a high-rise apartment building). It depends on the wiring. I guess I could give it a try though. Maybe I'll try to find adapters to borrow for testing first. Thanks for the tip.
 
Edwe said:
I'm not sure this will necessarily work for me (in a high-rise apartment building). It depends on the wiring. I guess I could give it a try though. Maybe I'll try to find adapters to borrow for testing first. Thanks for the tip.
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Yeah Wifi is hit and miss, if you have the n or a standard and you have great signal and you sit in one place it does work.
 
We'll probably see it in "Valve time" ie another 10 years
 
vinodh said:
Half Life 3...
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Will come out at about the same time. Valve should stop kidding themselves they make more money than ever before through the steam store making games will just never be where the money is at again for them. It's like Google running a liquor store, sure there's money to be made but not Google money.
 
Tested Steam streaming on my AMD 5350 (socket AM1, 25 watt, 2.05Ghz) a bit yesterday.

It does 60FPS, 1080p with the "Fast" setting and drops a few FPS on "Balanced"or "Beautiful".

So any "normal" wattage CPU should have no issues decoding the video stream...the network usage gets up to 30mbps if you push up the resolution \ quality so a decent network set-up is necessary.
 
I have a gigabit link from the PC in the study to the envisioned HTPC/Gaming machine

Shortly after I moved in I ran a cable from my ADSL modem in the study to the lounge through the ceiling to a TP-link router running DD-WRT. I still have two ports left as the Explora and Roku are using the other two.
 
My Wi-Fi gets max 2.5MB/s in the lounge, I need to pay someone and send them in my ceiling with a cable.
 
Vegeta said:
Yeah Wifi is hit and miss, if you have the n or a standard and you have great signal and you sit in one place it does work.
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[-]The router is in the same room as my TV and has clear LoS, so maybe it won't be an issue. I stream Netflix in 720p just fine, after all.[/-]

Ah nevermind; will never get the speeds others posted above on Wi-Fi.
 
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Edwe said:
[-]The router is in the same room as my TV and has clear LoS, so maybe it won't be an issue. I stream Netflix in 720p just fine, after all.[/-]

Ah nevermind; will never get the speeds others posted above on Wi-Fi.
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30Mbps is only 3.75MB/s unless he meant 30MBps. Give it a try, you won't lose anything.
 
Neoprod said:
Tested Steam streaming on my AMD 5350 (socket AM1, 25 watt, 2.05Ghz) a bit yesterday.

It does 60FPS, 1080p with the "Fast" setting and drops a few FPS on "Balanced"or "Beautiful".

So any "normal" wattage CPU should have no issues decoding the video stream...the network usage gets up to 30mbps if you push up the resolution \ quality so a decent network set-up is necessary.
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(Maybe obvious) clarification...I used megabits per second (mbps) in my post above...that's 3.75 Mbps though I expect just division by 8 wouldn't provide headroom for WiFi interference.
 
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