8 Years later my Steam Link is still getting regular updatesCurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net to Games@lemmy.world – 1282 points – 6 months ago205Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentI use one and it's pretty smooth. Depends on the connection though. Definitely needs wired connection.Or a strong wifi network. I have a bunch of wired access points and was able to get really smooth streamingMine was never willing to work on WiFi, so it got put in a box for a while until I ran my own Ethernet cables all around the house. Now it's great!I have lag even with wired connection.Fair. It's not foolproof like that. All networks are not created equal and also different people may have different thresholds for noticingPretty sure the network is not the issue. Not sure what is, though. I suspect HiDPI or the GPU.It’s been so long since I used it that I can’t remember if I had it wired or wireless. I’ll have to break it out and try it again.When I had it wireless it was inconsistent. Sometimes it was fine, sometimes unplayable.
I use one and it's pretty smooth. Depends on the connection though. Definitely needs wired connection.Or a strong wifi network. I have a bunch of wired access points and was able to get really smooth streamingMine was never willing to work on WiFi, so it got put in a box for a while until I ran my own Ethernet cables all around the house. Now it's great!I have lag even with wired connection.Fair. It's not foolproof like that. All networks are not created equal and also different people may have different thresholds for noticingPretty sure the network is not the issue. Not sure what is, though. I suspect HiDPI or the GPU.It’s been so long since I used it that I can’t remember if I had it wired or wireless. I’ll have to break it out and try it again.When I had it wireless it was inconsistent. Sometimes it was fine, sometimes unplayable.
Or a strong wifi network. I have a bunch of wired access points and was able to get really smooth streamingMine was never willing to work on WiFi, so it got put in a box for a while until I ran my own Ethernet cables all around the house. Now it's great!
Mine was never willing to work on WiFi, so it got put in a box for a while until I ran my own Ethernet cables all around the house. Now it's great!
I have lag even with wired connection.Fair. It's not foolproof like that. All networks are not created equal and also different people may have different thresholds for noticingPretty sure the network is not the issue. Not sure what is, though. I suspect HiDPI or the GPU.
Fair. It's not foolproof like that. All networks are not created equal and also different people may have different thresholds for noticingPretty sure the network is not the issue. Not sure what is, though. I suspect HiDPI or the GPU.
It’s been so long since I used it that I can’t remember if I had it wired or wireless. I’ll have to break it out and try it again.When I had it wireless it was inconsistent. Sometimes it was fine, sometimes unplayable.
I use one and it's pretty smooth. Depends on the connection though. Definitely needs wired connection.
Or a strong wifi network. I have a bunch of wired access points and was able to get really smooth streaming
Mine was never willing to work on WiFi, so it got put in a box for a while until I ran my own Ethernet cables all around the house. Now it's great!
I have lag even with wired connection.
Fair. It's not foolproof like that. All networks are not created equal and also different people may have different thresholds for noticing
Pretty sure the network is not the issue. Not sure what is, though. I suspect HiDPI or the GPU.
It’s been so long since I used it that I can’t remember if I had it wired or wireless. I’ll have to break it out and try it again.
When I had it wireless it was inconsistent. Sometimes it was fine, sometimes unplayable.