I bought it yesterday for 1 month (ultimate) and Id agree that games that run natively on deck give a better experience. However (and Im writing this from a standpoi t of someone who tried only a few very graphically demanding games) games that natively run at about 30fps with mid graphical settings, reaaly show their tooth when played via Geforce now. Cyberpunk 2077 gave me way better experience at maxed settings (even subjective response time, which arguably is because 30fps/60fps differencr)
Man im not a fan of streaming games. So many little issues like skips, lag and screen blur. It adds up to making it unfun to play. And with a powerful machine like steam deck you may aswell play locally.
For sure! I think the big crowd for this would be non-Steam Deck native games and some indies that don't work with Proton layers (and anything that uses Anti-Cheat that devs haven't scripted for).
I used to not like streaming but a deck with a wifi 6e chip and router with 5ghz connection is actually viable. It won't be ideal for FPS or Tetris games but it's definitely good enough for slower paced games.
I recently got very lucky and had Fiber internet installed in my neighborhood and I went through and got a new provider and router set up. Full 6e mesh set up. Not expensive either for my area. Compared to how AT&T used to fuck me that is. And gotta say I think streaming can be really fun for conserving battery life on the deck and if you have a good pc man do games look good. 90fps path traced cyberpunk in bed is very cool.
Can you try to setup on a 4k Monitor or TV with Keyb & Mouse connected and Play Typical Keyb Mouse titel ? That could be a pc alternative with geforce now
Dudes complaining about jaggies when he plays on a steam deck?! No matter what, the quality is going to be better than native. The app is in beta, but I've been using it for years on Android, TV, and PC and a lot of the bugs listed aren't really an issue with a good connection. Give it time to get out of beta and it'll be 100% better.
The only reason i ever used geforce now was to play my steam games on my tablet, before the steam deck existed, maybe i could use it for epic games, but i hardly ever play those games. Also has clous gaming gotten better? Always had too high latency fir me to see it viable. Im very old school, rj45, kbm, and a high refreshrate rate on a largescreen is my only way to enjoy gaming.
A lot of the games that don't run native on the deck will run fine on a windows install on the deck. This being a cheaper option than buying a Rog Aly or other windows hand held for existing users. Personally I just put windows to go on an SD card and bot from that instead of internal drive so if I want windows it's as simple as charging SD card and rebooting and if want steam os I just leave it as is. This is a good way of testing it before doing full installation to make sure the option is right for you as well as being a way of switching dependant on what you want
Cloud Gaming SUCKS! If I were you. I would rather wait for NVIDIA to release their own version of portable windows gaming handheld! They've done it before under the name TEGRA Processors. They just need to update their entire Tegra Processors so that in the future. We have A windows gaming handheld with an NVIDIA PROCESSOR.
I bought it yesterday for 1 month (ultimate) and Id agree that games that run natively on deck give a better experience. However (and Im writing this from a standpoi t of someone who tried only a few very graphically demanding games) games that natively run at about 30fps with mid graphical settings, reaaly show their tooth when played via Geforce now. Cyberpunk 2077 gave me way better experience at maxed settings (even subjective response time, which arguably is because 30fps/60fps differencr)
Man im not a fan of streaming games. So many little issues like skips, lag and screen blur. It adds up to making it unfun to play. And with a powerful machine like steam deck you may aswell play locally.
For sure! I think the big crowd for this would be non-Steam Deck native games and some indies that don't work with Proton layers (and anything that uses Anti-Cheat that devs haven't scripted for).
I used to not like streaming but a deck with a wifi 6e chip and router with 5ghz connection is actually viable. It won't be ideal for FPS or Tetris games but it's definitely good enough for slower paced games.
I recently got very lucky and had Fiber internet installed in my neighborhood and I went through and got a new provider and router set up. Full 6e mesh set up. Not expensive either for my area. Compared to how AT&T used to fuck me that is. And gotta say I think streaming can be really fun for conserving battery life on the deck and if you have a good pc man do games look good. 90fps path traced cyberpunk in bed is very cool.
Would love to see a comparison docked hooked up to ethernet running on the steam deck.
Powerful machine?
sucks that red dead redemption is not on Geforce now ;/
Can you try to setup on a 4k Monitor or TV with Keyb & Mouse connected and Play Typical Keyb Mouse titel ? That could be a pc alternative with geforce now
Dudes complaining about jaggies when he plays on a steam deck?! No matter what, the quality is going to be better than native. The app is in beta, but I've been using it for years on Android, TV, and PC and a lot of the bugs listed aren't really an issue with a good connection. Give it time to get out of beta and it'll be 100% better.
The only reason i ever used geforce now was to play my steam games on my tablet, before the steam deck existed, maybe i could use it for epic games, but i hardly ever play those games. Also has clous gaming gotten better? Always had too high latency fir me to see it viable. Im very old school, rj45, kbm, and a high refreshrate rate on a largescreen is my only way to enjoy gaming.
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I really don't feel ANY NEED of this!
Good video though. 👍👍
A lot of the games that don't run native on the deck will run fine on a windows install on the deck. This being a cheaper option than buying a Rog Aly or other windows hand held for existing users. Personally I just put windows to go on an SD card and bot from that instead of internal drive so if I want windows it's as simple as charging SD card and rebooting and if want steam os I just leave it as is. This is a good way of testing it before doing full installation to make sure the option is right for you as well as being a way of switching dependant on what you want
That transition music at 6:09 was do loud I literally jumped
did he just say epic games? I have a ton of game that i have never played because they refuse to support steamdeck
Does voice chat work via GeForce now?
Ego pump!!
Lol thanks Eric 😄
Cloud Gaming SUCKS! If I were you. I would rather wait for NVIDIA to release their own version of portable windows gaming handheld! They've done it before under the name TEGRA Processors. They just need to update their entire Tegra Processors so that in the future. We have A windows gaming handheld with an NVIDIA PROCESSOR.