![]() GPU: RX 480 8GB using software encoder (You must disable AMD's hardware encoder in steam options or streaming will fail in 98% of all cases. In addition to the standard 1080p, the application supports full 4K. Is this common to all steam streaming and present on other devices like laptops and Nvidia's shield? The Samsung TV Steam Link App is available for Samsung Smart TVs with model years 2016-2021. The image looks good but you lose out on response times. ![]() I've noticed that as the bitrate goes up, the input latency also increases, even at 60 FPS with minimal frame loss. Samsung is a name you can rely on when it comes to televisions, and with. How well it works I do not know, apparently TV hardware tends to be less powerful than say the Nvidia Shield, even if it's running the same Android TV OS. Any TV with Android TV built in (eg Sony) should be able to run the Steam Link app. First of all thank you very much for your reply, it was really appreciated. Was wondering if Samsungs were the only tvs with the 4k steam link capabilities. The DSR setting will allow you to select past your monitors max in game. Both had very smooth performance without artifacting and GRID tended to go up to between 80 and 100 Mbps, greater than GTA which was smooth until it hit the 95 mbps mark at which point it produced a spike. If you are using an Nvidia graphics card you can activate DSR and then upscale to 4k resolution, which will then just stream a native 4k resolution to your tv. ![]() Image above is captured at different points in different games, mainly to show input latency, Case 1 is GTA 5 and Case 2 is Grid 2. So for my case this means full 1080p 60 FPS video with decent input latency but its still a little worse. As for Samsung customers owning a smart TV prior to 2016, a Steam Link app may not be in. I've noticed that steam link likes to crash on the device in situations where its "not being used" so if you switched to another app or something, expect to have to close and restart the app but once you have started streaming it can sustain good quality for your entire session. Owners of a 2016 or 2017 Samsung smart TV can now directly stream Steam games. ![]() The Ematic 4K Ultra HD is actually rather nice and can do steam link at speeds of up to 80-100 Mbit/s,giving me a good image and the rest of the device seems pretty nice but it is my first android tv box so any comparison is futile beyond stating that it is fast and good enough but the last security patch was done in 2019, leading me to suspect it won't be further updated which is unfortunate. I have been testing the device I mentioned and here are my thoughts on it:
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