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burnmp3s t1_j0llb8t wrote

They've been prioritizing their GeForce Now cloud service over local GameStream for a long time at this point, so this isn't a huge surprise. But for me at least, literally the only reason I bought overpriced Nvidia GPUs for the past few years was because their local network game streaming was much better than any other alternative. This will directly lead to me switching to AMD instead of buying any of the 40 series Nvidia cards.

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FormsForInformation t1_j0lqmjs wrote

Can you stream with amd?

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burnmp3s t1_j0luagi wrote

Nvidia has a proprietary local game streaming function built in to their GPU and the drivers for it. There are other alternatives like Steam's game streaming functionality and the Parsec app, which work with any GPU. In my testing, Nvidia's streaming was the best and that's what I built my streaming setup around.

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AkirIkasu t1_j0lxsc3 wrote

AMD has had the same basic idea for quite a while. They call it ReLive, and IIRC it comes bundled with the whole driver package.

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Peace_is-a-lie t1_j0muphr wrote

Parsec is by far the best streaming program I've used. Works with everything.

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hamsterkill t1_j0nhmcg wrote

There is also Rainway, though they've been focusing away from gaming use cases recently.

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chargers949 t1_j0mboyz wrote

A nickel says they will have built in streaming and recording in the very near future.

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TehYock t1_j0mp5ss wrote

Hey man, just use Moonlight instead. It'll push 4K 120 HDR

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Psyphil t1_j0mw6lx wrote

Moonlight uses nvidia gamestream

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Shruglife t1_j0mzwwu wrote

Yes but this article says its killing gamestream on shield. If they kill it period Im going to be very pissed

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king0demons t1_j0n9tb7 wrote

If they kill it entirely thats fine, someone has already made a 3rd party clone called sunshine. Pairs perfectly with moonlight which is basically the client side software used by the shields. Supports pretty much any os as well.

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Shruglife t1_j0nv8d6 wrote

Ive heard this but my question is will Sunshine work if they kill support?

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king0demons t1_j0nwaeo wrote

Sunshine is a recreation of game stream so it should show up on any device you are able to scan for game stream servers. So if the question is can you still use it on a shield, if you can get moonlight installed, sure.

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Shruglife t1_j0nwzs1 wrote

Thanks. I dont use on shield, but did read about sunshine because I was considering getting a AMD card instead of Nvidia. Ironically today I got a 3070ti, and now Im like should I return and get a 6800xt? Does Sunshine work as well as moonlight? I use it quite a bit

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king0demons t1_j0nzamq wrote

Sunlight is the server, moonlight is the client. Sunshine supports amd, intel and nvidea video devices, so it should work with anything.

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