cptnjarhead
Crossfit Fast Walk Champion Runnerup
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Picked up steam link on sale for $19.99 last week on steam.
I have to say this little gadget really impressed me. Setup was a breeze...about 5 minutes to get hooked up and turned on and recognize my xbox controller, then about 5 minutes for updates, connect to my win10 machine, a code will appear on the screen, go downstairs and enter the code in steam on you PC and BAM... i was sitting in my favorite living room chair playing fallout 4 on my 50" sony...while my PC was downstairs in my den.
Xbox wireless controller works perfectly. You have to plug in the wireless send and receive unit and the controller at the same time, it will connect and then you can unplug the usb cable and never have to use it again unless you want to charge it.
At first fallout ran with some stutter and i was a little worried... but i believe the steam link might have been updating in the background because after i ate some dinner and started steam link back up it was smooth as butter. This has to be one of my best purchases since my gtx 1060. @ 1080p you dont notice any lag, but i wouldnt try Counter strike or any online shooters. But i am really pleased with the performance of this little unit. I did have a weird issue with castle wolfenstine new order, for some reason the sound would cut out, the game played fine but no sound. It turned out that my PC USB headphones were the problem. I stopped the stream, and went downstairs unplugged them and it the issue never happened again. My router is a linksys wrt54g nothing special. I am also using a power line adapter for lan connecting to my living room entertainment center. Hardwired connection is supposed to be the best. I have yet to hook up a bluetooth keyboard yet, but i will try that this week. The steam link is a great deal..even at full price. I love it. Having my pc/steam on my living room TV without any hassle is amazing....well unless you ask my wife.
I have to say this little gadget really impressed me. Setup was a breeze...about 5 minutes to get hooked up and turned on and recognize my xbox controller, then about 5 minutes for updates, connect to my win10 machine, a code will appear on the screen, go downstairs and enter the code in steam on you PC and BAM... i was sitting in my favorite living room chair playing fallout 4 on my 50" sony...while my PC was downstairs in my den.
Xbox wireless controller works perfectly. You have to plug in the wireless send and receive unit and the controller at the same time, it will connect and then you can unplug the usb cable and never have to use it again unless you want to charge it.
At first fallout ran with some stutter and i was a little worried... but i believe the steam link might have been updating in the background because after i ate some dinner and started steam link back up it was smooth as butter. This has to be one of my best purchases since my gtx 1060. @ 1080p you dont notice any lag, but i wouldnt try Counter strike or any online shooters. But i am really pleased with the performance of this little unit. I did have a weird issue with castle wolfenstine new order, for some reason the sound would cut out, the game played fine but no sound. It turned out that my PC USB headphones were the problem. I stopped the stream, and went downstairs unplugged them and it the issue never happened again. My router is a linksys wrt54g nothing special. I am also using a power line adapter for lan connecting to my living room entertainment center. Hardwired connection is supposed to be the best. I have yet to hook up a bluetooth keyboard yet, but i will try that this week. The steam link is a great deal..even at full price. I love it. Having my pc/steam on my living room TV without any hassle is amazing....well unless you ask my wife.