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You can stream your collection of PC games from your GameStream-compatible PC to any supported device and play them remotely. Moonlight is perfect for gaming on the go without sacrificing the graphics and game selection available on PC.
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If you're an iOS or Android user with an Nvidia graphics card, these are your go-to options for in-home streaming. They're both implemented differently, however. Steam Remote Play is (obviously) tied to your Steam account and to the Steam app on Windows. You need to run Steam for Remote Play to work. On the other hand, Moonlight uses an open-source...
Both setups delivered remarkably similar results, with latency in the 20 ms range. This is an order of magnitude better than the 150-200 ms latency in most Google Stadia titles. Moonlight performed slightly better, with gameplay occasionally running in the 18-20 ms range. However, in practice, we found it hard to distinguish latency on either Moonl...
Manufacturers like Samsung and Apple are increasingly using high refresh rate panels on flagship smartphones and tablets. This opens the door to silky smooth high-refresh game streaming if it's a supported feature. Unfortunately, Steam Remote Play tops out at 60 Hz. Moonlight, on the other hand, supports 90 Hz and 120 Hz panels. We tried out Moonli...
Both Moonlight and Steam Remote Play support HEVC(x265) encoding. HEVC offers x264-equivalent image quality at a lower bitrate or superior compression at an equivalent bitrate. When streaming higher resolutions and framerates, HEVC is critical to ensuring a low latency experience. While still frames held up well in both Steam Remote Play and Moonli...
Steam Remote Play wins hands-down here. Moonlight features extremely basic touch controls: essentially a virtual Xinput controller with buttons placed as they would be on an Xbox One controller. It's next to impossible to press multiple buttons at a time in Moonlight or even to aim reasonably well with the virtual thumbstick. Guerilla's official to...
Both Steam Remote Play and Moonlight offer a solid (and free!) in-home streaming experience. Both offer excellent input latency and image quality, to the point that streaming is as good as or better than native mobile gaming. However, they both have their own sets of advantages and caveats. If you want to stream games at a high refresh rate, Moonli...
I think it is generally known that Moonlight and Gamestream/Sunshine is far better quality and latency, but Steam remote play is much easier to setup and is very nicely integrated into the Steam deck.
Moonlight is an unofficial third-party open-source client for the NVIDIA SHIELD streaming software that comes included with GeForce Experience. GeForce Experience uses the NVENC hardware on NVIDIA GPUs and custom tuned software to provide low-latency high-quality PC streaming.
Feb 6, 2024 · One of its most exciting features is the ability to stream games from your PC to the Steam Deck using Moonlight, an open-source client for NVIDIA’s GameStream technology. This technology allows you to play your PC games on the Steam Deck, expanding your gaming possibilities beyond the Steam library.
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Apr 11, 2024 · Steam Link is valuable tool if you're a heavy Steam user, but Moonlight supports any source you want.
Sep 23, 2024 · Once Moonlight connects to your PC, you can select Desktop or Steam. "Steam" allows you to stream Steam games from your PC to your Steam Deck, while Desktop allows you to control your entire desktop computer using your Steam Deck.
