As I've been playing Horizon Forbidden West on Sony's streaming service,
I thought I'd post some notes about. The short version is, streaming
works fine, controller support is stupid.
Longer version, this seems to work pretty well, graphics are pretty and
lag is less than I can perceive. Occasional video glitches do
happen. Looking at bandwidth usage, it seems to use about 24 Mbps max,
when running full screen on my 1440p monitor. HDR isn’t selectable in
the game’s settings which is a shame. Windows Task Manager shows GPU
load up to 50% but I don't hear a corresponding fan noise. This is just
video decoding after all so 50% GPU usage doesn't seem accurate.
Controllers though, well, that’s a different story. I must’ve read it, but conveniently forgot. Namely that Sony’s PS5 controller, the
DualSense is not supported! Not knowing this, I got one and it didn’t
work. And I had messed up the package too so I couldn’t return it
either since the store accepts only “resaleable packages” as returns.
So all in all, pretty good gaming experience and a few months of the
PS Plus service is still a lot less than a console that I'd barely use.
On 3/2/2024 2:44 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:
As I've been playing Horizon Forbidden West on Sony's streaming service,
I thought I'd post some notes about. The short version is, streaming
works fine, controller support is stupid.
Longer version, this seems to work pretty well, graphics are pretty and
lag is less than I can perceive. Occasional video glitches do
happen. Looking at bandwidth usage, it seems to use about 24 Mbps max,
when running full screen on my 1440p monitor. HDR isn’t selectable in
the game’s settings which is a shame. Windows Task Manager shows GPU
load up to 50% but I don't hear a corresponding fan noise. This is just
video decoding after all so 50% GPU usage doesn't seem accurate.
The video may be upscaled which saves bandwidth, though it's not clear
as Sony claims newer games can be streamed at 4k.
On 3/2/2024 2:44 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:
As I've been playing Horizon Forbidden West on Sony's streaming
service,
I thought I'd post some notes about. The short version is, streaming
works fine, controller support is stupid.
Longer version, this seems to work pretty well, graphics are pretty and
lag is less than I can perceive. Occasional video glitches do
happen. Looking at bandwidth usage, it seems to use about 24 Mbps max,
when running full screen on my 1440p monitor. HDR isn’t selectable in
the game’s settings which is a shame. Windows Task Manager shows GPU
load up to 50% but I don't hear a corresponding fan noise. This is just
video decoding after all so 50% GPU usage doesn't seem accurate.
The video may be upscaled which saves bandwidth, though it's not clear
as Sony claims newer games can be streamed at 4k. PS3 games though
are native 720p and upscaled.
I kept meaning to try it on one of the kid's computers as their GPUs
are much older or non-existant, but supposedly it shouldn't even be
using your GPU as the video is streamed.
On 3/2/2024 9:57 AM, Justisaur wrote:
On 3/2/2024 2:44 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:My immediate knee-jerk response to that is "They may be willing to steam
As I've been playing Horizon Forbidden West on Sony's streaming service, >>> I thought I'd post some notes about. The short version is, streaming
works fine, controller support is stupid.
Longer version, this seems to work pretty well, graphics are pretty and
lag is less than I can perceive. Occasional video glitches do
happen. Looking at bandwidth usage, it seems to use about 24 Mbps max,
when running full screen on my 1440p monitor. HDR isn’t selectable in
the game’s settings which is a shame. Windows Task Manager shows GPU
load up to 50% but I don't hear a corresponding fan noise. This is just
video decoding after all so 50% GPU usage doesn't seem accurate.
The video may be upscaled which saves bandwidth, though it's not clear
as Sony claims newer games can be streamed at 4k.
it at 4K to you but can your bandwidth handle it?"
(And I'm sure that the fact that the construction to make fiber-optic
even possible in my city is only now underway has nothing at all to do
with my cynicism on the subject.)
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