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Is building a PC to stream to a handheld a bad idea? (self.PCGaming)

submitted 1 year ago by Elkenders to c/PCGaming@kbin.social

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I've always wanted to build a little PC, but I don't have space or time to play games other than on a handheld on the sofa. I've been playing Xbox Game Pass on my Retroid Pocket 3 Plus and it's been really good, but I'm wondering if a gaming pc streamed locally would be cheaper in the long run. It'd live under the TV and very rarely get used with a controller on the telly, almost always streamed to a little handheld.

Alternative is Steam Deck, which looks good, but tbh, it seems quite unweildly. Though I know it's possibly the right route.

Any thoughts?

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[–] webuge@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the major problem is the wi-fi when I tried streaming from my PC with wired connection to my fire stick over wifi the lag was bad. Imho the steam deck is more straightforward, but if you like to tinker and has a good wi-fi it could work.

[–] Elkenders 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if that was your fire stick or WiFi? I assume as I get decent performance on game pass that it would be ok for me.

[–] webuge@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, I think my wi-fi is not ideal since my ISP forces me to use their router, but I didn't have time to try and get around it.