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Steam streaming is the greatest thing to happen to a macbook pro
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haha that's an odd way to abbreviate Assassin's Creed... I don't think I wanna know what an 'ass creed' is...
So the games were running on your iMac?
I'm not sure I'm convinced that this is a big thing. Wouldn't the games look better on the huge iMac screen?
I'm not sure I'm convinced that this is a big thing. Wouldn't the games look better on the huge iMac screen?
OK so I can put a desktop or a steam box in the basement and then play on my MBP without having the fan noise and heat? And I'm not limited by the built in hardware and I don't have to dual boot?
Yeah OK now it starts to make sense
Yeah OK now it starts to make sense
OK so I can put a desktop or a steam box in the basement and then play on my MBP without having the fan noise and heat? And I'm not limited by the built in hardware and I don't have to dual boot?
Yeah OK now it starts to make sense
I haven't done anything crazy, yet. I've launched a game to see if/how it works. It DOES trigger the dGPU in my MBP but I'm not sure what load it puts on the system or how hot it gets as I didn't keep it running long. I presume the "host" system needs to be capable of running the game in order to be playable as I imagine it would be doing most of the processing.
I also discovered that the games I somewhat care about are now available for the Mac also, with no further purchase needed.
You are receiving what amounts to a movie. As long as your machine can play a video at 2560x1440 or 1080p (and pretty much every gpu in the last 8 or so years can) you will be fine.
The host plays everything and you receive a movie, it's pretty much an in home onlive.
The host plays everything and you receive a movie, it's pretty much an in home onlive.