I’ve used Xbox Cloud Gaming on a TV and works fine with wireless, but I do have a strong signal where the TV is. Honestly, for cloud gaming, single player games should not be an issue even with higher latency as long as the bandwidth remains consistent. Latency might be an issue for some multi-player games but I doubt most users would notice. All my opinion, of course.
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It depends on the specifics of your local environment. I do cloud gaming over wifi using 5GHz and 6Ghz as those channels are quite clean where I am.
Best thing to do is try the 5GHz and see how it works.
In other words - maybe. But if you have problems post the details here and I'm happy to take a look, as others will be too.
Right now, I'm only playing on PC - I have a mid-range rig (Core i15-12500, RTX 4070, 32 GB RAM), but it's good enough to run most games on 4K with DLSS upscaling. I used to play on console, too, but I found the current gen unconvincing and since complete exclusives seem to slowly phase out, I could play some of the things I would previously have played on Playstation on my PC.
I had originally planned to upgrade again in 2026, but with memory prices being where they are, it might also be 2027. Technically, I could stick even longer with my current system, but the general plan is to switch to AMD and see if switching to Linux as my primary OS on the PC is feasible.
I had originally planned to upgrade again in 2026, but with memory prices being where they are, it might also be 2027. Technically, I could stick even longer with my current system, but the general plan is to switch to AMD and see if switching to Linux as my primary OS on the PC is feasible.
I think even with the downgrades and price hikes it's still cheaper to do the trick where you buy a bunch of Xbox Live Gold (now known as GamePass Core or whatever) then get one month of GPU to convert all the time to GPU. Last time I did it was about $11 CAD a month I think?
For gaming it’s mainly PC. It’s almost 5 years old, but the i7 10700 and the RTX 3070 still do everything I need, so don’t intend to upgrade soon (when I do it will be a whole new build). I also play on console (PS5 and Switch 2) depending on the games. For regular computer use it’s my MacBook Air!
Mostly do some light gaming on my daily driver PC: Ryzen 9 5900X / 64GB / 11.5TB / 4060ti-16GB. Most of the main components of the build were bought in 2023 (major exception is GPU which was last year's Christmas present from my wife).
The computer is also used for work, so its original configuration was meant for running multiple VMware VMs (hence the large RAM and storage). It has separate sets of storage devices used for separate isolated "environments" (selected at boot) so that 11.5TB is actually (1TB nvme + 4TB sata) for my work environment, (500GB SATA) for a Linux partition that doubles as the master boot environment, and (2TB nvme + 4TB nvme) for my personal environment.
Currently have some older consoles in my household (most commonly used one is a PS4 bought sometime around 2015-ish) - plan to buy whatever is current shorty after GTA VI is finally released.
The computer is also used for work, so its original configuration was meant for running multiple VMware VMs (hence the large RAM and storage). It has separate sets of storage devices used for separate isolated "environments" (selected at boot) so that 11.5TB is actually (1TB nvme + 4TB sata) for my work environment, (500GB SATA) for a Linux partition that doubles as the master boot environment, and (2TB nvme + 4TB nvme) for my personal environment.
Currently have some older consoles in my household (most commonly used one is a PS4 bought sometime around 2015-ish) - plan to buy whatever is current shorty after GTA VI is finally released.
I was about to say “you’ll be fine” until you said “up to the study” and I worried it’s all a bit latency prone.
I get good performance when in the same room as my main WiFi router. But if there are extenders in the mix I doubt you’ll enjoy it.
Christmas holidays can be a good time to chase worse around the house 😬
In addition to the above, I should also mention that before I built my new PC and I only had my MacBook Pro 14" as my only computer, I did play some old games on my MacBook such as Return to Castle Wolfenstein, DOOM 3, Quake, Quake III Arena. Now that I have my new PC, it is my main gaming platform but I do still have the original Quake installed on my MacBook. All these games were using the Mac Source Ports: https://www.macsourceports.com/
My actual PC is:
- 5700G
- 16GB
- 9060 XT 16GB
Owners of a Steam Deck, what do you think about it? I have a Macbook Air M1 that I'm not using that much and I'm thinking about sell it and buy a Steam Deck. But I already have a PC gaming so, don't know if it worth.
- 5700G
- 16GB
- 9060 XT 16GB
Owners of a Steam Deck, what do you think about it? I have a Macbook Air M1 that I'm not using that much and I'm thinking about sell it and buy a Steam Deck. But I already have a PC gaming so, don't know if it worth.