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Just wondering if anyone has been streaming games from their desktop and how it works when they put their Deck to sleep.

I am thinking about building a new desktop, but I almost exclusively play on my Deck and so it would primarily be for streaming to the Deck. My main concern is that the game will continue to run on the desktop either using a lot of electricity or causing me to die in game. I play several Souls-like games that don't allow you to pause and will often have to break away to do something else at a moment's notice.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do a fair amount of streaming from my Windows PC. Your thoughts are correct, if you sleep your Deck it just breaks the connection, the game still continues to run on the host PC.

[โ€“] fadedmaster 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks for confirming that for me. Right now my Deck runs games better than my 10 year old desktop. Eventually I'll build a new desktop. Haha.