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Steam Link Streaming Bandwidth

TheCaptain53
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I decided to go ahead and purchase a Steam Link, so I'm excited to try that out when it arrives. I put a powerline connection to my PC up two flights of stairs pretty much for this reason. I'm not getting Gigabit, I'm only getting 100 Megabit until I decide to swap out my powerline adapters for ones with a Gigabit port.

On a side note, do not buy the TP-Link AV500 TL-PA411. It advertises 500 Mbps through powerline, but it only has a 100 Mbps network interface. The TL-PA511 has a Gigabit port, so if you can, get that instead. But, the Steam Link only has a 100 Mbps interface anyway, so this is more of a local network issue rather than an issue with the implementation of this solution SPECIFICALLY for the Steam Link. But, I'm getting off track...

LTT's video on Steam in-home streaming show that streaming bandwidth is capped to around 30 Mbps, which may or may not be enough for some graphically intensive games when running 1080p @ 60 fps (something my hardware would have no problem running locally).

Does anyone know if that bandwidth cap is still in place or have they increased it?

Thanks for the help.

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Incipere V5.0

Spoiler

CPU | i7-4790k | GPU | Nvidia GTX Titan X | Motherboard | MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition | Memory | 2x8GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 1866MHz | PSU | EVGA 650 G2 | Storage | Crucial BX200 240GB + Toshiba 3TB | Case | Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 | CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-D15

Parvulus V1.0

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CPU | i5-4690k | GPU | Zotac GTX 960 | Motherboard | ASRock Z97M-ITX/ac | Memory | 2x4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 1600MHz | PSU | EVGA 650 GS | Storage | Crucial BX200 240GB + WD 1TB Blue 2.5" | Case | Silverstone Sugo SG13

If you want to join a group chat of like-minded techies, gaming, and all things dank, join our Discord group. Message me or get into contact with Galaxy. http://linustechtips.com/main/user/107351-gaiaxy/

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