Steam Streaming wont work?

[matto97]

So running 100Mb Ethernet (planing on 1GB some time but meh) between both my desktop and laptop and no matter what setting i have. 1080p or 720p, Fast/Balanced/Beautiful, Hardware encoding/decoding on or off.
It runs the same, blocks of colour, blurry, choppy, lagy. Both computers are all updated running Windows 10, Desktop specs in sig, Laptop is running a GTX 880M and a I7-4910QM.
When streaming i notice that my Desktop only sends about 3-4MBs worth of data so i don't know if that means there's something limiting it on my 
 

If your wondering why i want to stream with laptop specs like that, im in Australia and its hot and i just want to sit in the air-con with no heat  

But yeah any help would be great thanks.

[Fgtfv567]

Do you have a shit router? You need to have a good router in order to have a satisfactory streaming experience. Check out PCgamer's buyer's guide for gaming routers.

If you have an 880M in your laptop, you can probably just use that and call it a day

[DragonTamer1]

I used steam streaming quite a bit before getting my new system. The receiving computer used a Pentium D with 4 GB of RAM and a max network speed of 10MB/s. The sending computer used an i3-4150 with 4GB of RAM (GTX 750) and a gigabit ethernet connection. The router only supported 100MB/s max. The resolution was 1440x900 and I was able to hold 60FPS in every game no problem.

I have no idea why you are having an issue because even my wireless HTPC with a Phenom 9100e can do streaming (kind of, it periodically stutters really bad). The only thing I can think of is maybe your workhorse is overheating and thermal throttling?

[matto97]

2 minutes ago, Fgtfv567 said:

Do you have a shit router? You need to have a good router in order to have a satisfactory streaming experience. Check out PCgamer's buyer's guide for gaming routers.

If you have an 880M in your laptop, you can probably just use that and call it a day

My router is not the best but should be able to transfer the data as i can easily hit 50-60MBs when transferring files on the LAN but streaming seems to sit at 3-4MBs

And while yes the laptop is more then capable, it runs hot and its like 38c here and i just want to sit in the air-con as cool as possible

[matto97]

1 minute ago, DragonTamer1 said:

I used steam streaming quite a bit before getting my new system. The receiving computer used a Pentium D with 4 GB of RAM and a max network speed of 10MB/s. The sending computer used an i3-4150 with 4GB of RAM (GTX 750) and a gigabit ethernet connection. The router only supported 100MB/s max. The resolution was 1440x900 and I was able to hold 60FPS in every game no problem.

I have no idea why you are having an issue because even my wireless HTPC with a Phenom 9100e can do streaming (kind of, it periodically stutters really bad). The only thing I can think of is maybe your workhorse is overheating and thermal throttling?

Nah its not thermal throttling, i play on 5760x1080 usually but the laptop is only 1920x1080 so the res is lower and the GPU is hardly working
CPU is not maxing out but working quite hard, not thermal throttling ether.

[DragonTamer1]

You're trying to stream 5760x1080 to a 1080p screen? I've never gone from a higher resolution to a lower one so try dropping it down to one monitor and see if that helps.

[matto97]

Just now, DragonTamer1 said:

You're trying to stream 5760x1080 to a 1080p screen? I've never gone from a higher resolution to a lower one so try dropping it down to one monitor and see if that helps.

no no no lol, thats what i play on my Desktop, while trying to stream i drop it to 1920x1080 dont worry  thats not the problem

[DragonTamer1]

Oh, then the only other thing I could think of would be the router.

[matto97]

Just now, DragonTamer1 said:

Oh, then the only other thing I could think of would be the router.

Thats what i first thought, but how come i can transfer files at 50-60MBs but streaming gets stuck at 5?
But planing on getting a new router some time in the future so will see if that changes it then.

[DragonTamer1]

I wonder if there is a setting in steam that is modifying the quality somewhere along the line... I'm not in front of my system right now so I can't tell you what I've got. You can also try tinkering with the router to give priority to the stream.

[matto97]

Just now, DragonTamer1 said:

I wonder if there is a setting in steam that is modifying the quality somewhere along the line... I'm not in front of my system right now so I can't tell you what I've got. You can also try tinkering with the router to give priority to the stream.

Dont think my router has those sort of settings, if it does im not sure where to find it.

[DragonTamer1]

What do you have your bandwidth limited to in steam on the host side? With those system specs might as well crank it to the max to see what happens.

[matto97]

3 minutes ago, DragonTamer1 said:

What do you have your bandwidth limited to in steam on the host side? With those system specs might as well crank it to the max to see what happens.

I have tried Auto, different settings and unlimited but no change

[DragonTamer1]

Welp, I'm all out of ideas. The only thing left that I can think of is the router itself for whatever reason. It's just those two computers right? Anything else attached to the network might slow it down quite a bit. I've noticed that on my router it gets noticeably slower when there are wireless devices connected to it.

[matto97]

Just now, DragonTamer1 said:

Welp, I'm all out of ideas. The only thing left that I can think of is the router itself for whatever reason. It's just those two computers right? Anything else attached to the network might slow it down quite a bit. I've noticed that on my router it gets noticeably slower when there are wireless devices connected to it.

I have my phone connected and a TV but both are not in use currently or at the time, dont see ow they would effect it but will try without them attached.

[DragonTamer1]

Not sure what kind of router you've got, but this is the piece of shit that I've been using for years. Don't know too much about routers tbh, I'm really bad with the networking side of things.

http://www.amazon.com/Actiontec-MI424WR-4-Port-Wireless-802-11g/dp/B0017WKLIQ

I'm all out of ideas for now, maybe something will hit me later tonight...

[matto97]

7 minutes ago, DragonTamer1 said:

Not sure what kind of router you've got, but this is the piece of shit that I've been using for years. Don't know too much about routers tbh, I'm really bad with the networking side of things.

http://www.amazon.com/Actiontec-MI424WR-4-Port-Wireless-802-11g/dp/B0017WKLIQ

I'm all out of ideas for now, maybe something will hit me later tonight...

couldnt notice a change so i guess its just the router

[Mr.Meerkat]

Try plugging a Ethernet cable straight into the ports of the laptop and your desktop, If it is still not going past 3-4MB/s while streaming then it's not your router but if it is, your router is at fault. If your router is indeed at fault, you can either get a new router or personally, I would get a switch.