RIP Gamestream?
I mean, cool, they’re finally replacing Geforce Experience, one of the worst pieces of software ever made.
But they’re replacing it with shit that commits all the same crimes. Locally run webserver hosting web interfaces and a website running in a packaged Chrome accesses. Instead of something utterly wild like oh I don’t know, actually building a piece of software not a web page!
Also it still commits the cardinal crime of letting 11y old me do the design and what I thought was “COOOOOL!”, instead of just, you know, looking like an app. In the design language of the OS. Which would be wild, I know.
I fucking work in web development, and I’d rather a UI for a desktop app be built in a native coding framework.
It doesn’t even connect well to all the system level shit it needs to do. EA’s app had a million issues with this.
If they’re replacing GeForce experience… Is that going to break moonlight?
By itself, yes. GameStream is EOL. And this is said end, it seems.
Your replacement option is Sunshine, or switching to using a steam link setup.
Shit that what I meant to put. Will this affect Sunshine?
Not for me, no. Sunshine is already the open re-implementation of the gamestream component of Geforce Experience.
Oh perfect thanks
At least you can still download just the driver. Its literally just bloatware from your graphics card manufacture.
Geforce Experience had a non-zero percent influence on my choice to go radeon this time around. I doubt this replacement would fare any better, by the sounds of things.
Using the Radeon software is such a good experience. I never had any issues with it or the driver, they are looking clean, are responsive and actually helpful.
Hope that you get a similar experience, for how expensive Nvidia is it should be mandatory to have a good software…
It’s completely optional. All the real driver options are in the control panel.
Given how atrocious it is to download drivers from their website…
You’re mostly right but damn, their offerings aren’t pretty.
I haven’t used NVIDIA for drivers in years. You can use NVCleanstall to install them without all the crap.
That is good knowledge
For now they are, when they are happy with new software they will remove old panel, because otherwise they would have to keep updating two apps with same new changes.
I went the other way, I do miss the control radeon had, now I have to use afterburner to do the fan control stuff.
Imagine if your GPU drivers just updated through your package manager. We could have so much automated shit but Nvidia needs tk collect your personal data so heres a web page disguised ss an app. I fucken hate this shit.
if nvidia spent as much time on their drivers as they do on their failed software attempts the drivers might actually work
I never realized how stupid GeForce Experience was until I built a PC for someone and realized I’d have to explain to them that they need to register an account on a special software just to keep their GPU driver updated.
Even with the insanity of Nvidia on linux, all I have to do is
sudo dnf install akmod-nvidiaonce and let dnf handle updates automatically.The RTX HDR is fucking lit, especially on emulators cause reshade HDR just was, alright.
Is it another electron app?
Fucking finally. Their current one is trash.
Hope they also add overclocking and stuff too, like in AMD’s control panel. And remove the telemetry bs.
Any recommendations for fine tuning Sunshine to match Nvidia’s local Gamestream? I haven’t had much luck in getting Sunshine to run as smoothly at 4K 120Hz HDR 150Mbps via LAN as Nvidia’s deprecated streaming server software, so have to slow to migrate over.
Sunshine/Moonlight should perform better than Gamestream at the default settings.Try turning down your bitrate. 4K will work fine at 100Mbps.
Uh sunshine is usually MORE performant, not less. I would suggest heading to the Moonlight/Sunshine discord server and requesting help there.
Personally I have no issues streaming 4k@60 150mbps on a wired connection with moonlight and sunshine. Would try @120 if I had a display that supported it lol
I’m surprised I couldn’t yet find a dummy HDMI plug to spoof a 4K@120Hz capable display. All the ones I’ve found thus far only support 120Hz at 1080p, and never any HDR support at all. I have an OLED android device with 2K screen and matching refresh rate, but the without a physical monitor to stream capturing from. Emulating such display resolutions and colored depths also seems just as formidably challenging.
Why not use one of the EDID cloning ones? All you need is access to a display with the features you need.
Have you tried the AV1 codec?
Aside from my PC, the newest device I own is only a snapdragon 8 gen 1 soc device, which I think sadly doesn’t have a hardware AV1 decider. Definitely a consideration for later upgrades.
Great…now I need an account just to set my display resolution. How long until the 4k setting costs 5$ a month?
Please drink verification can to continue.
The new app has fewer account requirements than the one it is replacing. With GFE, you needed an account just to get automatic driver updates. With the new app, you can do just about anything except redeem free bundled games without an account.
