Once again, it looks like the Raspberry Pi could save the day. In other words, the lack of an ethernet port is a real problem. While you can now use the Steam Link app for mobile and smart TVs, doing so relies on WiFi, which is more prone to latency issues. That’s a problem for those that haven’t already got one and can’t sort one secondhand. Unfortunately, they have now sold out everywhere and Valve has said it has no plans to make more.Īlthough the software will continue to be tinkered with, the hardware has reached the end of the road. A tiny, simple micro PC designed with one purpose in mind: to stream PC games from Steam to your television via WiFi or ethernet cable. Using it as a 4K game-streaming client was a failure.The Steam Link Box was a surprisingly popular device. So, for now I will let my Pi4 crunch some BOINC tasks until I find a better use for it. Game-streaming on the Pi4 felt slower than on the steamLink box, even at 1080p. But no matter what I tried, I couldn´t get the Pi to put out a 4k60 signal to my AVR/projector. So if you got any ideas how to improve it, share your thoughts :) I ordered another one and will see if it improves something. resolution of the projector is now I hope the hdmi-cable is to blame. The Pi is connected to an AVR (onkyo RZ3100) which passes the signal to a (fake) 4k projector (benq w2700). Raspi4b 4GB, newest Buster, steamlink beta.

The 'full data' overlay does not show anything out of the ordinary, no lag spikes, no packet loss. Lowering the resolution on the pi to 2560*1440 does not improve responsiveness.

Games feel really sluggish and the input lag also feels a lot higher than on the original steam link. Also, the screen seems to flicker from time to time. The highest resolution I got out of it was 3840* 60 Hz is avaiable at the screen options but selecting it just leads to a blacksreen. It would be a real upgrade to my original steam box, which works really well.īUT! The experience with the RasPi SteamLink is very disappointing so far. I just bought a Raspberry Pi 4b (4GB) to use as a SteamLink Box, since it supports resolution.

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