[staticman2]

> can get 4K HDR 120Hz running over gigabit Ethernet without visually sacrificing too much on bitrate,

While I agree game streaming can work well, in practice on a modern game the frame rate will vary if you try to get 4k hdr 120k and I don't believe a game stream can use variable refresh rate. In practice what do you do if playing a modern AAA game? Do you set the frame rate to a locked 60?

I used to do game streaming but ended up buying a 50 foot HDMI cable and USB and ethernet to link two rooms. One advantage of this is I don't need to worry about what frame rate to set the stream at and my Xbox adapter (or any adapter really) can be used natively on USB without worrying about controller compatibility over Ethernet.

[bbrks]

Yeah, in practice for a demanding game (RDR2 is a good example for me) I do lock at 60.

There are many many types of games (platformers) that can achieve and are preferable to play locked at 120 though.

[namibj]

The video codec does not care about VRR, it happily does it. If the receiving display can do VRR, it'll just work.