[aliasxneo]

I use moonlight/apollo.

1. Connect my Dualsense controller to my macbook

2. Open moonlight on my macbook

3. Connect to my gaming desktop in full screen mode

3. Launch my AAA game on Steam

4. Profit

Over Wifi 7 I get basically no discernable lag, which was crazy to me the first time I tried it. I also have a Minisforum attached to my large screen TV and the process is identical except I push a different combo on the Dualsense controller to connect to the Minisforum. Because apollo saves settings, I can pretty seamlessly switch between the two with basically no issues.

[BatteryMountain]

Now try it on your phone. Playing Diablo 2 Remastered in bed on an android phone with controller attachment on 6.7" OLED 2340x1080 @ 120hz HDR is super amazing. Better than Steam Deck....phone stays cool and battery lasts forever, it's the same as watching a movie on it.

[elxr]

I'm sure that works fine, but playing on an 8 inch 16:10 screen (like the Legion Go S or the MSI) has to be a better experience than a significantly smaller 6.7 inch screen. Despite the obviously higher quality HDR on your phone.

Every time I've tried PC gaming on undersized screens, every single inch makes a big difference to the immersiveness and reduced eye-fatigue. It just ends up being something I have to put down early because of that. 8 inch is the smallest I can go where the compromise makes sense.

[BatteryMountain]

So for Diablo and Grim Dawn, just zoom the game camera in. The game then plays like an over-the-shoulder experience and is surprisingly very immersive this way and everything is big enough to play an hour or two without much eye strain. The 6.7" screen is very wide and feels natural. When I played the first time it was just an experiment and I expected the worst but I soon discovered playing like this is much better than keyboard and mouse. The only upgrade from this for me would a $2000 laser projector with high refresh rates + controller.

[elxr]

Nice that it works for you. I've tried a similarly sized screen to that, and it's just too much eye strain for me.

"Very wide" on a tiny screen is also a disadvantage IMO. Even something like a 7 inch ROG Ally (which is 16:9) is way more surface area than that. The 16:10 handhelds are even better, but hey to each his own.

[hxii]

I have a question if you don’t mind – do you also have to kill AWDL to prevent lag spikes during a streaming session?

[SlightlyLeftPad]

Does this work better than steam link? Obviously I imagine it works with non-steam games is part of the point.

[t-3]

Yeah, steam link is basically unusable for me with games that need a real-time response even between two devices with wired connections. The only system I've found comparable to sunshine/moonlight in terms of performance is Sony's PS Link which is obviously proprietary and only for Playstation ecosystem.

[BatteryMountain]

Yes much better in my opinion.