You can now stream Steam games in ridonkulous 8K resolution, but you probably don't want to

Steam’s most popular games may be dominated by e-sports titles that run on practically any PC, but Valve doesn’t just cater to the masses. This week, a Steam update added the ability to stream Remote Play games at a pixel-packed 8K resolution.“Results may vary depending on hardware,” Valve’s patch notes warn, and they aren’t kidding. 8K gaming only recently gained attention as a way for Nvidia to pitch its ferocious $1,500 GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card. Even still, our 8K testing with the 3090 proved that achieving playable 60 frames per second-plus frame rates with good graphics settings isn’t possible in most games, especially ones that lack support for Nvidia’s AI-enhanced DLSS upscaling technology.To read this article in full, please click here https://www.pcworld.com/article/3612185/you-can-now-stream-steam-games-in-ridonkulous-8k-resolution-but-you-probably-dont-want-to.html#tk.rss_all

Created 4y | Mar 23, 2021, 4:20:37 PM


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