Microsoft Expands Xbox Cloud Gaming to Cheaper Game Pass Tiers 7
Microsoft is testing new Xbox Game Pass features with Insiders, letting Core and Standard subscribers stream cloud-enabled titles they own or access via subscription across more devices, including supported TVs and browsers. These tiers will also gain access to select PC game versions for the first time. From a Xbox blog post: We're always exploring more ways to make your Xbox experience centered around you -- your content, benefits, and playstyle. That's why we're making it easier to enjoy the games you love, wherever you are, and on any device. Starting today, Xbox Insiders are invited to try out new updates in Xbox Game Pass that make it easier to stream and play across more devices.
Xbox Insiders subscribed to Xbox Game Pass Core or Standard now have even more freedom to play wherever they are with Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta). As part of this Insider experience, Xbox Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers will be able to stream cloud playable games included with their subscription or select cloud playable games they own, making it easier to jump in from any supported device. [...] We're expanding the ways players can experience PC gaming through Xbox Game Pass. As part of testing, Xbox Insiders subscribed to Game Pass Core or Standard will for the first time gain access to PC versions of select titles, giving you even more flexibility and the choice to play on a PC or Windows handheld."
Xbox Insiders subscribed to Xbox Game Pass Core or Standard now have even more freedom to play wherever they are with Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta). As part of this Insider experience, Xbox Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers will be able to stream cloud playable games included with their subscription or select cloud playable games they own, making it easier to jump in from any supported device. [...] We're expanding the ways players can experience PC gaming through Xbox Game Pass. As part of testing, Xbox Insiders subscribed to Game Pass Core or Standard will for the first time gain access to PC versions of select titles, giving you even more flexibility and the choice to play on a PC or Windows handheld."
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I streamed Snowrunner over 1GbE from my 5900X/4060Ti 16GB desktop to my 3250U MiniPC using Steam (both run Linux) and I found the visual quality to be much poorer than running locally. Will 2.5GbE make it any better?
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No, but Steam isn't that great to begin with because it's just capturing the screen and piping the video over, so now you have massive latency in everything from waiting for the frame to be generated, to then video encoding and then sending it out. The generation takes a frame, and encoding that frame is almost a frame, but by the time you're done, you've added 2 frame delays to the stream.
Cloud gaming uses some major magic in partial rendering and immediate compression to get that down. There are videos sh
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For Snowrunner I don't care much about latency, because things tend to happen ponderously slowly anyway. I do care a lot about visual quality, because I've already turned quality down a bit so I can render at 4k with reliable frame rates, and can't really afford more degradation. I'm using my CPU to do the encoding, because my system is quite GPU bound (5900X, 4060 Ti 16GB.)