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View submission: Questions around building a dedicated SteamOS PC or go with a Steam Deck?
If the 2nd machine is mainly an HTPC, codec support is probably quite important
For decoding content (ie. youtube's AV1)
- Intel 11th gen+ (Iris Xe iGPU) or Arc
- AMD 6000+ (RDNA2 iGPU) or RDNA2 (but NOT 6400 as no codecs)
- Nvidia 3000+ (Ampere)
For encoding (ie. transcoding AV1 etc.)
- Intel Arc
- AMD 7000+ (RDNA3)
- Nvidia 4000+ (Ada Lovelace)
If your network speed is good enough - you can probably host your own game streaming service using sunshine/moonlight - assuming your primary PC is powerful enough
Moonlight runs on literally anything - like your phone
Comment by ronni3 at 30/01/2025 at 22:30 UTC
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Appreciate this, but I am not planning on using this as a standalone HTPC. It will just be a gaming rig. I already have a Unraid server with the following:
- Intel 7980XE (i know its old but serves its purpose)
- Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000 (this will handle all encoding and decoding)
- 10Gb internal LAN
I run Plex and have been quite happy with it. Now just looking to have Steam on a PC in my Living room for when I'd like to play on my 65" OLED.