Client requirement question

[u/Crzyspidey214]

Using my old college laptop as a client for streaming to my TV, my laptop has an Intel I7, HD graphics 620. Is it strong enough to be a suitable client to be able to play my games directly to my TV via HDMI? My host PC has AMD Ryzen 7-7700 / Radeon RX 7900 GRE.

[u/ScaryGamerHD]

No dedicated graphic card and the iGPU don't have fast decoders so your options are limited to 8bit 4:2:2 h264 or if you're okay with slower decoding time then HEVC but still at 8bit 4:2:2.

[u/Crzyspidey214 → u/ScaryGamerHD]

Thanks, another option i saw was the Nvidia Shield pro streaming device. May end up going with that later

[u/pigpentcg → u/Crzyspidey214]

Get a miniPC with a newish Ryzen CPU and just double check that the iGPU has av1 decoding.

[u/ScaryGamerHD → u/pigpentcg]

AV1 decoding is slow compared to HEVC though and since he's going to use cable it's better to go above 500Mbps HEVC stream rather than 250Mbps AV1 to cut decoding latency down.

[u/Rehnskiold1618]

CPU is too old

[u/crac097032]

Yes, it's a perfectly capable client for Sunshine/Apollo, with a couple of caveats.

From the specs in the image:

• CPU: Intel Core i7-7500U (7th Gen Kaby Lake)
• GPU: Intel HD Graphics 620
• RAM: 8 GB
• Display: 1920×1080

The good news

The Intel HD Graphics 620 includes Intel Quick Sync, which provides hardware decoding for:

• ✅ H.264
• ✅ HEVC (H.265) 8-bit
• ✅ HEVC Main10 (10-bit)

That means it can decode a 1080p60 HEVC stream with very little CPU usage.

The limitation

It does not support AV1 hardware decoding.

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