Nvidia Geforce Experience automatically sets the best graphics settings for your card, if you enable it.
It’s then upto you, if you want to tinker with the setting to get extra frames.
And is this form of streaming on par or close to normal local gaming? I don’t want to have to deal with input lag and buffer issues and stuff.
Geforce Experience is just something that manages settings on your local PC. Geforce Now is the streaming platform which is expensive but DF says is quite close to local.
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You can get 10 years of GFN for the cost of an equivalent gaming PC.
It might not be an option for everyone. But I think it’s actually a fair price for what it is.
And all the bucks you may save on the electricity bill🤓
Actually sounds interesting, especially for how it has PlayStation games as well, doesn’t it? But what does this mean, you can just buy a somewhat cheap PC and stream the games? GN works via Edge on Xbox too, doesn’t it?
You don’t need a PC. While I haven’t tried it on Xbox, the internet says it should work. I just stream to my Philips “Google TV” via the official app.
Internet also says that PlayStation games are not on GFN, unfortunately, because… Sony.
Wtf, I thought Sony’s games were on there. I think I confused that with Boosteroid and that one goes via Steam iirc. Damn.
Still, I’m interested in trying it out for damn sure. I have a Sony A95K QD-OLED, that is Google TV. I am gonna look into this next week. Interesting! Could I possibly play Wukong that way? 
GFN requires a company to give ve them permission first, it was an issue that was reported earlier and part of the reason Nvidia was on Sony’s side when the ABK cases started. They wanted a deal to get more games on their streaming service.
Also streaming did take a bit of a hit, as they now capped the data you can use to stream games in high resolutions.
Hmmm I see.
And do they have demos? I’d like to just test this first before buying anything. I searched for Wukong but unfortunately that one needs a PC with a digital copy of the game.
To clarify, I mean expensive relative to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate where you don’t have time limits or have to bring your own games. You are totally right that PC hardware is crazy expensive.
All a matter of perspective, 
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You could get a trial of the service (GFN also has day passes) and test it with a game you have access to, like via game pass or f2p to make sure the service is good enough for you.
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I just checked the GFN app on my TV and turns out I have Kena in the library. It probably was free a while ago and I jumped on that. Now I need to find out how to connect my Xbox controller to my TV.
Game Pass too? That would go via my Xbox or also TV? Yeah I need to do some research on all this, haha.
I believe you can link GFN to Xbox account and access Game Pass games.
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Yes, they had an improvement late last year so one wouldn’t need to keep logging into GamePass and Xbox. However, you might still need to do it once per session.
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So they do have the linking ability, and talk about automatic sign-in, but with some caveats for non-Windows Store Titles.
This is what the Nvidia FAQ says on it, Why do I need to sign in to my Xbox account each time I launch a game on GeForce NOW? | NVIDIA
Why do I need to sign in to my Xbox account each time I launch a game on GeForce NOW?
Connecting your NVIDIA and Xbox Accounts in the GeForce NOW settings enables automatic sign-in support for those playable through Xbox PC Game Pass or purchased from the Microsoft game store.
NOTE: Some games available from PC Game Pass or the Microsoft game store may require a second login, such as Minecraft Dungeons on PC Game Pass or State of Decay 2 on Epic Games Store.This feature does not add Xbox automatic sign-in support for Xbox Games Studios games purchased on Steam or Epic Games Store. You still need to log in to your Xbox profile for these game launches on GeForce NOW.
One thing is a bit unclear to me…
How to connect my Xbox controller to my TV for the GFN app. Do I need some kind of USB adapter to plug into the TV for controller to work wireless?
I am super curious to try GFN out and I have a free game, Kena, on it.
Here’s the Android TV support page on connecting Bluetooth controllers:
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Thanks! That was a whole lot easier than I expected, no USB dongles or whatsoever needed.
Turns out I don’t own Kena, even though it does say “owned”, I tried again but then it got stuck loading at “2 players ahead of you” it was taking way too long.
Not a fan at all of this queue thing. I don’t recall Stadia having this when I tried that on Xbox a few years ago.
And I get the error with Destiny 2 as well, isn’t that free to play? I don’t own it on Steam it says.
Yet it says “owned.” growing tired of this. 
I try Marvel rivals, it says I need it in my Steam library, I have done exactly this via my phone, it has been added but the TV app doesn’t show it.
And now i can finally start games but then I get switched to Steam and it doesnt move the cursor when I use my controller, nor TV remote. So a mouse is pretty much mandatory?
This shit is a headache so far.
My main point about Xbox Game Streaming “it just works”
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