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NVENC and NVFBC in Home Streaming
leillo1975 Mar 2, 2016
Hello

I use Steam Link to play in my sofa. With 361.28 drivers NVENC can be enabled, but I have an option to activate NVFBC. When I activate this option in host, I see in the information displayed that NVENC are activated (instead NVFBC) , but I feel that the game streaming works a little better (perhaps it's only a feeling).

When Hardware is activated it show this, and also when NVFBC:


Can someone give more information about this?


Naib Mar 6, 2016
Its suppose to make a difference on windows... unsure for linux.

Right now I am battling with micropauses (significantly reduced since I am now using a powerlink)
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