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I generally play with a PS3 controller, which is not supported natively in Windows 10. My ThinkPad is connected to this router through a 802.11ac 5 GHz connection, courtesy of an Intel Dual Band 2×2 8265 wireless chipset. The desktop is connected via Ethernet to a gigabit switch to a Spectrum “high performance” router. My setup is pretty simple which involves my Dell Inspiron 3847 desktop (specs on my About page) and my Lenovo ThinkPad E750. The setup was dead simple, just sign up for an account and setup Parsec on a host a client machine and you should be able to connect.

#PARSEC INPUT DELAY 1080P#

I was a bit skeptical at first, thinking that delivering 1080p at 60 FPS with around 4-8ms of latency would be impossible but I was pleasantly surprised to see that Parsec delivers on it’s promise of low latency desktop streaming, and then some. Although Linus and his team were using Parsec for video editing, Parsec brands itself as an in-home game streaming solution that allows users to remotely connect to their PCs with super low latency video encoding and decoding, making it ideal for gaming.

I knew that RDP would not be a solution for gaming, but that’s when I remember watching a Linus Tech Tips video on Parsec. Now, I’m not a competitive or hardcore gamer by any means but being able to play Call of Duty Warzone with friends has been a go-to social activity while we are all social distancing.

Despite having 2 laptops and full RDP access to my desktop that I use for work and school I still had one use case unaccounted for: playing PC games. For the past 4 days I haven’t been able to sit at my main desk space due to the air conditioning in my room not working. I generally don’t review software but ever so often I will use something that works so well and is just incredible in terms of implementation that I just have to talk about it.

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