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The original was posted on /r/steamdeck by /u/Silver-Interest1840 on 2025-07-16 12:19:35+00:00.
I've had a deck for a few years now and used it a moderate amount as a handheld. In the past few months though my kid has gotten older and wanted to play games on the TV so I bought a dock and controller, which has been solid but playing decent games on a 4K TV just struggles with Steamdeck hardware which is totally reasonable. A high end gaming PC it is not. but then stumbled on a post about Geforce Now coming to SD, and at 30 bucks a month for the RTX 4080 rig I had to give it a shot. surely it would stutter and hitch at times, or suffer from lag etc.
It's INSANELY good. Better than my gaming rig, which with a 2080ti I was debating upgrading sooner or later and now I see no point. I added a wireless keyboard and mouse also and now playing Dune Awakening at 4k with max settings on a big screen 4k TV in the living room has added a completely new dimension to the deck. Added bonus, it uses sooo much less power than gaming locally. When I do play still on handheld, a game like Assassins Creed Shadows that would be lucky to get 90 minutes now plays for easy 3 hours.
if you've not tried geforce now on SD and game on a docked TV you're missing out! :)