can it stream fast enough to play games?
141033
You need a TV and tablet that's capable of miracast or Cromecast, otherwise the speed is inadequate. It's also a one way affair. You can cast from the tablet or chrome book to the TV but not the other way.
572029
Yes and yes. It's a fast machine. But you'll need a graphic's card if you want to play most games. I don't play on mine, but I have a friend that does.
2025574
I never got very good speed with this. I purchased it for streaming and it was awful for that. I ended up with a Roku which I like a lot. It does not surf all web sites.
2241517
Absolutely, I use it almost exclusively for gaming :P Most gaming consoles will pick it up by default, as well. Streaming from the PS4 using the Blue Snowball is a dream.
1259877
It can handle games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, League of Legends, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, Minecraft etc. not all on high settings.
1457448
It's more than enough for games, but the GPU is more important in this case. I have the i5-4670 + GTX 770 and it plays almost all games at maximum graphics settings at 1920x1080
2028831
Yes this PC will easily handle live streaming, remember your router/internet service also plays a role in streaming without buffering. If you can direct connect to your router vs wireless it is even faster. The processor, memory and video are plenty adequate with this PC. We use it for internet gaming with little to no lag.
1780885
It's fast, but if you are looking at it for gaming, probably not the best processor. I don't know the exact CPU speed or MIPS.
1745049
It's a dang fine mobo all the way around. Streaming will of course depend on your ISP's abilities.
2104559
I haven't tried it for any type of gaming, just streaming HD video and it does great. Sorry I couldn't help.
1307719
I would say No. It does not have a fast enough processor refresh rate for this. This is geared for games apps AND Games preloaded. And super light Internet surfing.
1050200
I ran this device over a 1 Gbit network and it was sending a file at almost 50mbit per second... And I think that was bottle necked by my laptops write speed. This device is more than capable of streaming anything you want... Believe it or not I can even stream full blown PC game from this device as if they where installed on my PC by setting up a network drive and some special type of folders. Currently I stream uncompressed 1080p 3D content over to not my TV and PS3 and they both work perfectly as if the file was saved locally.
803338
Depends on what kind of games you want to play, but my guess is that it won't work well. The processor is very limited, which is great when serving movies, music and pictures, but anything remotely difficult, such as rendering game images, and you'll run into problems.
912870
It has the fastest gaming speeds available that I know of. That is why I bought it.
1851691
This will be more than fast enough and is also backwards compatible with most Wireless network standards (B|G|N). Problems playing PC games would not be because of this device.
1264418
Startup is pretty quick. Remember, the chromebox can only play thru a web browser. I would be hesitant to stream something that requires a ton of resources.
964991
I wouldn't recommend it for gaming. I ran a few games on our computer setup, and they ran much slower than an older computer using a quad core processor. I use it in an HTPC. Most of the tasks are done one at a time, so the dual core works fine. It is fast for light duty applications, but games aren't light duty.