Hi guys,
I have a weird issue - when I'm running Cyberpunk 2077 on my laptop (Lenovo P1) with the latest version of Google Chrome, everything runs very smoothly on 4K setting, without any connection issues (I have ~350 Mbps Internet connection). Surprisingly, If I try to hook up my PC to LG C9 TV over HDMI, suddenly it starts to get messy and prompt me with an error message, that my Internet connection is too weak (without changing anything in the configuration). It gets smooth again only if I lower the performance to 1080p.
Any ideas on how can I experience 4K with a TV connected over HDMI?
Thanks!
@fishy_fish Hmm, maybe see if toggling hardware acceleration in Chrome makes a difference?
https://www.lifewire.com/hardware-acceleration-in-chrome-4125122
@fishy_fish What resolution is your laptop's display? Is it actually 4K? If not, your game stream is probably getting rendered at 1080p for the laptop's display. Connecting to a 4K-capable monitor would get Stadia to actually render at 4K, significantly increasing the bandwidth requirement.
@codesplice, thanks for your answer. I've checked that - my laptop's display is running at 4K. For this troublesome use case with HDMI display, it was also set to 4K. When I changed it to 1080p (for TV over HDMI), it started to run smoothly.
Anyway, this or that, with ~350 Mbps steady Internet connection (over wired Ethernet), this shouldn't be any issue at all.
@fishy_fish Hmm, maybe see if toggling hardware acceleration in Chrome makes a difference?
https://www.lifewire.com/hardware-acceleration-in-chrome-4125122
@codesplice many thanks! It seems that enabling 'Override software rendering list' did the trick! Now I can enjoy 4K content over HDMI with TV.
@fishy_fish Whew! I'm glad that did the trick... as I was really running out of ideas ![]()