Genki ShadowCast: Docking your Switch to your Laptop Screen - Input Latency Tests & Review
Human Things created a new thing for humans, but have they overpromised and underdelivered? I don't like keeping people hanging, so let me answer that by asking another question: do you hate virtual backgrounds as much as I do?
00:00 - Blooper Intro
00:10 - Start of Review
01:07 - Baseline Latency
01:31 - Shadowcast on Genki Arcade App
01:52 - Shadowcast on OBS as Video Capture Device Source
02:06 - Shadowcast on OBS as a Window Capture Device Source
03:05 - Elgato 4K60 Pro on 4K Capture Utility App
03:31 - Elgato 4K60 Pro passthrough to monitor
04:10 - Nintendo Switch undocked (built-in screen)
04:57 - Graph of Average Latencies & Conversion to Frames at 60 FPS
05:07 - Caveats to Testing Methodology
07:19 - Genki's/Human Things's Claim: 0-0.2ms Latency
10:11 - Is it playable & is it worth MSRP?
13:28 - Genki's/Human Things's Claim: Less CPU Usage
14:46 - Genki Arcade App's Recording Feature
17:53 - Capture a DSLR/Mirrorless Camera (I didn't test this, but it can do it)
18:48 - Closing Summary, Human Things's
20:19 - Postscript: Genki/Human Things on Improving Latency Through Updates
System specs of the computer used to test the ShadowCast:
Motherboard: X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3
CPU: AMD Ryzen r5-2600
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3080
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V 32GB
Monitor: Xiaomi Mi Surface 34"
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