![]() ![]() That let me access the three big PC gaming services ( Epic Games Store, Steam, and Xbox Games Pass Ultimate) on the system. I connected it to my Microsoft ID, then installed the Epic Games Launcher and Steam. Plus, it retains everything you've installed every time you start it up, just like a physical PC. It’s simply a Windows 11 Home computer with persistent storage that lets you set it up with whatever software you can put on it. The computer immediately opens to a Windows desktop.įrom this view, you can interact with the remote PC just as if it was your own PC. You open the app, wait a minute for the virtual PC to literally boot up Windows, then click Open Shadow to access that PC. The Shadow experience is refreshingly direct, with no curated interface like GeForce Now, PlayStation Cloud Streaming, or Xbox Cloud Gaming. Still, all those choices easily make Shadow the most flexible remote gaming service in terms of platforms. Shadow is also accessible via a web portal, though it’s more limited than the dedicated clients in terms of features and supported resolutions, and is currently in beta. The Shadow PC app is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Raspberry Pi OS, along with Android and iOS smartphones and tablets, Android TV and tvOS smart TV platforms, and the Oculus Quest. It can be scaled to fit business needs, but it offers the same hardware as Shadow PC Pro for $49.99 per month or $69.99 per month based on specs.įor testing, Shadow provided us with a Shadow PC With Power Upgrade account. Shadow PC Enterprise is the organization-level tier, intended for entire fleets of users. Extra storage is available on Shadow PC Pro for a much steeper $17.94 per 256GB per six months (with a 5TB maximum). ![]() The Shadow PC Pro Advanced plan ($54.99 per month or $274.99 per six months) ups that to an AMD EPYC 7543P CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX A4500 GPU, 28GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage. A $34.99 per month ($174.99 per six months) membership gives you an Intel Xeon 2.5-to-3.1GHz CPU, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 or Nvidia Quadro P5000 GPU, 12GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage. Shadow PC Pro is the step-up tier for content creators and other professionals. You can add an extra 256GB of storage to either tier for $2.99 per month (or 5TB for $59.80). Shadow PC With Power Upgrade offers an AMD EPYC 7543 CPU, an Nvidia RTS A4500 GPU, and a massive 28GB of RAM with the same 512GB of storage for $49.99 per month (or $265.90 per six months). Shadow PC provides an Intel Xeon 3.5GHz equivalent CPU, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 GPU, 12GB RAM, and 512GB storage for $32.99 per month (or $164.90 per six months). The entry-level Shadow PC is the low-level gaming tier, with two options. Shadow is much more expensive than gaming-only services like Nvidia GeForce Now or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, but it does so much more, making it an Editors’ Choice winner for remote PC streaming services. In fact, it works better than ever, with impressive responsiveness that makes it feel like you're playing local games. The new Shadow is a less explicitly gaming-focused service than it was at launch, but it's still running strong by offering full access to Windows PCs with enough power and storage to both play games and get work done. Its company, Blade, filed for bankruptcy in March of that year and was purchased two months later by Octave Klaba, the founder of cloud computing firm OVHcloud. The Shadow remote PC streaming service has experienced a few bumps in the road since we last looked at it in 2021.
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