Ian McLoughlin

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  • Recommended Hardware

    For $45 total you can get a $30 AndroidTV box capable of running stim at 4K 120hz, and a $15 controller. We are grateful to have the opportunity to test hundreds of devices each year, some of which...

  • Easter Egg – Enable 100GB of Temp Storage

    On new Cloud PCs you can enable at least 100GB of temporary NVME storage by clicking this icon on the windows desktop of your Cloud PC  Then you should then see this TEMP (T:) drive appear.  Not...

  • Pay As You Go Temporary Storage

    Pay As You Go sessions have temporary storage which is deleted after your session (all games uninstalled and removed), unless you own a stim subscription. This includes cheaper storage-only subscri...

  • Fast Start vs Cold Start

    When your Cloud PC shows "Fast Start", it means that it is still stored on a GPU server in the selected region, and can be quickly started in under 60 seconds. (10-60 seconds).     Cloud PCs whic...

  • How To Improve the Experience if You Have Lag, Latency, and or Stuttering

    Below are 14 steps (in order of most likely) to try and help solve any stuttering, tearing, lag and or latency:   1. If you have an Apple device, please see: https://stimsocial.zendesk.com/hc/en-us...

  • How To Fix Stuttering (Low FPS) on Apple Devices

    Solved: Apple fixed this issue on Apple Silicon Macs (M1-M4) in Mac OS 14.6 (Sonoma), which Apple released in July 2024. Ensure you have the latest Mac OS & Google Chrome version to solve this issu...

  • How Can I Get a Free Trial?

    When visiting Stim.io and launching the Cloud PC, you may be offered a 15 minute free trial.    Our system decides who gets a free trial based on factors such as your ping (the lower the better), y...

  • What Are the Restrictions & Usage Limits?

    Account sharing is not allowed (sharing access to your account with another person). Macros, VPNs and Auto-Clickers are also not allowed (for reasons explained in red towards the end of this articl...

  • Are Programs and Games Deleted When My Session Ends?

    When using Pay As You Go, you are given 128GB of temporary storage which is deleted 3 hours after your session ends. With a subscription however, your Cloud PC is never deleted and storage can be e...

  • My Cloud PC is corrupt, is stuck starting, or won't connect

    The less storage and the more active you are, the faster your Cloud PC should start with a maximum start time of 16 minutes, at which point your Cloud PC will display that it failed to start.   In ...