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...
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What are "2X Data" Regions?
You may have longer than usual Slow Start loading times in 2X Data regions if you have not started a specific Cloud PC in that region for over 24 hours. Data consumed towards your data cap in these...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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How To Improve the Experience if You Have Lag, Latency, and or Stuttering
Below are 13 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 try temporarily disabling AWDL: https://stim...
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How To Fix Stuttering (Low FPS) on Apple Devices
AWDL almost always causes major recurring stuttering for Apple iPads & Macbooks when using 5Ghz Wifi if their router is not set to channel 149 (which is very common). This is because Apple switch...
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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...
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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...
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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...