Steam Link not working with Quest 3

[Colt_Coffey]

Update 2024: It has been fixed for me and steam link now works even with older AMD drivers. It work very well even, I prefer to use it over airlink or Virtual Desktop.

Steam link is not working for me. I have steam open, when I click "connect" on my headset steam link app I get "host not responding" error 200.

When I start SteamVR on my PC manually first, then click "connect" on my steam link app in the headset I get a window saying "Stream initializing", "Connecting to host PC is taking longer than usual..."

The app tells me the headset is paired, airlink is working fine.

Does anyone else have issues?

[Colt_Coffey]

I figured it out and the reason was AMD drivers. Now I can't really use the new steam link with my AMD gpu, I either update to latest drivers and can use steam link but get artifacting in games or I rollback drivers and get no artifacting but steam link doesn't work.

[DaftnDirect]

Thanks for the info @Colt_Coffey 

I've avoided AMD for VR but I'd like to have the option to go the red route. Keep us updated if a new driver or Steam update solves the problem. What card do you have?

[Colt_Coffey]

I have a 6900 xt. The artifacting I get on newer drivers is very noticable as seen on this screenshot. So I rather use old drivers (1 year old) to get a clear picture than use Steam Link. Game is Ghosts of Tabor, had the same artifacting in Saints and Sinners.

[RattyUK]

I've a 7900 XTX - with the Oculus software running and a PCVR link cable there is the normal message that the PC doesn't meet minimum requirements...  Running steamVR & HL: Alyx (in particular) steam tells me I'm short on VRAM (really?) so my Q3 in PCVR through Oculus is not a lot of fun..

But... I've just downloaded steam link - hooked up without any issue and is running at 90 FPS (looking very good too) without any error messages.

I can see me enjoying my steam library quite a lot more now!

AMD are fine, at last, it is just Oculus software that is holding their products in bad repute, IMO.

[kojack]

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@RattyUK wrote:

AMD are fine, at last, it is just Oculus software that is holding their products in bad repute, IMO.

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Although Valve themselves may not be as confident, the Steam Link requirements are listed as a Nvidia GPU.

[RattyUK]

Oh well...  guess who didn't look at the specs and just jumped straight in?

Time will no doubt tell if my experience is just good luck!

[Red8beard]

got same problem here, but even airlink dosen't work (only have a black screen with the three dot)

the only way I can PCVR is thru Virtual Desktop. 
I was thinking its my AMD GPU, but on my iphone Steam link work well. 

Im trying to find an answer 

[JERisBRISK]

Curiously enough, I'm having similar woes on an Intel i9-13900K system with an NVIDIA RTX 3090 (64GB RAM, Win 11 Pro, all the latest updates).

[marolious]

Quest 3 - quest link OK, air link OK.

Came over from PCVR. Steam VR working before.

Steam link on Q3, took a few times, then finally got pairing code. Then when connecting I get 

Connection Failed. But on PC Steam VR has started.

Not using beta Steam VR, Nvidia 3060Ti. Not sure what to do next.