The ability to stream Xbox One games to Windows 10 PCs is one of the best features of Microsoft's new operating system. However, as many gamers have noted, the quality of the graphics isn't great and is, in fact, inferior to the graphics of the Xbox itself.
But worry not! As it turns out, some Reddit posters did a little digging and discovered a hidden "very high quality" setting that isn't too difficult to configure and can make playing streamed games from an Xbox to PC more enjoyable from a graphics point of view.
Although graphic quality loss is to be expected when streaming a game from an Xbox to a PC by compressing and transferring over a local network, the not-so-good-looking graphics is enough to make some gamers feel that the streaming is not worth it.
However, this uncovered setting may just change everyone's minds with a few tweaks to get their video game graphics looking sharp again.
To access the hidden setting, these instructions posted by OomaThurman on Reddit require users to edit some configurations via a text editor such as Notepad.
First, navigate your way to this directory on your PC.
C:Users%USERNAME%AppDataLocalPackagesMicrosoft.XboxApp_~~~~~~LocalState
Then locate a file named userconsoledata, which is found in the Xbox App folder.
Open the file in Notepad and find the entry for IsInternalPreview and change it to "true."
Est viola! You now have "very high quality" graphic setting enabled.
Others have noted that the entry "IsInternalPreview" implies that the graphic quality setting is being tested in-house and may be a full-fledged feature in future versions of Xbox streaming to PC.
In the meantime, those who want to fiddle around with their settings, take heed that increasing the graphics quality setting will also increase your bandwidth use and may slow down your local network.
In addition, users who are unable to locate the "userconsoledata" file can simply launch the Xbox App and run a game stream. The file should be automatically generated when you search for it again.
One last warning, only edit entries in your system files that you are confident playing around with. If it is not edited correctly, you may have to reinstall the Xbox App to get everything up and running properly again.
