Question / Help do dedicated streaming pcs benefit from a dedicated GPU?

[Rjsoaz]

Hello, current specs:

I7 4790k. (Not over clocked)
8mb Ram
SSD
~5mbs upload on average
Msi z97 5 mobo

Settings are mostly default but I did downscale to 720 and running 30fps.

The quality looks great, but it is not totally silky smooth. There is the slightest chop to it.

I'm currently using the onboard graphics and do not have a dedicated GPU. Would I benefit from one in this circumstance? I'm only streaming console, or does the choppiness lie in other areas that can be optimized.

Thank you.

 

[Sapiens]

Unless you're running some really complicated scenes, the iGPU should be more than sufficient. You can check to see if it's maxing out with a program like GPU-Z. If you'd like someone to take a look at your settings, post a log - https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/problem-make-sure-to-post-a-log-and-or-crash-dump-howto.97/

 

[Boildown]

There's been a decent number of problems reported by people using their Intel Graphics as their sole video card with OBS, so I'd be wary. I would have tested it myself by now, but the Sandy Bridge era motherboard in my streaming PC doesn't support it. It might just be people using Quicksync encoding at the same time as playing a game on it. I'd be prepared to need a dedicated GPU.

OBS does need a GPU, btw. GTX 550 or better should be safe, or the AMD equivalents. Shouldn't cost more than $50 or so I'd think, but probably can even more easily find them in a pile of obsolete parts in the closet. :P I recommend the GTX 750, as it can do the better Maxwell quality NVEnc hard drive recordings, is low power, and is pretty cheap.