I'm sure there are a lottt of these posts, but it's different depending on the hardware, so I thought I'd check here just to be safe, if that's okay! I just also wanna understand what I'm actually doing, if that makes sense.
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
Upload speed (Idk if that's important): 40 mbps
The resolution I'm using is 1920x1080.
So my question is, would you recommend using the x264 encoder, or the nvenc one? I really don't know a lot about which CPU is "good" or not, so im not sure if mine should be able to handle it. I did some tests and when, as an example, playing overwatch my CPU usage without OBS is about 40 - 50%, when streaming with x264 / 12000 bitrate / very fast preset, it uses about 10 - 20% more CPU. I tried faster but that'll basically strangle my computer.
Only thing I'm worried about is that when using those settings ^ my CPU stays around 85 degrees celcius. From what I've seen that's a little too high, right? I don't know if it's "normal" for when I'm streaming, but I'd like to not blow up my computer. :)
When using nvenc with 12000 bitrate, I get worse quality (which I expected looking at other posts from people). I don't know how much upping the bitrate would help, but I'm not sure whether that'll be harder on my computer.
So I was wondering a couple things, is it b a d if my cpu gets that hot? Is a higher bitrate heavier on cpu or gpu? And what would you recommend with the cpu and gpu I have, x264 or nvenc?
One more thing. I'm thinking about buying a RTX 2070 gpu, if I do so, would you recommend different settings?
Thx a lot in advance!
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
Upload speed (Idk if that's important): 40 mbps
The resolution I'm using is 1920x1080.
So my question is, would you recommend using the x264 encoder, or the nvenc one? I really don't know a lot about which CPU is "good" or not, so im not sure if mine should be able to handle it. I did some tests and when, as an example, playing overwatch my CPU usage without OBS is about 40 - 50%, when streaming with x264 / 12000 bitrate / very fast preset, it uses about 10 - 20% more CPU. I tried faster but that'll basically strangle my computer.
Only thing I'm worried about is that when using those settings ^ my CPU stays around 85 degrees celcius. From what I've seen that's a little too high, right? I don't know if it's "normal" for when I'm streaming, but I'd like to not blow up my computer. :)
When using nvenc with 12000 bitrate, I get worse quality (which I expected looking at other posts from people). I don't know how much upping the bitrate would help, but I'm not sure whether that'll be harder on my computer.
So I was wondering a couple things, is it b a d if my cpu gets that hot? Is a higher bitrate heavier on cpu or gpu? And what would you recommend with the cpu and gpu I have, x264 or nvenc?
One more thing. I'm thinking about buying a RTX 2070 gpu, if I do so, would you recommend different settings?
Thx a lot in advance!