I was thinking of using my older AMD Phenom II x4 965 (OC'd to 3.8GHz) computer as a dedicated "streaming/encoding PC". Is this guide still viable if I have a capture card in use (how does it change)? Or is there an easier solution for those that have a capture card? In my current test setup, my Win7 streaming PC doesn't use much of the CPU (up to about 40% max) on faster and fast settings (problems on medium, but no CPU usage increase).
Cheers.
P.S. Just to clear things up (in case it's needed at some point)
- Gaming PC:
cpu: Core i7 2700K (can't OC atm b/c of watercooler probs)
mobo: GA-Z77X-UP4TH
gfx: GeForce GTX 660 Ti
- Streaming PC:
cpu: Phenom II x4 965 (OC'd to 3.8GHz)
mobo: GA-890GPA-UD3H
gfx: GeForce GTX 560
capture: Avermedia Live Gamer HD
I stream mostly modern MMORPGs (they use lots of CPU). My upload speed is a crappy 2mb (wired DSL), so good encoding is a must. I stream (usually) only to Twitch.