HELP determining compatible GPU's for Chromakeying and streaming only

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Thewas

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I could really use some "to the point" help with he following. I need to figure out what the minimum level GPU that will provide smooth and fast performance for 1) AMD processors and 2) Intel I5 processors.

Is there anyone out there that can answer this question for me or provide a link to some sort of chart that will make it easy.
Use case:
Using a Logitech camera 920 or higher.
OBS will be simply chromakeying, replacing background with mpg file and streaming it via WebRTC.
There will be NO RECORDING.

I have used many i5 systems with integrated and some dedicated GPU's and get choppy or poor quaity.

I appreciate any and all help.

Again, I'm not looking for advice on the best or good cards out there like the NVIDIA GTX 1650-1650 Super or 1660 as I know they work but the cost point is too high.
Im looking for the least priced and least performing GPUS' for both AMD and Intel CPU systems hat will perform smoothly and handle the requirement to only key and stream.

THANK YOU FOR ALL HELP.
 
The video still has to be captured, composited, and encoded into a videostream, even if you are not recording it locally. Your encoding load will be the same.
 
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Sorry @Thewas but i couldn't resist: you made me laugh. Get me serious:
least priced and least performing GPUS' for both AMD and Intel CPU systems hat will perform smoothly
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You didn't even spoke about your mpg file, resolutions, framerates and so on. Even chroma-keying (well done) is not really unambitious. And your usb logitech may demand your machine as well. Did we spoke about the often seen sound issues already?

Smoothly handling presumes good and stable machine and workflow.
The principle of good and stable recording, streaming or both (regardless of which) is to have more resources than actually needed. In the age of windows (especially win-10) even the next functional update may bring hue and cry and plaints about "what yesterday still worked for me..."

Having a machine on a price point that may easily come to its borders and edges (so with little to no reserve) is the opposed approach to the said above.
 
Konsolenritter, your response is appreciated but of no real help. Could you be a little more straight forward please. I am looking to direct 50-70 people to have a machine that will perform well with live chromakey streaming. Details the best I have is we will be recording/streaming at 1280 x 720, 29.97 FMS and in MP4 format. Chromakey will be replaced with a video not an image. All machines will be windows based intel I5 pentium processors. We are cur renting setting minimum memory at 12GB and prefer an SSD but not mandatory. I have heard MANY of the AMD and associated graphics cards are or have issues. Is this true? If no one knows the answers then it is what it is but was hoping to get someone who could really provide some reliable direction. Many of the people who will be buying machines are working with limited budgets so that's what I want to be sure to get a system that's not an expensive gaming machine that's overkill or of course not so minimal that its struggling. Any help is appreciated.
 
I understand you, believe me.
It's just that you've put such constraints onto your topic, that they are... difficult... to fullfill (to say so).
To give an example: RAM isn't so much needed for obs. Naturally: nice to have, and a todays minimum of 8 gigs is usual, but more due to the windows os nature. Its all about cpu and gpu.

To help out real: Your assumption about AMD is right... in the moment. That is one of the main problems. For instance a couple of recently reported issues seem to come from a recent AMD software update. So every hint and tip someone could give depends stronlgy on the status quo. What i personally have learned over the last couple of years, especially in times of windows 10, thats absolutely difficult (to deadly) to give hints, because the next enforced update by microsoft may ruin all. That makes it all difficult to give reliable direction.

I could sing praises about my lenovo legion 5p 15imh, but to what certain extent? As you wrote that every GTX 16xx will be already out of scope for you!? :o

(By the way: I'm absolutely no gamer at all. But i needed a sturdy machine for the next (just assumed) five till six years. Surprises due to upcoming microsoft fuss reserved, naturally.)
The next point is, as you wrote, that you are about to stream at 720p30. To my knowledge people tend to say: "If we are willing to invest, shouldn't it last - at least - for the next years?". Five minutes later somebody comes along: "Oooh, isn't it state of the art to go for 1080p, and tomorrow providers go for xK ?". Thats a personal experience too. Many years ago (without huge ms soft problems) people came and asked me what kind of hardware to buy (it was way easier those days). Befor it was always stated: "Aaah, i just need a kind of typewriter. Then a little bit googling, not more!" - When the computer is there, the demands grow nearly instantly. And even if the people didn't grow their demands, the everlasting flood of updates over the years does it. Remember the evolution of "simple" webbrowsers and technologies like flash,..?

So many people who bought machines with limited budges are struggling afterwards. And if you told them to buy this or that, they will moan at you afterwards. All just my humble... opinion... - experience...?!

Only too well-meant. :)
 
konsolenritter said:
I understand you, believe me.
It's just that you've put such constraints onto your topic, that they are... difficult... to fullfill (to say so).
To give an example: RAM isn't so much needed for obs. Naturally: nice to have, and a todays minimum of 8 gigs is usual, but more due to the windows os nature. Its all about cpu and gpu.

To help out real: Your assumption about AMD is right... in the moment. That is one of the main problems. For instance a couple of recently reported issues seem to come from a recent AMD software update. So every hint and tip someone could give depends stronlgy on the status quo. What i personally have learned over the last couple of years, especially in times of windows 10, thats absolutely difficult (to deadly) to give hints, because the next enforced update by microsoft may ruin all. That makes it all difficult to give reliable direction.

I could sing praises about my lenovo legion 5p 15imh, but to what certain extent? As you wrote that every GTX 16xx will be already out of scope for you!? :o

(By the way: I'm absolutely no gamer at all. But i needed a sturdy machine for the next (just assumed) five till six years. Surprises due to upcoming microsoft fuss reserved, naturally.)
The next point is, as you wrote, that you are about to stream at 720p30. To my knowledge people tend to say: "If we are willing to invest, shouldn't it last - at least - for the next years?". Five minutes later somebody comes along: "Oooh, isn't it state of the art to go for 1080p, and tomorrow providers go for xK ?". Thats a personal experience too. Many years ago (without huge ms soft problems) people came and asked me what kind of hardware to buy (it was way easier those days). Befor it was always stated: "Aaah, i just need a kind of typewriter. Then a little bit googling, not more!" - When the computer is there, the demands grow nearly instantly. And even if the people didn't grow their demands, the everlasting flood of updates over the years does it. Remember the evolution of "simple" webbrowsers and technologies like flash,..?

So many people who bought machines with limited budges are struggling afterwards. And if you told them to buy this or that, they will moan at you afterwards. All just my humble... opinion... - experience...?!

Only too well-meant. :)
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Thank you all good points. Sounds like if we stick to OBS min requirements of i5 CPU, 8GB ram, 2GB GPU memory (separate GPU not integrated) then we should be ok for doing chromakey and live streaming using h.264 encoding. If you feel differently please reply. Thanks again.
 
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