Hello All,
I have been using OBS on different machines for awhile, but I've never done much streaming. I would like to start streaming more. I have an old Mac Pro Tower 5,1 with a quad-core Xeon @2.67 GHz, 16GB RAM, and an ancient GeForce GT 120 graphics card. I know some people who have older Mac Pros with upgrades who are doing well streaming with their machines, and I am hoping to be able to upgrade this machine to use it as a simple streaming machine (maybe 2 webcams, and a capture card). When I open OBS 25 or 26, even with no video sources, I am getting very high CPU usage (~70-80%). When I add a single webcam, it jumps over 100% (up to as high as 170-180%), with frame rates at around 10FPS. Here's a log file as a reference:
https://obsproject.com/logs/-bt23PX8PWEU9Ayg
I know I will need to do upgrades to this machine to make streaming (or any work in OBS) possible, but my my main question is:
What upgrades do you feel would make the biggest impact on CPU usage and FPS of the webcam, considering that I am looking for an economical solution? Would you upgrade CPU first? Graphics card? RAM? I can't really upgrade everything right away, so I am trying to figure out what will make the biggest impact. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I have been using OBS on different machines for awhile, but I've never done much streaming. I would like to start streaming more. I have an old Mac Pro Tower 5,1 with a quad-core Xeon @2.67 GHz, 16GB RAM, and an ancient GeForce GT 120 graphics card. I know some people who have older Mac Pros with upgrades who are doing well streaming with their machines, and I am hoping to be able to upgrade this machine to use it as a simple streaming machine (maybe 2 webcams, and a capture card). When I open OBS 25 or 26, even with no video sources, I am getting very high CPU usage (~70-80%). When I add a single webcam, it jumps over 100% (up to as high as 170-180%), with frame rates at around 10FPS. Here's a log file as a reference:
https://obsproject.com/logs/-bt23PX8PWEU9Ayg
I know I will need to do upgrades to this machine to make streaming (or any work in OBS) possible, but my my main question is:
What upgrades do you feel would make the biggest impact on CPU usage and FPS of the webcam, considering that I am looking for an economical solution? Would you upgrade CPU first? Graphics card? RAM? I can't really upgrade everything right away, so I am trying to figure out what will make the biggest impact. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!