Keep 1PC+1GPU for stream/recording or get another PC + 1GPU to do the stream/recording???

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Vingji

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Hi guys i have a new System now:
- Ryzen 9 5900x
- RTX 3080
- 32GB Ram

and i want to do tests and benchmarks on it and obviosly record 4k 60FPS videos and stream, but i know that the performance wil take a hit when i stream/record from the same PC this is not ideal for tests and benchmarks cos it wil influence the result.

So i was wondering if i can use my other pc i have:
- Ryzen 5 3600
- RTX 3070
- 16GB ram
basically is it possible to connect somehow these 2 PCs together so i can run tests and benchmarks on my main PC and record/stream on the other PC??
or is it better to sell the other PC and just get an PCI capture card that has a build in chip that encodes without using the CPU or GPU???

i know that the main PC will still have to send data to the encoding/recording PC, but first i want to know if it is possible to do and if yes is it worth it??

Thanks
 
If you require the recording process isn't touching the performance of the PC, you can use 1 gaming PC and 1 streaming PC and get a hdmi capture device for the streaming PC. If you capture the hdmi signal from PC 1, there will be no performance hit.

However, if you intend to capture high resolutions and high fps, make sure the capture device supports 60 fps and every higher fps you might want to run. You cannot output 144 or 240 fps to a capture device that is capable only for 60 fps, even if you connect a 144 or 240 Hz monitor behind it.
 
koala said:
If you require the recording process isn't touching the performance of the PC, you can use 1 gaming PC and 1 streaming PC and get a hdmi capture device for the streaming PC. If you capture the hdmi signal from PC 1, there will be no performance hit.

However, if you intend to capture high resolutions and high fps, make sure the capture device supports 60 fps and every higher fps you might want to run. You cannot output 144 or 240 fps to a capture device that is capable only for 60 fps, even if you connect a 144 or 240 Hz monitor behind it.
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yes i know this but i wanted to know if i can use the second PC with the GPU RTX 3070 that i currently have and not buy a capture card, thats why i asked.
 
You need a capture card, the GPU in the streaming PC is irrelevant in this regard. The GPU has to be powerful enough to composite the stream, not more. A GTX 3070 is probably overkill just for streaming, but if you have it already, you can use it. But to grab the video signal from the gaming PC, you need a capture device.

It's possible to use the NDI plugin to transfer the video data over network instead of hdmi (and not use a capture device), but using NDI will put as much stress on the gaming PC as directly streaming from it, so that's no viable solution.
 
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