Question / Help Optimizing Windows for strictly streaming

[RaqibMarvelous]

So for the record, I do use a MacBook Pro that is Bootcamped to run Windows 8.1

For the longest time, I was strictly just casting from my MacBook, and everything seemed to be great. Now that I'm trying to cast and record at the same time, I'm trying to really optimize the speed of my Windows OS for that purpose. For the most part, the quality is great, but I want to push for better.

My first real question is, which Windows OS should I turn to, if I'm not looking to do anything aside from casting? I feel like I'm not using Windows 8.1 enough for me to have a reason to keep using it. I know a lot of people suggest Windows XP.

Thanks in advance for any help/tips you can provide!

 

[Krazy]

Er, what? You should stay on Windows 8.1. It has great capture performance. XP is also completely unsupported by OBS, but I don't really know why you would want to go to an ancient OS anyway.

Anyway, quality is way more dependent on your resolution/FPS/bitrate combinations. Your OS has extremely little to do with this.