Question / Help Resolution Downscale

[WolfsGoRawr]

Hey guys, quick question!

Resolution downscale, does it matter for your CPU?
- Use native 1080p but downscale to 720p through the actual settings for downscaling.
- Use 720p Native in OBS (downscale manually in your scenes with edit) with no downscale added.

if it does It would be minimal, but just a curiosity.

- Ace

 

[vbdkv]

I play in 1080p but stream in 720p as it looks better when you have limited non-partnered bandwidth on twitch. Playing a 720p flash video is also less straining on a viewers system compared to a 1080p flash video. If flash wasn't being used on the majority of streaming sites, I'd bump it up to 1080p myself.

No downscaling will look better, but it might be annoying for you if your monitors native res is 1080p.

 

[Sapiens]

Using the resolution downscale option gives you access to bicubic and lanczos filtering, which can make things look better depending on the content.

 

[WolfsGoRawr]

I meant for my CPU power and indeed quality.

Manually scaling the game capture to 720 in OBS (with edit scene etc)
while my own game stays 1080p on my own monitor.

I take it it doesn't matter unless you use the filtering when it comes to CPU power / Quality.

This has nothing to do with bandwidth for me or the viewers. (Twitch Partner)

 

[Sapiens]

CPU usage difference should be negligible, yes. You'll have to test both ways to see if there's a perceptible visual difference for your content.

 

[WolfsGoRawr]

Alright, cheers ^^