Question / Help Should I bother with a capture card?

[mickey_ACE]

Hi there guys.

I've been testing every OS (W7, W8 and W10), every streaming software (OBS Studio and Classic, Xsplit and Gameshow) and every setting I can think of on my desktop PC and no matter what I do I can't go past 720p30, and even then I'm not hitting that sometimes, going down to 20. Quite frustrating.

It's been a while since I wanted to buy a capture card to use a 2nd PC as a dedicated streaming PC but at the moment that 2nd PC is an i5 laptop I got a couple years back. Here are the specs:

PC:
i5 3560k @ 4.2
GTX 650ti (OC'd quite a bit too)
16GB RAM
Old WD HDD

Laptop:
i5-4210U + Intel HD Graphics 4400
4GB RAM
250something Crucial SSD
Full specs here: https://www.asus.com/us/Commercial-Notebooks/ASUSPRO_ESSENTIAL_PU301LA/specifications/ (i5 version)

My idea was to get an LGP LITE with that 720p60 goal I always wanted, but I'm unsure if that CPU will handle it since there isn't really a way I can test it as none of my friends have a capture card (PC masterrace anyone? :D)

Here's some benchmaks so you don't have to dig through them:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4210U+@+1.70GHz
http://cpuboss.com/cpu/Intel-Core-i5-4210U
https://www.futuremark.com/hardware/cpu/Intel+Core+i5-4210U+Processor/review

It's imperative I hit 720p60, even if we're talking 90% CPU usage I can deal with it. So, what do you think? Should I go for it or is it too much for a laptop CPU? I'm not planning on upgrading my tower ATM, just the GPU perhaps.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Fenrir]

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