Question / Help Streaming help.

[littlewayne]

Hello, I am currently wanting to stream a game called 'Runescape" Oldschool. I have heard you do not need a nice graphics card, but RAM or memory due to it being a browser based game.

Currently, whenever I am not streaming and simply playing the game my CPU Usage is settled at 10-20% with no random spikes. But as soon as I hit "Preview Stream" my cpu will shoot straight up to 95-100% and not go down.
Here are my settings / system info.

General: http://prntscr.com/94w7j4
Encoding: http://prntscr.com/94w7qo
Broadcast Settings:
Video: http://prntscr.com/94w7xs
Audio:http://prntscr.com/94w81d
Advanced: http://prntscr.com/94w859

SYSTEM Info:
http://prntscr.com/94w8nn

I do not have a graphics card & simply using the motherboard's support.
I have 16gb of memory but only use
3.24gb when my cpu is maxed at 100%

currently while I am on the forum and not streaming: http://prntscr.com/94w91f
While Previewing stream: http://prntscr.com/94w9x6


Is there a quick fix for this?
Also, if there is something I could buy to have plenty of spare cpu usage while streaming such as a new graphics card or Intel core processor, PLEASE let me know.

 

[chrisBDGTDEG]

Hello littlewayne!
In my opinion you have 2 ways to get rid of the problem:
1) Set the X264 CPU preset on faster or superfast (and increase your upload bandwith) because it uses a lot more cpu power than you think (I have a Intel Core i5 4690K @4x 4GHz and a GTX 970 Amp Extreme and I also get laggy gameplay if i use the option "fast")
Note: You use your cpu for "browser gameplay" (which should take a lot - thanks to adobe flash) and for rendering (which should even use more power, at least on option fast) and that seems to be "too much" for your processor.
2) Get a graphics card - simple as that

I hope this could help you :)
And sorry for the bad english - i´m german

 

[littlewayne]

@chrisBDGTDEG , Thank you so much! I switched my X265 CPU preset to superfast and the cpu usage dropped to 60%-85% average.

For the graphics card I am definitely going to be buying a nice one.

Once again, thank you so much. (Your English was near to perfect.)