Streaming Second PC Options

Kodaw

New Member
Good day. I want to ask a question. I have a laptop from which I play
I5-8300H
GTX 1050ti
DDR4 2667 16Gb

But I can't stream some games in good quality. Tell me, what processor and how much RAM should I take for streaming 1080p 60fps or 30fps. the computer will only have an OS and will receive a picture from a laptop through a capture card.

Sorry in advance for my english
 

Lawrence_SoCal

Active Member
What are you thinking of in terms of
- overlay including chat, etc
- camera input?

then realize you can reduce CPU utilization by using video encode offload to GPU using NVENC (AMD being really bad with their own native H.264 encoder, from what others post). But such NVENC capable GPUs (Turing or newer, so GTX 1650 Super or newer/better) can be pricey, so getting a CPU solution now with built in GPU to meet basic OBS requirements, then adding a better GPU in a year or so is not unreasonable. With GPU encode offload, you reduce your CPU requirements.
So the challenge with your question, is that the real answer is. it depends

If you are going to keep OBS real simple (ex just the game window and nothing else), then using GPU offload with your existing 1050Ti should be fine (after turning off default OBS encoding options which use CUDA cores)
For others to chime in and provide useful input (not the 'well, this works for me' with no context), you will need to provide a lot more detail on your expectation, planned plugins, filters, effects, etc
 
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Kodaw

New Member
What are you thinking of in terms of
- overlay including chat, etc
- camera input?

then realize you can reduce CPU utilization by using video encode offload to GPU using NVENC (AMD being really bad with their own native H.264 encoder, from what others post). But such NVENC capable GPUs (Turing or newer, so GTX 1650 Super or newer/better) can be pricey, so getting a CPU solution now with built in GPU to meet basic OBS requirements, then adding a better GPU in a year or so is not unreasonable. With GPU encode offload, you reduce your CPU requirements.
So the challenge with your question, is that the real answer is. it depends

If you are going to keep OBS real simple (ex just the game window and nothing else), then using GPU offload with your existing 1050Ti should be fine (after turning off default OBS encoding options which use CUDA cores)
For others to chime in and provide useful input (not the 'well, this works for me' with no context), you will need to provide a lot more detail on your expectation, planned plugins, filters, effects, etc
I want to start streaming at 1080p 60fps or 30fps with medium image quality.
Can I use an assembly like this (roughly):
I 5-3330 + 8 GB DDR3+ GTX 1050 2 GB

The computer will connect via the capture card and only broadcast.
OBS will have minimal additions: notifications, idle screensaver and webcam.
 
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