Question / Help Viable PC build for streaming?

Looney

Looney

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Hello guys,

I will be getting a new PC in a couple of days, so I wanted to know how it will handle livestreaming and what will be maximum possible settings.

Specs:
i7-5930k - 6 core (4,4 Ghz OC)
16 Gb RAM (2133, DDR4)
Samsung EVO 850 SSD
Asus X99-S Mobo
2x GTX 970 SLI

140 Mb Internet Connection

Thank you in advance
 
Looney said:
Hello guys,

I will be getting a new PC in a couple of days, so I wanted to know how it will handle livestreaming and what will be maximum possible settings.

Specs:
i7-5930k - 6 core (4,4 Ghz OC)
16 Gb RAM (2133, DDR4)
Samsung EVO 850 SSD
Asus X99-S Mobo
2x GTX 970 SLI

140 Mb Internet Connection

Thank you in advance
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720@60 fast/medium preset or 720@30 with slower preset (maybe). This all depends on the game ofcourse.

720@60 would need 3000-3500 bitrate (possible viewer buffering)
720@30 would need 2500-3000

I will say that SLI will have a negative affect on the game hook with some games. I would actually disable SLI for good streaming settings
 
You should be able to do 720/60 slow preset with that, if it's a STREAMING PC. If it's a gaming PC you plan to stream from, you might do well to stick with "medium".

Since it sounds like a gaming PC, you should get at least a 980, or if you've not bought it yet, wait for the R9 390X release announcement late this month or early next month if you can, then see if nVidia cards drop in price, or get the R9 390X card.

If you already have 970s I guess not much you can do though.
 
Well, I will be streaming and playing from it, as well as making some 3D stuff, music editing, etc. From what I understand the 970 SLI will be the best solution for me since it's pretty well balanced for the purpose Gaming x Content creation. Also, since the mobo is DDR4 I have no worries about later upgrades (3rd 970, more RAM). I would go for Dual-PC streaming, but this option is kinda no-go with my current PC.
 
sli can really get you in trouble with streaming and usually going with one strong card is better

especially for rendering etc. everything which is not opengl based the gtx 980 will be the best choice right now.

imho going with the 5930 isnt worth it either go all they way with the i7 5960x or go down to the i7 5820k and oc that chip aswell
 
What problems do you have in mind?
The thing is, I want a big bang for the buck, and this seems as a nice solution. 980 seemed nice, but I've seen in benchmarks it can't be compared to 970's when using multiple monitors and doing GPU intensive stuff. Do you think that the 980 will be worth it in this case?

Change of a processor is not possible since It's already mounted and OC'd to 4,9, which is nice imho.
 
if you are into high resolution games 1440p+ with textures mods and what not you going to have huge fps drops with the 970 due to its 3.5gb vram flaw.

also using sli when streaming on a single machine can cause huge trouble with fps stuttering on stream due to the fact that obs captures only one gpu (might change in future)

bang for the buck would be i7 5820k gtx 980 some decent ddr4 ram and so on absolute limit would be a titan x and some heavy oc'ed 5960x with custom watercooling. probably will end up with an 4-5k system


most new game released (which you want to play if you aim for such hardware) usually have awful sli profiles at release which probably also makes you crunch
 
Well... the Vram issue should be resolved with Dx12, but I will look into the gtx 980.. Thank you for your advice.
 
Looney said:
Well... the Vram issue should be resolved with Dx12, but I will look into the gtx 980.. Thank you for your advice.
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No, it won't be resolved. DX12 is not a magic fix.Once one of your 970s crosses that 3.5GB vRAM limit you're going to have a bad time.

I have SLI and vRAM information guides in my signature. You could do with reading them. You'll get your answer to SLI having problems with streaming as well, and you might learn some things. As well as why I suggested a stronger single card before even thinking of SLI.

You will also understand the 970's vRAM issue in more detail as I have an entire section for it in my vRAM guide.
 
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