Question / Help What are the minimum graphic card requirements for OBS?

[Dwarfish]

Hi, everyone. I want to know what kind of graphic card should i get to use OBS. I'm currently thinking of buying a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750Ti. Also, I have a Intel Core i7-2600 CPU and a x64-based processor. Is it going to be enough? I'm fairly new to the subject of streaming or recording equipment.

 

[FerretBomb]

Hardware DX10 support is required. The 750Ti will work.
As far as your CPU goes, that depends entirely on what resolution/framerate you plan to stream at, and what games you plan to play.

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[D2ultima]

Yeah, Ferret is right.

Please note: OBS multiplatform as of right now is written in DX11 like OBS originally was, so if you want to use OBS multiplatform, you CANNOT use DX10 hardware like the GTX 200 series or ATI Radeon HD 4000 series cards. You would need ATI Radeon 5000 or later or nVidia GeForce GTX 400 or later.

 

[Dwarfish]

Hardware DX10 support is required. The 750Ti will work.
As far as your CPU goes, that depends entirely on what resolution/framerate you plan to stream at, and what games you plan to play.

Asking for answers fast usually gets threads ignored.

Ok thanks Ferret. Sorry i didn't intend to sound annoying or rude whit the asap thing. As of the games i'll play, i'll mostly play some Team Fortress 2 and maybe minecraft if i can get a new account. The resolution i want to record or stream on is 480p minimum but if it can be 720p or 1080p i would be happy.

 

[FerretBomb]

No worries, man! :)

Bear in mind, recommended max for non-partnered streamers is 2000kbps; higher than that means more and more people won't be able to watch smoothly, and may buffer/stutter. 2K is enough for a workable 720p@30fps stream though, and the CPU listed should be able to pull that off just fine on x264 using the Veryfast preset, especially with those games. Just keep an eye on your CPU load and temperatures; real-time video encoding is a very CPU-demanding task, and it can cause a lot of systems that otherwise have no problems to spike temperatures unexpectedly.