Question / Help What is better to use the encoder?

[xp2000]

Please tell me what is better to use the encoder for streams in cs:go.
Characteristics of the computer: Intel Core i5-4670, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti

 

[xp2000]

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[Harold]

If you have the integrated GPU on your intel processor enabled properly and are gaming on the geforce, the quicksync encoder ends up getting you the best overall performance due to the fact that it's running on an otherwise completely unused part of the processor.

Using NVEnc or QuickSync frees up more CPU time for other things you're working on such as your game, and using quicksync instead of nvenc in your setup means that your geforce card is ONLY trying to handle the game and isn't trying to handle rendering the stream as well.

 

[Sapiens]

x264 provides the best quality at a given bitrate but your CPU is doing all of the work, while also running whatever game you're playing. Quick Sync and NVENC are both hardware encoders, with Quick Sync utilizing the integrated GPU on your processor and NVENC utilizing a special chip on your video card. Both will perform better since your CPU isn't doing the work but will provide lower quality video compared to x264.

 

[xp2000]

I understand that it is better to use: NVENC? Because I'm in the 1st obs strimlyu, and in the 2nd obs record video. I do not want to get my CPU was loaded heavily.