Question / Help Which bitrate fits to which resolution?

[TymoToYZ]

Lets assume we are using very default settings, and 60FPS, and also our PC is fast enough to stream any quality.
Now I'm having a certain upload ratio and have to decide what resolution to choose.

For example I have max bitrate 1500kb/s at the encoding settings.
Now if I understand correctly, I would use probably around 1500kb/s no matter if I set my resolution downscaling to 420p or to 840p, right? So maybe 700p doesnt look so good because for a 840p resolution a recommened bitrate is minimum 1800 (for example).
Is there anywhere a list for recommended resolution downscalings depending on what FPS and what upload speed I use?

I don't really know what resolution downscale is best for my 1500kb/s and 60FPS.
Since my PC has no problems anyway, I now have to decide what is the best I can get out of my 1500kb/s.

By the way Upload ratio is 2.5Mbit/s according to speedtest.net, however when setting max bitrate to 1800kb/s I'm getting lag ingame (league of legends).
So now im trying out 1500kb/s.

 

[XeiZ]

The thing about that is, it depends HEAVILY on the source (game in this case). While maybe league of legends looks okay at 1500kbps 720p, a sidescroller good and minesweeper perfect, a fps like csgo or maybe minecraft would look low quality.

Most important factor is motion / how much the whole screen moves around. So you wont find such a list, at least not one that would be accurate. I know youtube has recommended bitrates for resolutions in their faq but they do not mention for what kind of content at all.

For your lag in LoL: I heard LoL uses quite a bit of bandwidth but you can test the "minimize network impact" in the broadcasting settings and see if that helps at all.

 

[FerretBomb]

I'd actually put LoL into the 'sidescroller' category, given that most of the screen just slides instead of turning at all, and the perspective changes are pretty minimal (at best).