New streamer here, I want to play games on my 1440p monitor at the native resolution, but stream my output at 720/1080p with the downscaled filtering option. I have a dedicated streaming PC to take the stress off my gaming PC so playing the games won't be an issue. I'm just not sure if playing on a 1440p monitor instead of a 1080p would make a difference? like will it affect the quality of my stream in anyway? perhaps too resource heavy? or does none of that matter because I'm streaming at 1080p and not 1440p? any help would be appreciated, Thanks.
Question / Help Will streaming games at 720/1080p on my 1440p monitor be fine?
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Boildown
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Downscaling is an effective way of playing at the resolution you like while reducing the CPU load and bitrate needed for the encoding and streaming.
Your other questions seem to be asking if truisms are true.
Is gaming at 1440p better than 1080p? Depends who you ask / if your framerates go down.
Does downscaling reduce quality? Yes.
Down downscaling use resources to downscale? A little, but more is saved than spent vs. encoding the full size.
If you're using Twitch, downscale to 720p and call it good. Doesn't matter if it originates at 1440p or 1080p, you want the output stream to be at 720p for most games.
Your other questions seem to be asking if truisms are true.
Is gaming at 1440p better than 1080p? Depends who you ask / if your framerates go down.
Does downscaling reduce quality? Yes.
Down downscaling use resources to downscale? A little, but more is saved than spent vs. encoding the full size.
If you're using Twitch, downscale to 720p and call it good. Doesn't matter if it originates at 1440p or 1080p, you want the output stream to be at 720p for most games.