Using a second GPU To Stream encode?

[Janarli]

Hey ltt community!

    So i have a r7 2700x 16gb (3000) and a 1070ti, I have a old 1060 3gb lying around and i was wondering if it was at all possible if i could hook it up and use it to strictly stream encode because my average framerate drops by a good chunk when i stream, Is this possible and if so is it viable?

Edited January 21, 2019 by Janarli
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[Smeltie]

possible, probably viable maybe not, but it would like to see someone try.
but you have a 8core cpu you could let some of those cores do encoding  we are still at the point where in games some cores are unused.
i didnt notice a big peformance hit when i tried cpu encoding.

[Janarli]

I do use CPU Encoding, Still see the average frame drop thos

[mariushm]

use the hardware encoder on your 1070ti , using nvenc

 

the hw encoder is a separate piece of silicon in chip, won't affect game fps (much) if used