AMD FX 8300 for streaming

[VexPoxLV]

Hi

I wanted to ask abot my AMD FX 8300. It willing be good for streaming?

[Tedster]

Hi

I wanted to ask abot my AMD FX 8300. It willing be good for streaming?

Welcome to the Forum.

 

It has a lot of cores that are decent enough so it should be good for streaming, depending on how you choose to encode. If your GPU allows for it, you may want to use GPU encoding instead as it will have a smaller performance hit.

[Nena Trinity]

It is quite okay for Streaming but what game will you stream?  (the game can have a lot to say!)

[Guest Kloaked]

Maybe. If you own it, try it. No sense in asking us.

[Guest]

Depends on what you are doing on the side of streaming.

[ZetZet]

Depends on what games. It doesn't run games very well, it will stream them fine. I would go with an i5 or a xeon.

[Majestic]

http://techreport.com/review/23750/amd-fx-8350-processor-reviewed/9

[VexPoxLV]

I stream GTA V with GeForce gtx 750 Ti

[Nena Trinity]

Depends on what games. It doesn't run games very well, it will stream them fine. I would go with an i5 or a xeon.

Its like the Swedish says "funka, funka inte!" it works or it does not work, depends on the game. FX is quite good for gaming but some games are not compatible!

 

I stream GTA V with GeForce gtx 750 Ti

If the game runs fine without streaming then it should be good!

[Majestic]

I stream GTA V with GeForce gtx 750 Ti

 

Use the GPU to stream...

[VexPoxLV]

Lol it goes smoothly with this graphics card

[VexPoxLV]

Use the GPU to stream...

but I have very decent CPU too

[Majestic]

but I have very decent CPU too

 

It's not, you really want to use the h.264 encoder of the graphics card instead of CPU encoding. It doesn't use the GPU, it uses a different piece of hardware on the board.

[ZetZet]

It's not, you really want to use the h.264 encoder of the graphics card instead of CPU encoding. It doesn't use the GPU, it uses a different piece of hardware on the board.

No you don't want to use encoder of the graphics card for streaming. It looks like complete shit at low bitrates, which is what you stream at.

[Majestic]

No you don't want to use encoder of the graphics card for streaming. It looks like complete shit at low bitrates, which is what you stream at.

 

So don't use low bitrates, neither does it matter after the streaming service has it's way with the footage. It'll look shit regardless.

And it's better than the alternative-> not having enough fps.

[ZetZet]

So don't use low bitrates, neither does it matter after the streaming service has it's way with the footage. It'll look shit regardless.

And it's better than the alternative-> not having enough fps.

No. CPU is much better at compressing. Twitch doesn't allow anything over 3500 bitrate, which is not quite enough for 720p60 or 1080p30, unless you compress well. That's why most streamers actually have separate computers doing all the work. Using gpu encoder just doesn't work for streaming.

[Majestic]

No. CPU is much better at compressing. Twitch doesn't allow anything over 3500 bitrate, which is not quite enough for 720p60 or 1080p30, unless you compress well. That's why most streamers actually have separate computers doing all the work. Using gpu encoder just doesn't work for streaming.

 

For the occasional, non-commercial stream, GPU compression is fine enough. I did not get the impression he is really being seriously about streaming.

In which case, he might have to invest into some better hardware in the first place. This will never reach any professional level.

[ZetZet]

For the occasional, non-commercial stream, GPU compression is fine enough. I did not get the impression he is really being seriously about streaming.

In which case, he might have to invest into some better hardware in the first place. This will never reach any professional level.

If he has the cpu power he can do cpu encoding. Since 750ti is really weak it's probably the limiting factor anyway, not the cpu.

[TorqueS]

http://techreport.com/review/23750/amd-fx-8350-processor-reviewed/9

That article is a bit mislieading and I say that because those games(Civ V and Skyrim) are known for being heavy CPU-bound. 

Also...almost nobody streams them these days.

IF he want to stream GTA V then it's ok...the 8300 will do. LoL, HS, CS:GO will also do well with an FX. 

 

Hi

I wanted to ask abot my AMD FX 8300. It willing be good for streaming?

From OP's quote it sounds like he has an 8300, although i'm not too sure. 

[Majestic]

That article is a bit mislieading and I say that because those games(Civ V and Skyrim) are known for being heavy CPU-bound. 

 

Testing it on a game which isn't CPU heavy is disingenuous... Since it obfuscates the problem.

[TorqueS]

Testing it on a game which isn't CPU heavy is disingenuous... Since it obfuscates the problem.

I agree with you here, but then again...if there's some obscure game nobody ever heard of(not the case here, but generally speaking), then the testing is pointless...it demonstrates what we already know, AMD having weaker cores than intel.

If we take a look on twitch, top streaming games are LoL, Dota 2, CS:GO, SW:Battlefront, Hearthstone. That's what people stream and watch so those are the representative tests, if you get my point.

I understand that from a performance perspective, those test(on TechReport) are done as they should be, worst case scenarios, but they sometimes do not reflect the actual user's needs.