OBS: Ryzen or nVidia?

[Ragingsilver]

Hi guys,

 

Just got a new PC and was wondering what is better to use to stream with OBS?

- Ryzen 3600X - If this then what profile is best?

- nVidia 1660Ti - If this then what profile is best?

 

With my old rig I relied on the GPU (970GTX) to do the donkey work.

 

Thanks in advance!

[spartaman64]

cpu encoding looks much better imo but if you lose too much fps go with gpu encoding

[Princess Luna]

Why not try both and see it for yourself? NVENC on the 1660 Ti is a lot better than previous implementations.

[WereCat]

 

[Sharp_3yE]

3 hours ago, Ragingsilver said:

Hi guys,

 

Just got a new PC and was wondering what is better to use to stream with OBS?

- Ryzen 3600X - If this then what profile is best?

- nVidia 1660Ti - If this then what profile is best?

 

With my old rig I relied on the GPU (970GTX) to do the donkey work.

 

Thanks in advance!

IF you go with Nvidia Don't, ill repeat DON'T get a gtx1660ti. Why? Well, you could get a used gtx1080 which actually is better for the same price, at least here in the states. A 1660ti is basially a 1070ti. But a gtx 1080 beats both of those. Go check out some test. 

 

A new gtx 1660 ti is about $280 - $350. On Ebay I see a gtx 1080 between $300 - $350 and that's "But it now" ones. So, you could simply buy a used gtx 1080. 

 

1660ti does have NVENC engine so maybe you may want that. 1080 is simply more powerful. 

[Ragingsilver]

16 hours ago, TheCMan said:

IF you go with Nvidia Don't, ill repeat DON'T get a gtx1660ti. Why? Well, you could get a used gtx1080 which actually is better for the same price, at least here in the states. A 1660ti is basially a 1070ti. But a gtx 1080 beats both of those. Go check out some test. 

 

A new gtx 1660 ti is about $280 - $350. On Ebay I see a gtx 1080 between $300 - $350 and that's "But it now" ones. So, you could simply buy a used gtx 1080. 

 

1660ti does have NVENC engine so maybe you may want that. 1080 is simply more powerful. 

I did my research and the 1660ti is more than what I need. I was just asking which method is better to use for streaming. The new 16 series all have a new NVENC engine as it's an option in OBS now. I ask because the hype behind ryzen being able to stream using the CPU with no lag or quality drop.

[Sharp_3yE]

7 hours ago, Ragingsilver said:

I did my research and the 1660ti is more than what I need. I was just asking which method is better to use for streaming. The new 16 series all have a new NVENC engine as it's an option in OBS now. I ask because the hype behind ryzen being able to stream using the CPU with no lag or quality drop.

Right, that's why I said at the end about NVENC. So since you are using that then disreguard what I said.