Streaming

[Weric]

Heya folk. So, I've got a question. Clearly to get the best quality stream you wanna use the CPU to do the encoding. Its possible on one machine, with a 3900x, even a 10900k(poorer frame times for streaming though). However, if we make a second PC solely to do the CPU encoding, which a lot of streamers do, what would you say would be an acceptable chip? Say for instance, you have a 3700x, or a 9700k. You'd never really wanna do x264 encoding and gameplay with these chips to stream on a SINGLE machine, but do you think either one would be efficient enough JUST encoding and outputting to a capture card? I'm leaning towards yes? As I'm seeing it, x265 with either of those chips while playing a game on a single machine normally means 60-90% cpu usage and more depending on whats happening, which means dropped frames. If the cpu's in question aren't PLAYING a game and just encoding, they should suffice, yea?

 

Pretty much, I have a 9700k laying around with a motherboard collecting dust, and some parts in  the attic that I could turn into a dedicated stream encoding machine. Thoughts?

[Weric]

I mean, the current stream I have now isn't bad. I'm using my NVENC encoder, but you can still see where it sacrifices some image quality. Mind you I'm not some huge streamer, just an average joe, I only have 120 followers. But if I can make a second machine to do my encoding and get some better image quality and I don't have to spend any money, why the hell not right?

[AndrewZScorpion]

Since it’s free, you might as well try it out.

[Fatih19]

Go ahead my dude. You could also follow up about how much the stream quality has improved after you've done that.

[Haro]

4 hours ago, Weric said:

Thoughts

I mean sure I guess, the 9700k should handle x264 just fine. 

Or if you've got a gpu with nvec Turing (1650 super or better)  you could just use that and it has little to no performance hit and looks similar to x264. 

[gloop]

4 hours ago, Weric said:

Pretty much, I have a 9700k laying around with a motherboard collecting dust, and some parts in  the attic that I could turn into a dedicated stream encoding machine. Thoughts?

It’s a fine CPU. Just keep in mind you will need a capture card and will need to set up your audio. 

[Weric]

4 hours ago, TofuHaroto said:

I mean sure I guess, the 9700k should handle x264 just fine. 

Or if you've got a gpu with nvec Turing (1650 super or better)  you could just use that and it has little to no performance hit and looks similar to x264. 

Right, I'm using NVENC right now, perfectly fine, runs smooth. But you can see where the image quality lacks a bit compared to x264, its just not as good. Its an awesome option for single pc streaming, but if I can get that near-perfect image quality and not spend any money, why not yea? Just need to be sure the 9700k can handle the encoding.

[Haro]

Just now, Weric said:

Just need to be sure the 9700k can handle the encoding.

Yep, it can handle x264 perfectly fine. 

Though like what gloop said, you'll need a capture card. 

[Weric]

Thanks for the opinions guys! I was really hoping they would have some updates or something to improve their nvenc  encoder with Ampere, but they don't. 

[Mick Naughty]

I’d do it. Way better than the cpu I use to stream. Stuck with using the gpu for now.