Should I stream using my CPU or GPU with these specs?

[PinkyPink]

I have a GTX 760, 16GB Ram, and an i5-10400f. Should I stream using my GPU or CPU?

[JamesTheFolf]

4 minutes ago, PinkyPink said:

I have a GTX 760, 16GB Ram, and an i5-10400f. Should I stream using my GPU or CPU?

I'd say to stream using your CPU, cause your GPU isn't super powerful and if you are streaming games your GPU will be pretty tied up with that. Honestly tho you would have to do a little bit of trial and error to find the best balance of settings.

[TetraSky]

Live streaming is typically CPU dependent. A 6 core is likely enough to handle it, especially considering your GPU is not especially great by today's standards.

[chudtopia]

how do you stream using your CPU

[igormp]

People, the chip responsible for video encoding/decoding is an asic apart from the actual GPU core that renders your game. Basic streaming using the GPU won't affect the performance in games. With that said...

23 minutes ago, PinkyPink said:

I have a GTX 760, 16GB Ram, and an i5-10400f. Should I stream using my GPU or CPU?

Your GPU has an older NVENC, and the quality isn't that good when compared to CPU encoding at medium/fast presets. Give it a try and see if it's good enough for you. If so, great! If not, try CPU encoding with different presets until you achieve a nice balance between quality and usage/game impact.

[Kisai]

3 hours ago, igormp said:

People, the chip responsible for video encoding/decoding is an asic apart from the actual GPU core that renders your game. Basic streaming using the GPU won't affect the performance in games. With that said...

Your GPU has an older NVENC, and the quality isn't that good when compared to CPU encoding at medium/fast presets. Give it a try and see if it's good enough for you. If so, great! If not, try CPU encoding with different presets until you achieve a nice balance between quality and usage/game impact.

That version of NVENC is worthless to stream with, as soon as you start playing the game. Like you'll start streaming and only the key frames will end up being sent. 

 

Like sure, you could probably configure it in a way that it's functional, but you'll probably be limited to 720p streaming.

 

 

[igormp]

7 hours ago, Kisai said:

That version of NVENC is worthless to stream with, as soon as you start playing the game. Like you'll start streaming and only the key frames will end up being sent. 

 

Like sure, you could probably configure it in a way that it's functional, but you'll probably be limited to 720p streaming.

 

 

Right, I forgot the 760 is a Kepler GPU, so 1st gen nvenc.

[LogicalDrm]

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Depends what you are gonna stream, but I would say better to use CPU.

[ramava]

I'm using a 750 Ti with a 5600x and have found that CPU encoding seems to perform better. But so does disabling hardware acceleration in a few other places too, like Discord.