Better gpu for streamer

[ff_Floris]

Whats a better gpu for a streamer that streams valorant, csgo 2, fortnite, and apex.? The gtx 1070 ti or the rtx 2060 6gb (paired with a ryzen 5 2600)? The games i play off stream are the same as while streaming but with warzone 2.0.

[filpo]

5 minutes ago, AngerIssuFlo said:

Whats a better gpu for a streamer that streams valorant, csgo 2, fortnite, and apex.? The gtx 1070 ti or the rtx 2060 6gb (paired with a ryzen 5 2600)? The games i play off stream are the same as while streaming but with warzone 2.0.

I'd get the 2060 though it only performs 4 percent better than the 1070 ti on average so you could go with the 1070 ti and get 8 gigs of vram instead of 6

[ff_Floris]

Just now, filpo said:

I'd get the 2060 though it only performs 4 percent better than the 1070 ti on average so you could go with the 1070 ti and get 8 gigs of vram instead of 6

wierd thing, the rtx 2060 6gb is cheaper than the gtx 1070 ti.

[ff_Floris]

1 minute ago, AngerIssuFlo said:

wierd thing, the rtx 2060 6gb is cheaper than the gtx 1070 ti.

btw will it be heavely bottlenecked?

[Tanaz]

1 minute ago, AngerIssuFlo said:

wierd thing, the rtx 2060 6gb is cheaper than the gtx 1070 ti.

The slight encoder advantage of the 2060 is not worth losing the 2GB of VRAM IMO. 6 gigs is just super restrictive. Get the 1070 Ti

[filpo]

1 minute ago, AngerIssuFlo said:

btw will it be heavely bottlenecked?

No it won't

 

3 minutes ago, AngerIssuFlo said:

wierd thing, the rtx 2060 6gb is cheaper than the gtx 1070 ti.

How much? If it's like 10 bucks then go for the 1070 ti. But if it's more than 50 or 30 then get the 2060

[ff_Floris]

1 minute ago, filpo said:

No it won't

 

How much? If it's like 10 bucks then go for the 1070 ti. But if it's more than 50 or 30 then get the 2060

10 bucks more. I'll just get the gtx 1070 ti

[Brooksie359]

36 minutes ago, Tanaz said:

The slight encoder advantage of the 2060 is not worth losing the 2GB of VRAM IMO. 6 gigs is just super restrictive. Get the 1070 Ti

I mean they are playing games that don't need alot of vram other than warzone 2. As for streaming the nvenc encoder on 2000 series is actually a big step up in quality vs 1000 series nvenc so I wouldn't say slight encoder advantage as that makes it sound like the difference in quality is minimal when it isn't. 

[Tanaz]

59 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

I mean they are playing games that don't need alot of vram other than warzone 2. As for streaming the nvenc encoder on 2000 series is actually a big step up in quality vs 1000 series nvenc so I wouldn't say slight encoder advantage as that makes it sound like the difference in quality is minimal when it isn't. 

I'm not going to get into a big dispute but all I'd say is that the difference was considered big at the time because people were mostly testing the encoders at bitrates between 3500 and 6000. Sure if OP's going to stream at extremely low bitrates then there will be a larger difference but IMO once you cross a certain bitrate treshold the difference actually becomes minimal. I know this because at the time the 2080Ti came around I had a 1080Ti and I was streaming amateurishly and wondering if I should upgrade just for the encoder. From all the research I did back then I didn't see this massive difference you're refering to.

[Brooksie359]

4 hours ago, Tanaz said:

I'm not going to get into a big dispute but all I'd say is that the difference was considered big at the time because people were mostly testing the encoders at bitrates between 3500 and 6000. Sure if OP's going to stream at extremely low bitrates then there will be a larger difference but IMO once you cross a certain bitrate treshold the difference actually becomes minimal. I know this because at the time the 2080Ti came around I had a 1080Ti and I was streaming amateurishly and wondering if I should upgrade just for the encoder. From all the research I did back then I didn't see this massive difference you're refering to.

What are you talking about? The reason why they test at that bit rate is because most people stream at that range and twich doesn't even allow over 6000 bit rate as far as I can tell so the idea that it doesn't matter if you have a higher bit rate is sorta pointless seeing as you can't even run that bit rate on some of the major streaming platforms and most people won't run higher bitrates. 

[Tanaz]

5 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

What are you talking about? The reason why they test at that bit rate is because most people stream at that range and twich doesn't even allow over 6000 bit rate as far as I can tell so the idea that it doesn't matter if you have a higher bit rate is sorta pointless seeing as you can't even run that bit rate on some of the major streaming platforms and most people won't run higher bitrates. 

I mean I streamed for 2 years at 8k bitrate on twitch and my stream didn't get cut off once, also people on youtube consistenetly stream at 10k+ but whatevs. Not a hill I'm willing to die on. If you're so convinced that the 2060's encoder is that much better I'm not gonna argue.

[Brooksie359]

4 hours ago, Tanaz said:

I mean I streamed for 2 years at 8k bitrate on twitch and my stream didn't get cut off once, also people on youtube consistenetly stream at 10k+ but whatevs. Not a hill I'm willing to die on. If you're so convinced that the 2060's encoder is that much better I'm not gonna argue.

As far as I am aware 6000 bitrate is twitch's official bitrate cap but yeah apparently some can get away with 8000 but they do throttle people's bitrate if you go over 6000 bitrate by a certain amount. Also not everyone has an internet connection that can reliably do 10k+ bitrare even if they do stream on YouTube.