How does more ram affect streaming?

[jewishdolphins]

Title says it all. Does 16 gigs of ram help streaming at all instead of 8 gigs? Will everything run better or is it not worth it? I was thinking of ordering 8 more gigs of ram for my computer but im not sure if it will make a difference.

[IMPERIUS]

Yes, 16gb ram will definitely help over 8gb

[Samfisher]

Title says it all. Does 16 gigs of ram help streaming at all instead of 8 gigs? Will everything run better or is it not worth it? I was thinking of ordering 8 more gigs of ram for my computer but im not sure if it will make a difference.

TBH, 8GB is more than enough for games + stream.

[jewishdolphins]

Yes, 16gb ram will definitely help over 8gb

how so?

[TheRandomness]

how so?

If you go over your max RAM your system will slow to ridiculous levels. More RAM = better multitasking.

[IMPERIUS]

how so?

 

More ram means better ability to multitask. While depending on the game, games like gta 5 and the witcher 3 are ram eaters. Combine that with streaming the game and it can get to that 8gb limit quite quick which will result in big stuttering

[Venomz1337]

TBH, 8GB is more than enough for games + stream.

 

I manage to hit my 8GB limit playing a game. Streaming at the same time? Good luck.

[jewishdolphins]

I manage to hit my 8GB limit playing a game. Streaming at the same time? Good luck.

what game?

[Misanthrope]

Another one on the intensive list is Fallout 4: I recently ran into many issues with memory because I migrated hard drives and forgot part of my page file was on the old hdd and I didn't set up a new one on my new hdd. But on my usual set up which is Torch (Chrome variant) playing youtube or twitch plus a game this was enough to sent some stuff to the page file which was tiny by default (to save up space on the ssd)

 

I am considering 16gb myself but I am not sure if I should get dual 8gb sticks and keep the mobo or get a new mobo and 2 more 4gb sticks. The cost is about the same but I'd end up with most needed parts for a spare rig so that's nice.

 

So games that can fill up my 8gb on my system with a browser open are:

 

-Modded Skyrim

-Fallout 4

-Witcher 3

-GTA V

[Fulgrim]

TBH, 8GB is more than enough for games + stream.

Depends on the game tbh. More headroom is always nice imo.

 

With 16GB, i can keep like 20 - 30 Chrome tabs open, and livestream a game with ease.

[Yoinkerman]

It won't unless you end up going into page file

[Misanthrope]

It won't unless you end up going into page file

 

And since you have at the bare minimum the game, OBS and a browser window open to keep an eye on things, this is actually likely on some games. 

[Samfisher]

I manage to hit my 8GB limit playing a game. Streaming at the same time? Good luck.

What the hell game takes 8GB RAM?

[Misanthrope]

What the hell game takes 8GB RAM?

 

 

So games that can fill up my 8gb on my system with a browser open are:

 

-Modded Skyrim

-Fallout 4

-Witcher 3

-GTA V

 

A browser open its very likely required while streaming unless you don't want to know if you go offline, drop frames, monitor your chat, etc.

[Samfisher]

A browser open its very likely required while streaming unless you don't want to know if you go offline, drop frames, monitor your chat, etc.

The Twitch player itself takes 15-20% of your CPU resources already, you really shouldn't be doing the monitoring on the same PC you do streams anyway unless you have 6 cores to spread the load.  4 cores?  Good luck.  i7 may help, but not much.

[Venomz1337]

What the hell game takes 8GB RAM?

 

Pretty much any game with a few programs in the background. 8GB is nothing and I regret not getting more.

[Misanthrope]

The Twitch player itself takes 15-20% of your CPU resources already, you really shouldn't be doing the monitoring on the same PC you do streams anyway unless you have 6 cores to spread the load.  4 cores?  Good luck.  i7 may help, but not much.

 

Partially conceded yes, but that's if you encode all on the CPU in another of his threads I suggested Shadwoplay or intel quick sync to take care of the encoding. Sure it looks worst but most non-partners on Twitch aren't allowed to stream at quality levels that take advantage of the better looking encoding anyway, and this way you're basically not taxing your CPU at all but your GPU (either one of them) which are a lot better at handling this extra work load. It works pretty great in fact I tried it myself: streaming with a 4440 no issues at all.

[Samfisher]

Partially conceded yes, but that's if you encode all on the CPU in another of his threads I suggested Shadwoplay or intel quick sync to take care of the encoding. Sure it looks worst but most non-partners on Twitch aren't allowed to stream at quality levels that take advantage of the better looking encoding anyway, and this way you're basically not taxing your CPU at all but your GPU (either one of them) which are a lot better at handling this extra work load. It works pretty great in fact I tried it myself: streaming with a 4440 no issues at all.

Non partners are still limited to the 3500kbps ingest upload.  At that bitrate, Shadowplay will look absolutely terrible IMHO and x264 would be the only way to go to reduce upload bandwidth/lower viewer bandwidth/have decent quality at lower bandwidth.