Streaming games

[Bliznipa]

Hi,

 

I'm building a gaming streaming console and I am a call of duty player. If I intend on streaming call of duty, potentially via elgato, I'm wondering what the minimum requirement for gpus would be. At this point I think I only intend on playing games with similar graphics to that (obviously on ultra settings at 1080p). Any input would be helpful.

 

 

Thanks

[FatPenguin]

ultra setting at 1080p while streaming? 

maybe a 6700k with a 980 because you will be encoding video while playing a game.

 

also do you have a budget?

[ZerueLX11]

Are you only streaming console games? You wouldnt need a discrete GPU then.

 

Nvm re-read your post, A gtx 960 4G or r9 380 would be sufficient for 1080p 60fps + an i5 processor.

 

Whats your budget?

 

[Bliznipa]

I'd like to keep my total budget around $850. Also I can imagine the 2 most expensive pieces are the cpu and gpu, and I'm hoping to stay away from the highest end gpu if lower end can manage and spend the money on cpu and ssd in addition to a 1 or 2 TB HD as I'd really like the pc fast for miscellaneous tasks like just browsing internet, YouTube etc

[Bliznipa]

Is there that much difference between r9 380 at 990mHz and GTX 970 at 1.14GHz other than almost twice the price?

[Bliznipa]

Also why is 970 more expensive at 1.1 Ghz than 960 at 1.29 Ghz? It's about $30 more

[Jon Trollston]

Just now, Bliznipa said:

Also why is 970 more expensive at 1.1 Ghz than 960 at 1.29 Ghz? It's about $30 more

I cant really help with the original question as I have never built a budget oriented pc specifically for streaming. I will however inform you that GHZ only makes a difference when you are comparing the same product. The 970 has more CUDA cores for example. Other features that can change in graphics cards are the amount of VRAM, number of stream processors, number of CUDA cores, heat output, power usage, cost, memory bandwidth, aftermarket cooler design, generation of the gpu, type of VRAM (GDDR5 vs HBM) and a few other things. For CPU's, you want to look at the L3 Cache, number of cores, support for virtualisation (or hyperthreading), number of transistors, again the generation/lithography (how many nm each transistor is). 

 

[App4that]

The 970 is significantly more powerful. For Nvidia pay little attention to core speed. GOU boost will usually be higher than the advertised speed.