Theory Crafting: ThreadRipper Game Streaming at 8K Resolution

[TechyInAZ]

Just for fun, I'm curious if the 1950X threadripper CPU is capable of pure 8k x264 recording via OBS. Even if it's at a movie frame rate of 24fps, I wonder if it's possible without stuttering or jittering. 

 

FYI...I mean this as in the 1950X is a pure streaming box only, so all processing cores could be dedicated 100% to the game stream and not the game engine itself.

[manikyath]

x264 cpu encoding.. is a very "brute force" approach, where diminishing returns hit hard.

 

how much bandwdith are you planning to use here? because that's a pretty big factor as well.

[TechyInAZ]

7 minutes ago, manikyath said:

x264 cpu encoding.. is a very "brute force" approach, where diminishing returns hit hard.

 

how much bandwdith are you planning to use here? because that's a pretty big factor as well.

 

Let say it's for recording at almost lossless so maybe CRF at 10-15. 

 

I would put streaming in, but I don't know if youtube even supports 8k streaming.

[Zando_]

3 minutes ago, TechyInAZ said:

Let say it's for recording at almost lossless so maybe CRF at 10-15.

 

I would put streaming in, but I don't know if youtube even supports 8k streaming.

Just quote people so they get a notification that you replied. 

6 minutes ago, manikyath said:

x264 cpu encoding.. is a very "brute force" approach, where diminishing returns hit hard.

 

how much bandwdith are you planning to use here? because that's a pretty big factor as well.

 

[DrMikeNZ]

9 hours ago, TechyInAZ said:

Let say it's for recording at almost lossless so maybe CRF at 10-15.

I would recommend Epyc for this, Threadripper would likely have dropped frames.