Guidelines for a Streaming PC?

[manikyath]

Just now, KuJoe said:

I've re-read them and still stand by my post, running 4K on a 1080p monitor is still an affordable method of achieving what you suggested.

except that it does nothing for stream preview quality, as the reason why i suggested 4K.

[KuJoe]

47 minutes ago, Ryan Backus said:

CPU: AMD - A10-7860k 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

What settings are you using for x264 encoding? I can't imagine the image quality being that good on any AMD platform other than Ryzen.

[KuJoe]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

except that it does nothing for stream preview quality, as the reason why i suggested 4K.

It looks just as good to me, I cannot tell the difference so I'm fine with it.

[manikyath]

3 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

It looks just as good to me, I cannot tell the difference so I'm fine with it.

try it next to an actual 4k display.

 

on a 4k display, you can have OBS's previews at *almost 1080p*

on a 1080p display, you can have OBS's previews at *almost 540p*

 

however you turn it, upscaling does not change this, and thus upscaling is irrelevant for the aspect of preview quality.

[TekkShell]

7 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

What settings are you using for x264 encoding? I can't imagine the image quality being that good on any AMD platform other than Ryzen.

I'm not sure, I didn't set it up. But it runs just fine.

[KuJoe]

3 minutes ago, manikyath said:

on a 4k display, you can have OBS's previews at *almost 1080p*

on a 1080p display, you can have OBS's previews at *almost 540p*

 

however you turn it, upscaling does not change this, and thus upscaling is irrelevant for the aspect of preview quality.

I don't understand this, looking at the stream in 1080p looks the same whether fullscreen at 1080p or windowed at 4K for me. Maybe I need new glasses because they look identical. I have two monitors, I had the same stream on both and set one to 4K and the other left at 1080p then I used the "Show video stats" to make sure the resolution was identical on both, the only difference for me was the chat window.

[manikyath]

Just now, KuJoe said:

I don't understand this, looking at the stream in 1080p looks the same whether fullscreen at 1080p or windowed at 4K for me. Maybe I need new glasses because they look identical. I have two monitors, I had the same stream on both and set one to 4K and the other left at 1080p then I used the "Show video stats" to make sure the resolution was identical on both, the only difference for me was the chat window.

[KuJoe]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

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Oh, you're watching the preview in OBS. I watch my stream on Twitch so I can see exactly what my viewers see. That might be why I don't see a difference between 1080p and "Virtual Super Resolution" 4K. 

[kriptcs]

Other than being AM4 and possibly have PCI-E x1,is there any thing I should look for into a motherboard?

[kriptcs]

On 7/31/2017 at 11:57 PM, KuJoe said:

Oh, you're watching the preview in OBS. I watch my stream on Twitch so I can see exactly what my viewers see. That might be why I don't see a difference between 1080p and "Virtual Super Resolution" 4K. 

do External Mixers Act like DACs or AMPs?

[KuJoe]

1 hour ago, JasonHS said:

do External Mixers Act like DACs or AMPs?

I'm not sure. I don't have an external mixer nor have I researched them, sorry.