Using laptop as streaming PC?

[Synawke]

Im sure it can be done. I just wanna know how beneficial it would be? I have an Alienware 13 with an i7 6500u and a 965m and 8gigs of ram. While my desktop has a 4790k @4.6 with a 1080ti and 8gigs of ram. For streaming would using my laptop as a streaming PC actually benefit the stress/fps on my desktop a reasonable amount? 

[Cyracus]

should, I know that gaming and streaming on a 4c i7 will get any viewers a pretty bad experience

[dj_ripcord]

Should work great, All you need is some sort of capture card, whether it be USB3 or the like. You will benefit from not streaming on the same PC as you're gaming, as you're not transcoding any footage, your pc does not have to work as hard.

 

The FPS increase might not be super noticeable, but if you have another capable PC, why not?

[Synawke]

1 minute ago, dj_ripcord said:

Should work great, All you need is some sort of capture card, whether it be USB3 or the like. You will benefit from not streaming on the same PC as you're gaming, as you're not transcoding any footage, your pc does not have to work as hard.

 

The FPS increase might not be super noticeable, but if you have another capable PC, why not?

It is capable enough? Im just worried that the laptop might not be capable enough. and dont want to buy a capture card only to find its not enough. The i7 in the laptop is a dual core which worries me the most

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 minute ago, dj_ripcord said:

Should work great, All you need is some sort of capture card, whether it be USB3 or the like. You will benefit from not streaming on the same PC as you're gaming, as you're not transcoding any footage, your pc does not have to work as hard.

 

The FPS increase might not be super noticeable, but if you have another capable PC, why not?

A capture card should do most of the heavy lifting I think. So you could just loop it back to the primary PC. But then you'd be stuck at 1080p (or maybe you'll be stuck at that resolution anyway with a capture card).

[dj_ripcord]

Just now, Synawke said:

It is capable enough? Im just worried that the laptop might not be capable enough. and dont want to buy a capture card only to find its not enough. The i7 in the laptop is a dual core which worries me the most

Yeah. That PC can stream no problem

 

[Enderman]

You know you can stream just fine with one PC right?

There is no need to waste money on capture cards or second PCs.

[Synawke]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

You know you can stream just fine with one PC right?

There is no need to waste money on capture cards or second PCs.

I know I CAN do it. but it cuts my FPS. I mainly play CSGO so the less FPS is quite a lot and matters. I just figured if I already have a fairly capable laptop it might be worth it.

[Enderman]

6 minutes ago, Synawke said:

I know I CAN do it. but it cuts my FPS. I mainly play CSGO so the less FPS is quite a lot and matters. I just figured if I already have a fairly capable laptop it might be worth it.

Stop using your CPU for encoding then. Use nvenc or quicksync.