Twitch 2nd pc specs
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Its an odd question, mainly because you will be limiting your own gaming experience I guess.
Will you be content will gaming 1080p @ 60fps?
I ask this because mainstream capture cards have only recently given you the ability to capture up to 1080@60fps.
**You can capture higher resolutions but you will still be capped to either 30 or 60fps and you will most likely need to convert from HDMI to SDI.
If you are happy with 1080p@60fps then the specs for a PC won't be that bad.
You'll need a capture card: Avermedia Extreme Cap U3 (USB), Elgato HD60 (USB), Blackmagic Decklink 4k (PCIe). (other options available for 1080i / 720p)
But other than that an i5 / 8GB will be plenty. The Elgato capture card compresses the data stream for you, so the CPU has less work to do, but the Avermedia & BM-Decklink 4k will capture RAW video, so you rig will need more (moar) power to compress for the stream.
Even though you capture in 1080p, my guess if that you won't stream @ this resolution, as Twitch only allows partners to let their viewers to chose their stream quality. And UK internet blows. But it does mean that your local copy will be decent for Youtube if you produce content for that.
Also local direct recording with RAW video will need some RAID 0 HDDs / SSDs.
Personally I would only use this method for console streaming.
££ would be better spent beefing up your current rig and streaming from that.
Will you be content will gaming 1080p @ 60fps?
I ask this because mainstream capture cards have only recently given you the ability to capture up to 1080@60fps.
**You can capture higher resolutions but you will still be capped to either 30 or 60fps and you will most likely need to convert from HDMI to SDI.
If you are happy with 1080p@60fps then the specs for a PC won't be that bad.
You'll need a capture card: Avermedia Extreme Cap U3 (USB), Elgato HD60 (USB), Blackmagic Decklink 4k (PCIe). (other options available for 1080i / 720p)
But other than that an i5 / 8GB will be plenty. The Elgato capture card compresses the data stream for you, so the CPU has less work to do, but the Avermedia & BM-Decklink 4k will capture RAW video, so you rig will need more (moar) power to compress for the stream.
Even though you capture in 1080p, my guess if that you won't stream @ this resolution, as Twitch only allows partners to let their viewers to chose their stream quality. And UK internet blows. But it does mean that your local copy will be decent for Youtube if you produce content for that.
Also local direct recording with RAW video will need some RAID 0 HDDs / SSDs.
Personally I would only use this method for console streaming.
££ would be better spent beefing up your current rig and streaming from that.
Ok thanks to be honest a picture quality thats not an eye sore.
What would i need to do to my machine for a decent stream to twitch on games like bf4.
I have at the moment an
I5 2400k
hd5850 updating to something like the MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Lightning Edition.
1x2 1tb hard drives, one being an hybrid ssd.
12gb ram
I think i need for mine a better cpu but no idea what for the 1155 and the graphics card.
What do you suggest ?
Reason i asked about second pc is due to the amount of CPU bf4 uses and streaming together and i know its possible with another pc and capture card but i dont know all the details and know how.
Thanks
What would i need to do to my machine for a decent stream to twitch on games like bf4.
I have at the moment an
I5 2400k
hd5850 updating to something like the MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Lightning Edition.
1x2 1tb hard drives, one being an hybrid ssd.
12gb ram
I think i need for mine a better cpu but no idea what for the 1155 and the graphics card.
What do you suggest ?
Reason i asked about second pc is due to the amount of CPU bf4 uses and streaming together and i know its possible with another pc and capture card but i dont know all the details and know how.
Thanks
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if you can find an i7-2600k/i7-2700k/i7-3770k (motherboard dependant) - you should be able to pick these up 2nd hand!
Streaming itself doesn't hit the GPU that much (well it can if you use programs that can utilise AA etc) but if you have the budget then a 290X / GTX970 will do you well with the above.
Streaming itself doesn't hit the GPU that much (well it can if you use programs that can utilise AA etc) but if you have the budget then a 290X / GTX970 will do you well with the above.