Suggested upgrades for a streaming PC?
Hey y'all, I'm having some performance issues related to encoding on my streaming PC since I want to record at a higher quality than I stream, and either way with enhanced broadcasting coming up I would like to look into upgrading my GPU.
Specs here, if i'm barking up the wrong tree entirely let me know. This PC wasn't originally intended for streaming so it's not like i bought it with that intention :CB_pika_think: i was thinking of getting a 4060 or something but looking at the cpu might it be relevant to upgrade that first? 🥴 i usually get some frames missed due to rendering lag, especially with my scene transitions, and i like using plugins like blur etc. so it is bothering me a bit. but i also don't want to break the bank over it
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Processor
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT - 12GB (VR-Ready)
Mobo: MSI B450-A Pro: ATX w/ RGB, USB 3.1, SATA3, 1x M.2
PSU: 700W be quiet! Pure Power 11 700W 80+ Silver
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Hmmm
I would say your GPU is more than good enough for streaming (AMD quirks aside)
It might be worth seeing if we can fix your frame drops/optimize your transitions first
okay! I think it might be video playback in general cause even when the scene transition is a cut, there's some frame drops afterwards :CB_pika_think: maybe my understanding of the problem is wrong though :doge_lul:
my ass does not know what i am doing i just know that since changing this my local recordings are actually good now (was suffering from too low bitrate before for sure)
what codecs are your transitions in?
the file type is webm if that's what you mean? :slashi20Clown:
(i'm the clown here, to clarify)
yeah the gpu should be fine. and unless you are doing cpu rendering, cpu will be fine too
i mean... it's not fine? lol
In terms of specs your build is more than capable
I would upgrade RAM because windows alone almost eats up 8GB these days and OBS can preload sources to RAM, but there isn’t enough
But otherwise we gotta dig into the causes because you have plenty of horsepower
i'm at 16GB :CB_pika_think: if you think i need more though i can look into it
oh right the screenshot says 8GB! that's from the order but i since upgraded it, that's my bad
Oh I see
:Yesyes:
Do you get dropped frames, encoding lag, or rendering lag?
Just for more info do you have an OBS log where you were recording/streaming and had the issues you mentioned
Yeah, an OBS log would be awesome to better make recommendations.
I'll share one tonight
Mostly encoding lag I think
Are you encoding on the CPU or the GPU?