Coffeelake and Donutlake

[Kenrou]

Grabbing a i5 vs i7 has always been a easy way to save $ for gaming.

Not just gaming, my original query was gaming+streaming in which a 4c/4t struggles. Would a 6c/6t be enough or will it have to be a 6c/12t and upwards to make it smooth ? I asked mainly because most people still don’t use shadowplay (which is considered the (arguably) best streaming software available) and OBS and others although you can tweak settings still use more resources IE more CPU/GPU dependent.

 

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I still havent seen any system that Streams and Plays Well (with high settings and fps ) you get to pick Good quality for the streamers or good quality for the Player . IMO the best bet is a second machine to do the streaming .

 

[Kenrou]

Ryzen 1700+ do it pretty well from reviews (top quality with only a minor FPS loss) but they’re 8c/16t...

 

[wagex]

cpu shouldnt affect streaming if you have a newer nvidia gpu, they handle it natively with almost no fps loss. lookup nvidia nvenc. i dont get any noticeable fps drop when streaming newer games with my gtx 1060.

if you are using OBS make sure the "save copy to disk" or what ever is disabled or have it save to a hard drive your game isnt on or yeah it will cause some issues.

 

[Kenrou]

I use OBS/Twitch to stream live not save/edit/upload, uses x264 encoding and I will continue to use it even if I change to a 8600k/8700k unless nVidia makes Shadowplay a stand-alone program (or at least separate it from gForce Experience). Intel QuickSync is garbage quality-wise. It’s only a matter of Ryzen vs Intel and Coffee Lake has the advantage of speed+IPC for gaming+streaming.

 

[wagex]

I use OBS/Twitch to stream live not save/edit/upload, uses x264 encoding and I will continue to use it even if I change to a 8600k/8700k unless nVidia makes Shadowplay a stand-alone program (or at least separate it from gForce Experience). Intel QuickSync is garbage quality-wise. It’s only a matter of Ryzen vs Intel and Coffee Lake has the advantage of speed+IPC for gaming+streaming.

OBS uses nvidias nvec to create the x264 stream and it doesnt affect your streaming ability or fps ive used it and do use it. like i said look up nvenc, cpu will not help it unless you are adding some other effects to the video or doing something weird.

 

[Tokae]

More cores with hyperthreading is the key to streaming. I have been streaming for 4 years now. I am still streaming with the rig in my signature. I play current titles and CS:GO and I get decent frames in all. For example in non optimized games like PUBG I will see dips to 40 fps while in the plane before jumping sometimes while streaming. My point is that if an old CPU / RAM combo like mine can do it. All the newer hexcores with hyperthreading will do it with ease. I run native resolution in all games (1920 x 1080) and I downscale the stream to 1280 x 720 @ 60 fps using bicubic. I have the encoding set to 'faster' in OBS. CS:GO still gets 180-250 fps H1 had some bad dips though but again its just not optimized. Fornite gets around 80fps constant with its settings turned up.

 

[petteyg359]

cpu shouldnt affect streaming if you have a newer nvidia gpu

That's not anything unique to nVidia cards. AMD has also had hardware H.264 encoding since 7xxx cards/APUs (and H.265 since R9 3xx). All depends on whether the software you're using has implemented the proper support for your hardware.

 

[wagex]

That's not anything unique to nVidia cards. AMD has also had hardware H.264 encoding since 7xxx cards/APUs (and H.265 since R9 3xx). All depends on whether the software you're using has implemented the proper support for your hardware.

well there ya go, your cpu shouldnt be affecting your streaming ability if you are using the right software.