I've just dipped my toes into streaming over the past few days and I'm really enjoying it. I already had a powerful computer (i7 4790K, GTX 970, 16GB ram, SSD, etc.), so I thought I could just start streaming no problem. I set up everything to stream at 1080p 60 fps and started going. I quickly realized that my bitrate (4000) was waaaayyy too low for 1080, much less at 60 fps.
Since then I've been doing research into what bit rates are good for what resolutions and frame rates. Following the 0.1 bpp formula. I have plenty of bandwidth for streaming(100 down/10 up), so that shouldn't be a problem. I did notice when trying to stream Forza Horizon 3 at 1080p 60 fps the other night that it was taxing my PC really hard. I'm talking all 8 threads at or near 100% to the point that I believe it was part of the reason Forza kept crashing. I actually had my CPU overclocked and got a bluescreen related to that, so I stepped it back down to stock.
I want some opinions on what to do here. I am likely going to step down to 720p 30 fps or hopefully 60fps, since I really like the smoother video. I have a PC case and my i5 4670K sitting in the corner that I could turn into a streaming PC with a cap card, motherboard, ram, and power supply. As I understand, that should be more than enough power to encode a nice looking 720p stream and not have to go with the veryfast or fast presets on the x264 encoding. I am planning on getting a cap card anyway to record my xbox easily, so with that in mind: Is this really the best option, or would I be wasting my money on it? Should my i7 be capable of playing games while streaming and probably recording them too?
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