Hi, FNG here! Some questions for you...

Hi r/Twitch!

I'm really excited to be starting my stream. I've been putting so much time into Fortnite that I figured I might as well stream my gameplay.

Here's my HILARIOUS setup; I'm streaming off of my Xbox using Mixer. From the Mixer stream, I go on OBS and screen record that window. In OBS, I add all the little things like widgets and facecams and from OBS, I stream to Twitch.

My questions arise from the Settings portion. I've been looking a lot into Bitrate, CPU v. GPU, Buffer Rate, and FPS, but I still think that I screwed something up.

Currently, I use a 3500 bitrate, as my upload speed is 24.1 MBPS. This put my stream quality at 768P running at 48 FPS. This kept my CPU running between 60-85%. I didn't notice any issues with the stream and I was happy with it.

However, I'm using the x264 encoder and I'd like to know how I could get more out of my stream. I'd really like for it to be 720P @ 60 FPS, just to humor myself.

What recommendations do you guys have? I have an i5 that runs at 2.2GHz when I stream (.4GHz off of max), and Intel HD Graphics 4400. OBS Estimator said I should run 3000 bitrate, 3000 buffer, and there's a chance my computer would stream 60 FPS.

No, I do not want to go buy a PC or an NVIDIA GTX (lol) or even a capture card to be frank. If I wanted better stream hardware, I'd buy it. Just seeing what I can milk out of the one I have.

Thanks for the help everyone!

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