Upgrading PC for Streaming on Twitch.tv. What next?

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vcharles1668

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Hello everyone,

I've been doing some tinkering around with Open Broadcaster and setting up my stream on Twitch.tv. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the quality while watching the stream, however my games are experiencing a significant framerate drop while playing. I'm not sure if this is the appropriate forum to post, but what could I do to increase my framerate so that this drop doesn't affect my gameplay?

I recently upgraded my CPU from an i3 Sandy Bridge and I thought that getting an i7 Ivy would fix the problem. There was a significant improvement however it wasn't necessarily what I was expecting.


Here is my current rig:

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157249
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150506
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231275 x2
Case?: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066

Also, would a heatsink be appropriate at this point?



Thank you and I apologize if this is in the wrong forum.
 
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Judging from your setup, your biggest framerate determinant is your GPU. The CPU has very little to do with framerate gain if you are running any i series CPU. It does depend on what framerate you are wanting to stream and at what level of graphics/resolution, BUT the main factor is your GPU. It also needs to have a specific amount of bandwidth to stream well. I would say if you are wanting to stream games at 1080P at at least medium settings at 60fps, you are going to need to upgrade your GPU, not your CPU.
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Judging from your setup, your biggest framerate determinant is your GPU. The CPU has very little to do with framerate gain if you are running any i series CPU. It does depend on what framerate you are wanting to stream and at what level of graphics/resolution, BUT the main factor is your GPU. It also needs to have a specific amount of bandwidth to stream well. I would say if you are wanting to stream games at 1080P at at least medium settings at 60fps, you are going to need to upgrade your GPU, not your CPU.
 
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vcharles1668

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Thank you for the fast response. I figured it would be a GPU issue as well due to my card being close to 3 years old.

Do you have any recommendations on a new GPU? I'm hoping to keep the costs below $300.
 
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vcharles1668

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I will definitely look into it and thanks again for your response. Will my PSU and motherboard be good enough to power both of these cards or will I have to upgrade that as well?

 
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In theory, yes your power supply should run both of these cards, BUT you are cutting it pretty close to max wattage on them. I would recommend a 750watt just to make sure. Also, the AMD 7970 will run around 30 watts higher than the GTX 770 just fyi.

For your configuration, with the the 7970, your wattage use will be around 570 watts and with the 770, around 540 watts. After adding a few case fans and other things, you will be cutting it close to the max, so you will probably want to think about an upgrade.

Hope this helps.
 
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