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When using this resource, please read FragKrag's opening post. The Tech Support forum regulars have helped create countless of desktop systems without any compensation. The least you can do is provide all of the information required for them to help you properly.
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20345 Posts
February 20 2013 18:55 GMT
#27681
You might need to just turn the stream preset down to something slightly faster for slightly worse quality / bitrate.


You cant really do this past Veryfast.. (Superfast is ~6% less CPU load.. but needs over double the bitrate for the same quality)
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
February 20 2013 19:04 GMT
#27682
Default is veryfast, or...? Anyway, it's true that you can't just keep bumping the preset.

I forget. I don't live anywhere that offers reasonable upload speeds. Only x264 encoding I do is on placebo or veryslow, and that's clearly not real time.
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20345 Posts
February 20 2013 19:11 GMT
#27683
Veryfast to Slow/Slower is the "acceptable" range, beyond that its pretty much impossible to get anything out of changing it. Yea, Veryfast is default for both OBS and Xsplit
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-20 20:09:40
February 20 2013 20:08 GMT
#27684
By the way, how did you benchmark superfast vs. veryfast? Offline encoding or live broadcast? Video source from what? This was 6% / 100% of CPU utilization (e.g. 10% vs. 16%), or 6% as in difference between the two?

For reference, two Phenom II cores should be enough for encoding a reasonable resolution at reasonable fps on veryfast or slower, right? I'm kind of out of touch on some of these faster presets. Of course there is more to streaming than just the video portion of the encoding.


edit: found a link I was looking for, for x264 encoding speeds at different presets, though the article is slightly dated:
http://www.behardware.com/articles/828-26/h-264-encoding-cpu-vs-gpu-nvidia-cuda-amd-stream-intel-mediasdk-and-x264.html
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20345 Posts
February 20 2013 20:10 GMT
#27685
I meant like 100% vs 106%. Im not sure how i tested it but im pretty sure it was solid, and should be reproducable..

Slower is like 4x harder to encode than medium which is like 3x as hard to encode as Veryfast.. 10x+ multi on CPU load from Veryfast so Slower not too pleasant
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
February 20 2013 20:12 GMT
#27686
Are you sure the bottleneck wasn't decode / disk access / (capture?), if the source was local?
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20345 Posts
February 20 2013 23:20 GMT
#27687
superfast 2206 40.336090
veryfast 1292 32.792274


This is the first thing that comes up on google.. that is bitrate required for the same CRF and framerate encoded at. Even if my results are off its not something you want to touch with a 1 meter stick for livestreaming
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
February 20 2013 23:40 GMT
#27688
Anyway, my bad. It was mostly me having a brain fart and not remembering the default preset that most streaming programs use.

x264 proper has default of medium I think, though that's too slow to be a default for realtime encoding.

Supposedly, even at equivalent crf, the faster presets still look slightly worse (even with all those extra bits). Actual bitrate difference should depend on video content though.
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20345 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-21 00:13:06
February 21 2013 00:12 GMT
#27689
On February 21 2013 08:40 Myrmidon wrote:
Anyway, my bad. It was mostly me having a brain fart and not remembering the default preset that most streaming programs use.

x264 proper has default of medium I think, though that's too slow to be a default for realtime encoding.

Supposedly, even at equivalent crf, the faster presets still look slightly worse (even with all those extra bits). Actual bitrate difference should depend on video content though.


Point is, in terms of encoding efficiency, veryfast through slower are all pretty minor changes - compound effect, you can get maybe, maybe something like 35% more encoding efficiency - but the step to Superfast is ritual suicide of encoding efficiency for encoding speed gains that are not very significant at all

Edit: Haha, we alternated posts 9 times. All blue page. Oops
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
TheSwedishFan
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Sweden608 Posts
February 21 2013 01:05 GMT
#27690
I just recently upgraded my computer! I added a new PSU and a new computercase. I've always loved silent stuff so i bought a PSU wich was said to be silent. So i went to the store i joy and picked it up the other day. I bought some cheap fast food on the way and started stripping down my lovely computer. When i finally was finished, today, i started the machine and ah lord ol mighty was i in for a suprise. The damn thing sounds a lot more then what it did before. I can even hear it when i listen to music. Then my cat bit me.
I wonder if there is any way i can check the fan speeds on the PSU? I tried with HWMonitor but the PSU seems to be shy and wont reveal it's true identity (i think it's a jumbo jet in disguise). By the way my pownersupply is a EVGA 750G watt Supernova modular powersupply unit.
"Suck it" - Kennigit 2012
iTzSnypah
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1738 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-21 01:13:22
February 21 2013 01:12 GMT
#27691
On February 21 2013 10:05 TheSwedishFan wrote:
I just recently upgraded my computer! I added a new PSU and a new computercase. I've always loved silent stuff so i bought a PSU wich was said to be silent. So i went to the store i joy and picked it up the other day. I bought some cheap fast food on the way and started stripping down my lovely computer. When i finally was finished, today, i started the machine and ah lord ol mighty was i in for a suprise. The damn thing sounds a lot more then what it did before. I can even hear it when i listen to music. Then my cat bit me.
I wonder if there is any way i can check the fan speeds on the PSU? I tried with HWMonitor but the PSU seems to be shy and wont reveal it's true identity (i think it's a jumbo jet in disguise). By the way my pownersupply is a EVGA 750G watt Supernova modular powersupply unit.

No you can't. The only PSU that can monitor fan speed currently is the i models from Corsair (using Corsair Link).
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skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
February 21 2013 01:12 GMT
#27692
EVGA's SuperNova pretty bad... shoulda did research or at least asked before you bought something.
TheSwedishFan
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Sweden608 Posts
February 21 2013 01:29 GMT
#27693
What should i get if i want a silent psu?
"Suck it" - Kennigit 2012
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-21 01:53:02
February 21 2013 01:52 GMT
#27694
At what operating load? What's the rest of the computer? There are a lot of suitable models if you just expect it to be fairly quiet under 50% or so. There are fewer if you expect quiet at near capacity.

Do you want full gaming load to be quiet or just idle is enough?

EVGA SuperNova 750W is pretty unremarkable and is known to be on the loud side.
TheSwedishFan
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Sweden608 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-21 02:17:19
February 21 2013 02:09 GMT
#27695
I got a 2,8 ghz cpu, 1gb graphics card and 8gb ddr3 ram. I will get a new 3gb graphics card soon. I got some fans, harddrives and a soundcard as well! I want the system to be next to silent when idle. Dont care how much it sounds during gaming.

My speccs:
Hdd: 720gb, some old heavy shit
hdd2: SSD 120gb
Soundcard: Asus STX Sonar essence
Fans: 3 140mm
DVD: have none
Motherboard: GA-P55A-USB3 (intel 1056)
CPU: Intel i5 760 (2,8ghz) 4 cores
GPU: AMD Radeon hd7950 (will pick this up tomorrow if im lucky) atm i got a 460gtx
RAM: 8gb DDR3 1600mhz corsair
Computer case: Fractal design Define R2 XL
PSU: EVGA 750watt gold Supernova
"Suck it" - Kennigit 2012
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
February 21 2013 02:24 GMT
#27696
Actually, there are many many many PSU models out there, and it's hard to say without knowing prices and what's available. By "pick up tomorrow" for the graphics card, I assume you're going to a store?

Is there any reason you got a 750W unit for a computer that would use well under half that with the HD 7950? I can't really imagine somebody complaining about noise and using a Define R2 XL to want to run Crossfire...?

btw in the current generation of parts, the GeForce-based Asus DirectCU video cards have very good acoustics (but not the Radeons, for whatever reason, as has been tested on multiple models in the product stack).


So what PSUs are available, at what kind of prices? I mean, you could always pick up Seasonic X or Platinum, Corsair AX (new ones), Super Flower Golden King, etc., and have something quiet at low loads, but there may be cheaper alternatives too.
TheSwedishFan
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Sweden608 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-21 03:03:45
February 21 2013 02:35 GMT
#27697
On February 21 2013 11:24 Myrmidon wrote:
Actually, there are many many many PSU models out there, and it's hard to say without knowing prices and what's available. By "pick up tomorrow" for the graphics card, I assume you're going to a store?

Is there any reason you got a 750W unit for a computer that would use well under half that with the HD 7950? I can't really imagine somebody complaining about noise and using a Define R2 XL to want to run Crossfire...?

btw in the current generation of parts, the GeForce-based Asus DirectCU video cards have very good acoustics (but not the Radeons, for whatever reason, as has been tested on multiple models in the product stack).


So what PSUs are available, at what kind of prices? I mean, you could always pick up Seasonic X or Platinum, Corsair AX (new ones), Super Flower Golden King, etc., and have something quiet at low loads, but there may be cheaper alternatives too.

Well i wanted a efficiet, quiet, modular and quiet powersupply that would make it possible to add another gpu if needed. When i read reviews *cough! user comments* on the psu it seemed to fit my needs perfectly. I came from a Corsair hx620 watt and the difference in noice level was very noticeble. My budget can streatch up to 150€.

These are the ones i can chose from(aka can pick up tomorrow):

be quiet! Straight Power E9 680W 80+ (leaning towards this one)
be quiet! Dark Power Pro10, 650W 80+ Gold
Corsair AX 860W 80+ Platinum (a bit expensive ... however 7 year warranty is nice)
Fractal Design Newton R3, 600W 80+ Platinum (dont really like fractal design ...)
XFX XXX Edition 750W 80+ Silver (dunno about this one)


"Suck it" - Kennigit 2012
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
February 21 2013 04:05 GMT
#27698
All of those are more suitable (quieter) and also higher-quality than the EVGA. Except maybe the Straight Power E9, which is pretty much the same thing as the EVGA SuperNova except with a higher-quality fan and more relaxed fan profile.

I would skip the XFX in the off chance you get a particular fan that's disagreeable.

Dark Power Pro is really good and really quiet (though the AX platinum has it beat).


So Straight Power E9 likely will be okay, but the DPP 10 is definitely better.
Aylear
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Norway3988 Posts
February 21 2013 13:09 GMT
#27699
GPU died, time to upgrade.

First off, if some of this information is fairly accessible on these forums, I do apologize for any lack of research and I hope you guys can bear with me. I can barely stand to navigate the forums on this crappy netbook I'm using right now, but I tried to do SOME legwork.

Following the general advice I've read on the forums, I'm so far looking to get an i5 3570k and a z77 mobo, and overclock the CPU. I was initially looking at i7s, but it's apparently unnecessary unless you're doing a lot of video editing. I do intend to stream a lot, however, and I'm wondering how much impact an i7 has on that, and if it would be worth it. If not, I imagine the z77 / i5 + overclocking sounds like a good bet?

I'm also wondering why the GTX 650Ti hasn't even been mentioned in the OP, considering how much action the 550Ti has seen, and considering the price point of the 650. Is it simply subpar for the price, or what's going on?

Any recommendations for a GPU for my setup would be welcome, especially around the $160-$200 range. I usually play at 1280x1024, and stream at 1280x720, although I am wondering if I should go a couple steps further with the GPU in case I finally upgrade to a 1920x1200 monitor. Yes, it's flaky, sorry. I'm just trying to decide on a solid upgrade.

I live in Norway, Europe, so I can't make use of Newegg deals and such. Optimally, if I can order everything from sites like Komplett that'd be just about perfect, but I don't expect anyone to go that far.

Generally looking for "sweet spot" deals of price to performance. Any help appreciated. Doing research on a several-years-old slow-as-hell netbook is giving me a literal headache.
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Rollin
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia1552 Posts
February 21 2013 14:25 GMT
#27700
For gpu performance, the "sweet spot" exists at the 7850 - 7870 range, with the 660 slotting inbetween the two. The 7850 1gb is a bit ($30 in us?) more expensive than the 650ti, but is way better. Either is probably way overkill for a 10 year old resolution though, unless you're playing AAA titles with 16xAA or something silly.
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