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Raydog

United States632 Posts

May 16 2010 17:24 GMT

Hey guys,

So lately i've been streaming my games on livestream, and have come to realize that I need to upgrade my computer. I get around 25 - 40 fps in-game while streaming, which is giving me some choppiness issues, and my stream looks fine. So i made this blog post to ask what it is I should upgrade on my computer to get better FPS and quality for my stream.

Here are my Settings i'm currently using:

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Here are my current computer specs:
Operating system:Windows Vista SP 1
CPU type:AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Processor
CPU Speed (GHz):3.02
System memory (GB):3.998
Graphics card model:ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series (512 mb)
Desktop resolution:1680x1050

and i'll link to what gear I bought exactly on newegg here:
Power Supply
Vid Card
motherboard
CPU
RAM

I'm looking to already upgrade the RAM and get Windows 7 64-bit. Although, I'm not sure if that will help with fps while streaming? This is an all around PC upgrade, but I also want it to help my streaming. A few of my friends have like 80 fps while playing at the HIGHEST possible qualities, while I get like 40 - 50 when not streaming.

and you can watch my VODs on my stream @ Livestream.com/alexjr to see my quality i'm streaming at.

DrivE

United States2554 Posts

May 16 2010 17:43 GMT

If you want more fps you can probably just bump the graphics setting down to high.
I don't think viewers will notice the difference between high quality and ultra quality, but they will definitely notice the fps increase.

xmShake

United States1100 Posts

May 16 2010 17:52 GMT

Try turning your physics settings down. I believe streaming relies on CPU power, and reducing the physics settings will alleviate that.

RaGe

Belgium9942 Posts

May 16 2010 18:04 GMT

Video encoding on 64-bit system is a lot faster than on a 32-bit system normally.

I don't know if FMLE has a 64-bit version though, so it might not matter at all.

Like mentioned, I'd just turn your settings down a notch if you want to get higher fps, especially the cpu heavy settings.

semantics

10040 Posts

May 16 2010 18:27 GMT

Yeah bump shader and lighting down to high imo and that should give you pretty consistent fps.

Also you don't list the difference between not broadcasting fps and broadcasting fps there may be little difference. And the only thing to speed that up with would a hardware level encoder or a better cpu, but your cpu is fine and good at games.

What you may want to consider is overclocking that cpu, attach a aftermarket cpu cooler and push it to something like 3.6, 3.8 a common oc for the 940.

T.O.P.

Hong Kong4685 Posts

May 16 2010 19:44 GMT

On May 17 2010 03:27 semantics wrote:
Also you don't list the difference between not broadcasting fps and broadcasting fps there may be little difference. And the only thing to speed that up with would a hardware level encoder or a better cpu, but your cpu is fine and good at games.

I don't think FMLE supports hardware encoders.

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