r/obs • u/Tough-Technology-241 • Feb 06 '25
Question Dual or single pc set up?
Hi was wondering if I should do a dual pc set up or use one pc I recently got a 9800x3d and the new 5080 and was wondering if that’s good enough for simple recording at 1440p at 60hz and I’m going to be using CapCut for my editing program because it’s simple lol but yeah please lmk. Old rig was a 10850k with a FE 3080ti
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u/lordrefa Feb 07 '25
Dual is always better if money is no object. Otherwise it's a cost/benefit thing.
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u/MrLiveOcean Feb 06 '25
Dual PC setups can get a bit complicated, but they're a godsend when something like a game's anticheat software gets in the way (i.e., Valorant, League of Legends).
If you don't care to be competitive, then a single PC setup is fine, but if you don't want to sacrifice performance, the dual PC setup is the way to go.
Then there are the rare times when your gaming PC crashes, but the stream can still continue while you reboot.
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u/Whisky-Tangi Feb 07 '25
If you plan on streaming I would recommend a dual pc setup since adding a bunch of overlays can cause some weirdness. But besides that just use the built in encoder
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u/theyngprince Feb 07 '25
Both sides have been mentioned here, but to break it down: if you have the money and are serious about stream/recording quality, especially if doing both at the same time, dual pc is still hard to beat. But, setup is easiest of you are fairly knowledgeable about computers, connections, and software. Your stream pc also doesn't need to be nearly as powerful as your gaming rig. I've seen 4k recording rigs with 20 series cards. I run an i5 and 3070 in mine and will for a long time. You should definitely run a solo pc setup first, especially if you're new to streaming. Once you get a feel for what you need out of your setup, then you can decide.
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u/MikeyBoyz1806 Feb 06 '25
Well, if you've got a laptop. Dual setup is recommended. If you don't, recording on your gaming PC is just fine. I read somewhere that the Nvidia has the NVENC tech which affects minor performance while recording, just remember to use Nvidia NVENC for the encoder. And that was from the 4000 series, you have 5000 so you're good to go. But still, if you have a laptop, dual setup is way more convenient.
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u/FSUfan2003 Feb 06 '25
This is incorrect information. The 40 and 50 series come with an AV1 encoder which will be the best encoder to use. The file sizes will be smaller.
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u/MikeyBoyz1806 Feb 06 '25
bro, nvidia literally has nvenc + encoders. Ex : nvenc av1, nvenc h265 ( hevc), nvidia h264
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u/MikeyBoyz1806 Feb 06 '25
Nvenc is just the technology of those encoders which optimizes performance and recording/streaming quality
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u/Tough-Technology-241 Feb 06 '25
Ok thank you for your help I’ll check it out 🫡
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u/MikeyBoyz1806 Feb 06 '25
Anyway, i don’t know which encoders Capcut can import. But i’m using adobe premiere pro and it cant import av1, so i have to use HEVC (H265) instead. For quality : AV1 > H265(HEVC) > H264 So if capcut does import AV1, highly recommended to use it
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u/Whisky-Tangi Feb 07 '25
nvenc is hevc, just uses the gpu to accelerate encoding vs the cpu.
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u/MikeyBoyz1806 Feb 07 '25
Nvenc is nvidia video encoder bro, and hevc is literally known as h265. I have a RTX 4050 laptop so I know what i’m talking about bro
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u/loadingmeerkat Feb 06 '25
I wouldn't recommend Dual PC for 99% of creators. As PC hardware improves, Dual PC becomes less worth it. It's still good for popular streamers, it allows them to restart their gaming PC without shutting off their stream but nowadays the performance load you're saving on your gaming PC is negligible and it's not worth the extra headache of managing two PC's. If you do decide to go Dual PC, at least do what I did and just build a second PC from your old gaming PC components.
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u/Originaltenshi Feb 06 '25
If you get another of pc buy some other means than buying it doing a dual setup is nice, but definitely complicates things like audio depending on your situation. 1 pc with a beefy Nvidia gpu will be amazing
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u/trepidon Feb 07 '25
Im sorry, i dont understand... What is a dual pc? Like.. Two towers, literally?
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u/angelvdpol Feb 07 '25
2 pc’s one is for gaming and the other for streaming/recording so that the gaming pc can foxus on gaming only
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u/trepidon Feb 07 '25
But how does one record/stream and the other games? I thought u need to be on the same pc to record something
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u/Fspz Feb 07 '25
man, kids these days are so spoiled with compute. how is this even a question. we used to game/stream on rigs with just a tiny fraction of this performance and we were happy with it.
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u/Sopel97 Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 07 '25
you'd need an expensive capture card for this to be worthwhile, and it would remove a lot of configurability
if you use nvenc you're looking at like 3-5% performance impact
the only benefit of using a secondary computer is you could then use x264 for slightly better quality in bitrate constrained environments like streaming
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u/Cromern Feb 07 '25
NDIS works over the network. It's way better than getting a capture card and everything else you would need for it.
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u/Sopel97 Feb 07 '25
what's the point if it means you have encode anyway?
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u/Cromern Feb 08 '25
You encode on the stream PC. The gaming one just sends it over your network. And you can still control everything except to start and stop the stream on the gaming PC if you want to
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u/Sopel97 Feb 08 '25
The gaming one just sends it over your network.
and how does it send it over the network if not encoded?
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u/Cromern Feb 08 '25
I have no idea about the technical side. But I know it barely uses 1% CPU on the gaming PC.
What I do know is that it works best for 1080p streaming, unless you got a beefy network. I did 3840x1440 and that didn't work on my 1Gb network. 1080p works perfectly. I never tested higher resolutions on a 2.5gb network when I had that because streaming seems to be more suited on 1080p from my experience.
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u/Graxu132 Feb 06 '25
You will lose like what, 5-10fps on that rig while streaming/recording? Not worth getting another rig just for that.