For many game streamers, being successful and competitive means streaming on one PC and gaming on the other.
While there are multiple layouts, configurations, and balance options to make this happen, it’s not great for the industry. An additional computer takes up desk real estate that could be better used for managing streaming as a business, and it’s a higher electrical and air conditioning burden whether or not streamers have proper maintenance equipment in place.
Nvidia and OBS Studio (developers of OpenBroadcast Software) have released version 23 of the OBS suite. According to the team, version 23 will reduce “FPS impact of streaming by up to 66 percent compared to the previous version.”
The update’s benefits stem from boosted NVENC hardware encoder support, which Nvidia’s GPUs uses for streaming and recording. The optimization reduces the burden placed on the GPU, allowing more resources to go towards gameplay performance and allowing higher framerates.
Streaming as a gamer has often been a game of compromises. To play a game at peak performance, users need to either purchase top-of-the-line equipment or adjust their game settings. This often results in reducing overall graphics quality and beauty, reducing the quality of specific details such as shadows, or reducing the view distance.
These changes are not just reductions in eye candy. Being able to see shadows and view far across the map delivers a competitive advantage in combat games where an enemy’s shadow could give away their position, or seeing an enemy with a worse computer before they see you delivers a clear tactical boost.
With the new OBS release, Nvidia also details the benefits of its RTX cards. Nvidia states that the new card features can boost image quality at lower bitrates thanks to their dedicated hardware encoder.
The lower bitrate option is a major victory for streamers on inconsistent internet connections. As the march towards higher internet speeds continues, the same can’t be said for stability in even well-maintained parts of the tech world.
According to Nvidia, the optimizations have boosted framerates up to 48 percent in several popular, high graphics demand games. Their cited games are Fortnite, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Apex Legends, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout.
The update is live on Windows, macOS, and Linux. New users can download OBS at the OBSProject website, while existing users can follow the automated update in the program or update manually in the Help section.
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