[FaDeHellfyre]

streaming is ridiculously cpu heavy. My computer specs are as follows

CPU: Core i7-2600K 3.4GHz
RAM: 16.0 GB DDR3
GFX: 2x Radeon HD6850's (running in crossfire)
MOBO: Asus P8Z68 Deluxe

My screen is 1920x1080 (the one i have sc2 on), and to stream in a reasonable quality while still having non-lag filled gameplay i had to;

Reduce graphics settings to medium (high is pointless anyway).
Put the stream on lowest HD setting possible. (1920x1080 was impossible, it wouldn't even move off the first frame, let alone 60fps).

All in all it worked alright, though I had mine set to 39.95 frames per second. You shouldn't need to go 60fps. It's a video game, and human eyes can only see around 24fps, so any more than that is just an increase in quality. If you're looking to stream at that, in a HD quality, you're probably looking at a hardcore PC worth a lot of money.

[Trusty]

Originally Posted by ESLHellfyre

It's a video game, and human eyes can only see around 24fps, so any more than that is just an increase in quality.

The whole 'human eye 24fps/30fps' statement is very very misleading. read the following for more info on why it 24fps is 'bad' for gaming.

http://www.100fps.com/how_many_frame...humans_see.htm

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	Bloodmyst:	Interesting read.
	FaDeHellfyre:	Interesting. I have been learned

[Bloodmyst]

Originally Posted by ESLHellfyre

How big a monitor do you have now? The bigger the better, and if you can save money in certain areas and get a bigger (and better of course, no use going a low-res piece of crap when it's huge) monitor, then do it!

I only have a 19 inch monitor atm running at 1440 x 900 res. I think I'm only the minority who actually prefers the smaller screens. However, I'm now thinking of going bigger to maybe a 22 inch max. I'm not really update to date with what monitors are good and which ones are bad, what to watch out for etc. But I know in the past, the main thing I've paid attention to is the MS rating. The one I currently have is 2ms, but I think the newer monitors these days run at like 1ms?

Any particular ones you recommend?

Originally Posted by ToRsupapower

what quality do you play sc2 on , what quality can you stream it on (sorry for going off topic, want to build a comp that can play, stream sc2 on 60+ fps minimal on any setting )

Currently, I don't stream at all because my current CPU is soooo out of date and just utter crap to be undertaking such tasks. I have an Intel Core 2 Duo and even tried playing around with DXtory. I did get it up and running, but the quality of the stream was herrendous. But once I get my new set up, I'm going to be streaming 1080P for MLG god damnit! Woot Woot! lol. But seriously, I will be able to stream easily with this new set up, however the only bottleneck for me will be my upload speed which is currently only 0.63 MB/s ... HURRY UP NBN!

The first thing I'm doing with my new system is installing SC2 and setting up my stream. So be sure to check out my stream in future to see the results. Plus I wanna use dat sexy overlay TADel made for me! :P

Originally Posted by ESLHellfyre

streaming is ridiculously cpu heavy. My computer specs are as follows

CPU: Core i7-2600K 3.4GHz
RAM: 16.0 GB DDR3
GFX: 2x Radeon HD6850's (running in crossfire)
MOBO: Asus P8Z68 Deluxe

My screen is 1920x1080 (the one i have sc2 on), and to stream in a reasonable quality while still having non-lag filled gameplay i had to;

Reduce graphics settings to medium (high is pointless anyway).
Put the stream on lowest HD setting possible. (1920x1080 was impossible, it wouldn't even move off the first frame, let alone 60fps).

All in all it worked alright, though I had mine set to 39.95 frames per second. You shouldn't need to go 60fps. It's a video game, and human eyes can only see around 24fps, so any more than that is just an increase in quality. If you're looking to stream at that, in a HD quality, you're probably looking at a hardcore PC worth a lot of money.

Errr, I'm not entirely sure how true that is. Maybe with RTS games the human eye can only see around 24 fps.... but I know for a fact with FPS games you play with those kinds of frames, you will definately see the choppiness when playing. I can't remember where I read it from now, but I'm pretty sure the human eye can see up to 60fps but no more.

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ToRsupapower:

awesome :)

[FaDeHellfyre]

Originally Posted by Bloodmyst

I only have a 19 inch monitor atm running at 1440 x 900 res. I think I'm only the minority who actually prefers the smaller screens. However, I'm now thinking of going bigger to maybe a 22 inch max. I'm not really update to date with what monitors are good and which ones are bad, what to watch out for etc. But I know in the past, the main thing I've paid attention to is the MS rating. The one I currently have is 2ms, but I think the newer monitors these days run at like 1ms?

Any particular ones you recommend?.

I have a 23" AOC monitor. Now I know it's not a high branded product, but i've had no issues, didn't have a single dead pixel on it (unlike my old ASUS monitor), and they're ridiculously cheap. i don't know what models they have out at the moment, but i'd take a look.

Also, Trusty that post is very informative. My friends studying media have misled me -.-.

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Bloodmyst:

I hadn't even heard of AOC until you just mentioned it lol. I know a few years ago it was BenQ and Samsung who were taking the lead.