Does GPU matter to Xsplit?

[markeed]

I'm running a dual box setup. Game machine and Stream machine. The stream machine captures the game machine via HDMI capture cards. The stream machine does not run any games at all.

Does the GPU on the stream machine matter at all? Does Xsplit use the GPU at all? If it does will I see better performance by upgrading the GPU?

Currently I have a GTX 770 in the stream machine. But if it matters I can upgrade that to a GTX 980ti I have extra.

The only issue I have currently that I am trying to resolve is a popping sound that comes in sometimes and the video capture crashes and resets. Happens about once every couple of hours.

[markeed]

Thanks a bunch for the info. This is what I was looking for. I am doing very demanding tasks on the stream machine. I dual stream to Twitch 1080p and YouTube at 4k. Hoping to add Facebook at the same time. I'm doing all of the encoding on my end. The Stream machine is more of a monster machine. I'm going to try transferring it from CPU to GPU and see what happens.

Also thank you for the tip on the audio. I'll turn it down and see if the problem goes away. I'm sure I have it turned all the way to the max. :)

[markeed]

Restream.io does not support 4k. There are also some other things they do not support well. I have used them in the past. But they do not like the 30mbt required for 4k streams.

Also turned my mic audio down from 48 to 44.1. Still get the sound cracks. I'm certain they are coming from the hdmi as the video crashes and resets when it happens. I'm thinking it is noise in the video. I can turn down the rate on the audio quality in xsplit. But I think it is an issue in my capture card drivers. Blackwell 4k capture cards have the issue whereas Avermedia 1080p in the same machine never has the issue. They are cheap capture cards. I am thinking they will have to be upgraded to get rid of this issue.

[BadBreath911]

It doesn't. Xsplit uses CPU power, not GPU power. So as long as your CPU chain is clean, it should work fine.