Question Can I stream with my laptop?

[rosepastel]

Hello !

For some time, this idea has been in my head and I think it's time to get started! So I would like to start to stream on Twitch. Currently abroad, I do not intend to invest in a PC right now.
I have my laptop, but I don't know if it would possible to stream with this. Can you help me please?
It is an Asus ROG G550JK-CN363H :

• Intel Core i7-4710HQ (Quad-Core 2.5 GHz / 3.5 GHz Turbo - cache 6 Mo)
• RAM 8Go
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

I don't know if it would help but, I will use my phone (samsung s9+) as webcam, I have a soundcard (audiobox usb presonus) for my mic and my headphone, I will use Streamlabs OBS too.
If you need more informations, so please ask me

I don't know if it is possible to change the composition of my computer, but if it is possible and necessary, I think the cost will be more interesting than buying a new computer!

Thank you a lot for your help ^^

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

The simple answer is, you may be able to stream, but the output is going to be very poor. You need a much more powerful system to stream with a decent video output, and being able to play the game while recording at decent settings. Otherwise, everything just looks stuttery and it's not a nice experience to watch videos like that or for your in game FPS to be so bad, you may as well be watching a slide show.

 

[rosepastel]

I see, but is it possible to change something on my computer to make it better?

 

[eXPedient Demise]

Short : Yes.
Long : As keith12 said.
Really comes down to the game you want to stream. If its PacMan, sure, you'll be fine. If its anything from the past 5 years, you'll probably struggle to be able to offer a decent resolution stream while keeping your FPS at a decent level.
I tried streaming with my G3258 8GB system a few years ago, while playing unturned. It was shocking.

Theres nothing on a laptop that you can change that will help unfortunately, sure, can throw more RAM at it but overall not worth it.

 

[rosepastel]

Aaah okay, thank you a lot. I understand now. I don't think I'll stream with PacMan haha
So I don't have other choice that buy another computer. I found one that should do the job !
Could you confirm it please?
It is the MSI GL63 8RD-830XFR

Type : Intel Core i5-8300H
Fréquence : 2.3 GHz / Turbo à 4.0 GHz
Coeurs : Quad Core / 8 Threads
Cache : 8 Mo

Type : Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Type : 8 Go DDR4 (2666 MHz)

Thank you again

 

[NightHawkRMX]

It will be better, but still not overly great.

You will be able to stream with it, but not with high stream settings.

 

[rosepastel]

I guess so, but I prefer to save my money to buy a Gaming PC (not a laptop) when I'll be back to home.
So if this laptop does the job, even if it is not high stream, I am good with this for the begining ^^

Thank you a lot for all your help !

 

[TJ Hooker]

FYI your GPU has a built in encoder which should allow you to stream without much performance impact. The downside is that I believe video quality may be lower compared to CPU encoding.

Should be an option to use NVENC in OBS.

 

[rosepastel]

FYI your GPU has a built in encoder which should allow you to stream without much performance impact. The downside is that I believe video quality may be lower compared to CPU encoding.

Should be an option to use NVENC in OBS.

Do you speak about the ASUS or the MSI please?

 

[TJ Hooker]

Do you speak about the ASUS or the MSI please?

Either, any recent Nvidia GPU has this feature. Although they typically tweak it a bit every new GPU generation, so newer ones may be able to encode at higher resolution/fps/bitrate, have less of a performance impact, have better output quality, etc.

AMD also has a hardware encoder in their GPUs (which they refer to as VCE).