Question New Gpu, Using old as video encoder

[yaboibaron]

Hey yall quick question here, i have a gtx 1060 in my pc atm, and i have a gtx 760 that is just laying around. Mind you i only have a 550W power supply, do you think i could also plug in the 760 to use it to encode my streams so i dont lose performance?

 

[hftvhftv]

With a 550W power supply you'd be just barely within the requirements of having two GPUs. You could use a 760 yes, but if your 550W power supply isn't a quality unit I wouldn't risk it. What model is your power supply?

 

[yaboibaron]

it was a Evga 550w g2

 

[TJ Hooker]

The whole point of having a hardware encoder is that it has minimal impact on performance. Given that the encoder int the 1060 is much newer than on the 760 (NVENC 4th gen compared to 1st gen), I'd say you're better off using that.

 

[yaboibaron]

Okay the only problem i have is like, in a high motion game it gets pixelated and ive seen people who use seperate gpu's to encode their stream and it doesnt get pixely

 

[TJ Hooker]

That's... odd. You can try using your 2nd GPU for encoding, your power supply is fine for it, but I don't think it's going to fix your issue.

Are you able to capture the pixelation issue in a screen shot or video?