Want to stream live games on Youtube? but when you try to do it, the quality of live streaming that you do is not so optimal? that means your computer or laptop device is not qualified to do live streaming while playing games.
Then what are the computer or laptop specifications for live streaming games on Youtube? This time ngelag.com will inform you all the things you need to know about device specifications for live streaming to the required internet connection capacity.
Previously, if you don't know how to live streaming on YouTube, you can use an encoder application called OBS that you can read the steps in the following article: How to Live Streaming on Youtube Easily.
Computer Specifications For Live Streaming Games On Youtube Smoothly
Computers or laptops that are suitable for live streaming games on Youtube are those that have the following specifications:
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 or AMD FX-8350
- RAM: 8GB
- VGA: Customize the Game being Played
The above specifications are the specifications of a computer or laptop that is arguably enough to do a live streaming game class of GTA V. The above specifications also cannot be used as a reference for live streaming of all games, because every game has different hardware requirements.
As we have already written in the article how to live streaming on YouTube, doing live streaming requires reliable computer specifications. Now because when doing live streaming games, then the computer that is used in addition to running games will also simultaneously do the encoding process.
Process encoding is a process of converting "raw" video into a video with a format that is compatible with Web Player in this case Youtube.
Well, this video encoding process is very consuming computer hardware resources, if the computer used to play games and perform live streaming runs out of resources or energy, then we can be sure the live streaming video will be broken or the quality will be bad.
So in addition to the computer used must have sufficient hardware resources to play games, it must also be able to accommodate the video encoding process to YouTube. Then how do you find out or determine which computer specifications are right for certain live streaming games?
We will provide two ways to determine good computer specifications for live streaming on YouTube.
The First Way, Use a Computer With Specifications Double the Minimum Specifications
So that you are not confused and to find it easier to choose the right computer specifications for live streaming on YouTube is to see the specifications or minimum requirements of the game that you want to play while Live Streaming on YouTube.
For example, you want to do a live streaming of the Paladins game with minimum requirements:
- Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz
- RAM: 2GB
The above specifications are the lowest computer specifications that can be used to play Paladins games.
Now if you want to do a live streaming game of Paladins, then you should at least have a processor and RAM with a strength of 2 to 4 times the minimum requirements above, for example, by using a Core 2 Quad or Core i5 processor and 4 or 8 GB of RAM.
The Second Way, Use a Computer with Recommended Specifications and Live Streaming with Medium to Low Settings.
For those of you who often play games, and have a gaming PC at home, of course you are familiar with the Recommended and Minimum Requirements for each game, or it can also be called the minimum specifications and recommendations.
So that the live streaming game on YouTube feels smooth, you can use a computer that meets the Recommended Specifications of the game you want to play, then changes the game graphics settings to medium or low position.
For example, you want to live stream the Battlefield 1 game on YouTube, where Battlefield has the following Recommended Specifications:
- Processor: Intel Core i7 4790 or AMD FX 8350
- RAM: 16GB RAM
More Complete Battlefield 1 Specifications Can Be Read Here
With the above specifications, you certainly can play the Battlefield 1 game with ultra high settings even if you use a VGA NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1060. But because you want to do live streaming, then you have to share your computer hardware resources with the encoder software, so if you want to live stream Battlefield 1 with the specifications above, play the game with medium or low graphics settings.
Postscript :
VGA is not a hardware that is too influential in live streaming, as long as the VGA or Graphic Card used is enough to play certain games, then there is no problem.
Internet connection greatly affects the smooth live streaming on YouTube, use an internet connection with upload speeds of at least 3mbps or above, you can use Fiber Optic Internet.
