Phil's computer hardware setup

[beskhu3epnm 0]

I'm sorry if this has been answered many times. But I'm curious to know what Phil's computer hardware setup is like. Has it been said what his computer specs are?

 

Also, what peripheral equipment does he use?

[Tahdel 32]

Intel I74930k processor

gtx780TI overclocked 3 gigabyte

I'm sure he has a solid state drive

[Cappuccino 81]

But can barely run minecraft XD

[Tahdel 32]

He was doing more than just playing minecraft. He was playing and recording at 1080p running at 60 frames per second using a graphics card from 2013.

 

[musicboy 125]

On 12/5/2018 at 3:21 PM, Tahdel said:

He was doing more than just playing minecraft. He was playing and recording at 1080p running at 60 frames per second using a graphics card from 2013.

 

Wow! That must be one tough computer.

Edited December 6, 2018 by musicboy

[Icureditwithmybrain 252]

On 12/5/2018 at 9:21 AM, Tahdel said:

He was doing more than just playing minecraft. He was playing and recording at 1080p running at 60 frames per second using a graphics card from 2013.

  

In OBS he had the cpu do the encoding thats why the video froze every few seconds during the minecraft playthrough, the 780 Ti's built in video encoder was not being used. He did do one minecraft session using the GPU's built in encoder but he used a bitrate that was too low which resulted in a high amount of compression artifacts. He could have raised the bitrate to improve the quality but twitch had a strict policy regarding using bitrates above their recommended limit. 

He may be able to do pc gaming again using the GPU's encoder if twitch raises or eliminates their bitrate limitation. An alternative solution would be to use the cpu to do the encoding but then stream at 720p 60fps or 1080p 30fps so that the cpu wouldn't peak at 100% usage which was happening when he was doing 1080p @ 60fps.

Edited December 7, 2018 by Icureditwithmybrain
Added last sentence

[BlueEyesWhiteDragon 11]

Sounds like it might be time to upgrade the video card.

[Icureditwithmybrain 252]

Again, the issues were cpu related due to streaming at 1080 at 60fps. His gpu is still good even by 2018 standards. See GTX 780 Ti on the chart.

Edited December 12, 2018 by Icureditwithmybrain

[dsfan324 19]

I bet no one who watches @Phil or Youtube cares about the videos being in 1080p or in 60fps.