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No way it's double. 1.5x maybe. And they have H.265 now (in Polaris cards). Not everybody can afford that setup, and I think even an 8-core will struggle with

• Tuna-Fish 10y ago
  When x264 is properly optimized for video games, having the hardware encoders require only double the bitrate for similar results is probably optimistic, if anything. Especially in DOTA/LOL, x264 is just leagues apart in dealing with the semi-static backgrounds. You can tell the people who use the hw encoders because the stream looks like mush, even at high quality settings. The target for most streamers is Twitch 1080p H.264, because that's the platform where the money is made. 4K is not needed or useful, and H.265 won't help simply because twitch won't stream it.
  • floatboth 10y ago
    4K is needed and useful for recording videos, not streaming.