![]() This feature is only available on 2nd gen and newer Intel processors, but looks massively better on newest 8th and 9th gen processors. Quick sync is where you use the iGPU portion of your Intel processor. So what is Intel Quick Sync and why do I want to use it? ![]() All of this can add up to quite a bit of extra money especially if you intend to take streaming seriously down the line. On top of that you will also need a capture card to get the video signal from your gaming pc to your stream pc. You will also need some type of mixer whether that be a standard audio mixer or something more advanced like a GoXLR to get the audio mixed from both pc’s. Firstly it is much more expensive as you need to have two pc’s. While these are great there are also a lot of downsides to it as well. This definitely has advantages where the encoding process doesn’t use any of the cpu horsepower from your gaming pc, you can restart the gaming pc without ending your stream, and it allows for some more custom advanced options with audio and video settings. This is where you play your game on one pc and the second pc encodes the stream to send to Twitch, Mixer, etc. If you’ve spent much time streaming you will see that many people who are more advanced or doing it full time will use a two pc setup. I was on this train too and not until I switched my Plex server to use Quick Sync based on recommendation did I see the light. Secondly the earlier versions of quick sync did look pretty bad and this is what most people will base their experience with it on. I can’t blame them for not knowing what is because using CPU via x.264 or using NVENC has been ingrained into everyone’s mind since all of the ‘big’ streamers do it. Either they have no idea what it is or they will say it looks terrible. If you ask just about anyone in the streaming community about quick sync you will usually get one of two responses. So you want to stream with quick sync? This is the guide to help with setting up your stream to use Intel Quick Sync and to dispel some of the myths associated with quick sync.
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