Software X264 Vs Nvenc. Even in a dedicated setup Im finding it hard to recommend X264. X264 should provide a better looking image depending on what preset your use.
Throwing new NVENC at it Max Quality lookahead and PVT on it dropped 0 frames across a variety of tests and looked impeccable compared to X264. Though at the end of t. In computer games higher frame rates and thus a better gaming experience and better streaming performance are possible Figure 2.
Are you looking to stream the latest games but not sure if you should use the X264 software encoder or your GPUs NVENC or AMD VCE hardware encoder.
Feb 15 2017 1 When i record youtube videos with obs i can use x264 or Nvidia NVENC the cooling on my graphics card is better than my cpu and quieter so if i use Nvidia NVENC i can get better bitrate and less noise and heat is that what i should use. X264 should provide a better looking. For this text I set NVENC and X264 to record at a bitrate of 6 Mbps. Open Broadcaster Software.