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Here is what I have:

AMD Athlon II x 640 Processor
6GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5700
600w power supply

What will I need?

As cheap as possible is good but I wanna be able to stream TF2 smoothly

Suggestions/help?

I’m a massive tech noob so i’ve probably missed out something vitally important so hit me up with some recommendations.

Also thinking of getting a new screen, any ideas there?

And what should I use to stream? Is xsplit just the default best/easiest?

First person shooters are really really hard to stream, at least in my opinion due to the fact that most people find that any input lag and fps lag or jitter can be INSANELY annoying.

Also, the difference in streaming fps and rts is that in rts, the camera will pan to a location and stay there for a short period of time meaning the picture as a whole changes very little, however with fps, the fact that the whole camera is constantly moving, the picture as a whole needs to be redrawn every single frame, this means you need VERY high upload speed to get good results.

First you are going to need at the very very least 2Mbps, but probably more like 5 upload speed.
http://www.speedtest.net/

If you dont get at least 2mbps I really wouldnt bother at all. I personally get 0.9, so while iv gotten the whole streaming itself to work, I just dont have the speed to get good quality without ping problems.

Second you either need to use a program called xsplit as a liscenced version using its “gamesource” technology (obtained legally or by pirating) or using xsplit with something called DXTORY.

Look these things up, they tend to require a whole lot of tinkering to get working without reducing your framerate to 10% of the norm, or having horrible input lag.

GL :)

Quoted from Koeitje

You also need something interesting to stream.

I would imagine this to be a preference rather than a requirement.

YES PLEASE.

If you play medic, you could probably stream with that setup, ignoring the fps and jitter it will likely produce :P.

To really stream, get a new i5 with a solid graphics card like a 560ti and you will be more than dandy :).

A different game to play since TF2 jitters horribly and will never stream smoothly.

i use xsplit and its amazing, get a cracked version from isohunt or something and your good to gogo :)

ps; have a good inet and tf2 streaming is smoooothhhh :)
twitch.tv/waitv *shameless*

A good internet connection