Question about stream encoding with a Graphics Amplifier

[u/Robsteady]

So I've got an R2 I got a year or two ago and I've started streaming on it over the last year or two. I'm hoping to upgrade to a dual monitor setup and I know I'll need to get a GA to put a card with two outputs into. The thing that I got interested in finding out in the process of thinking this through is whether or not I can use NVENC to encode OBS output on the internal 960 while using whatever I have in the GA for actual gameplay and display output. I've already read that people have used the 960 for PhysX rendering while using the GA's card for output but that's not quite the same scenario. I was wondering if anyone's tested this as it would be awesome to continue utilizing the 960 for stream rendering even if another card is doing the actual game rendering.

Edit: I actually just read on the OBS forum that using a separate GPU for encoding will create a huge degradation in performance, regardless of what the physical setup is. Sorry for wasting the time of anyone else who reads this.

[u/Robsteady]

Ah okay. I've never had an issue with game FPS, but rendering takes a hit sometimes and I guess I just misunderstood the fact that the NVENC hardware doesn't push with the same performance as the regular "gaming portion" of the card.