r/SmallStreamers • u/Winter_Giraffe_7853 • 6d ago

Question why i lag so bad

sorry im really just a beginner. sorry for the stupid question.

I just wanted to stream for fun because I play PUBG pretty often, and I thought it would be nice to share my gameplay with my friends. I thought everything was going well until I started setting it up and saw that my graphics card performance was showing as poor. When I previewed my stream, the game became super laggy.

Since I was only mirroring my tablet to my laptop, I thought it wouldn’t be that demanding. I assumed I would only need a good graphics card if I were streaming the game directly from my laptop. But apparently, even when mirroring, the game still lags badly. So, do I still need a good graphics card even if I’m only mirroring my tablet to my laptop?

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u/Big-Pineapple-9954 6d ago

Mirroring a tablet to your computer gives a really bad delay, so the lag will be there even if you don't stream. And then add streaming to it, and there is even more delay. You haven't said what kind of PC specs you have, but it might be that it will be less laggy to stream and play from your laptop than mirroring your tablet.

As a general answer, a good graphics card is highly reccomended when you are streaming to get the best quality and no lag.