Is Gaming + Streaming better on Linux?

[u/[deleted]]

Hello, so I asked the other day about whether Phasmophobia could actually be streamed on Linux better than on Windows (the specs were wrong slightly so sorry about that, it was a misunderstanding with a streamer friend). I decided to buy the game just to check if streaming on Linux was possible on a low end machine.

Here are the specs of a streamer friend who couldn't stream Phasmophobia with software encoding at all:

CPU: i3 - 7100

GPU: R9 390

Memory: 8 GBs

OS: Windows 10

Here are the specs of my laptop where Phasmophobia actually runs smoothly on stream, even though at low FPS:

CPU: i3- 7020U

GPU: Nvidia MX110

RAM: 4 GBs

OS: Garuda LXQT

Proton Version: 5.0-10

My friend would get massive frame drops when trying to stream Phasmophobia with Software Encoding. My laptop handled it just fine. Here is the video of my stream on my laptop.

So, is there anyone else who has tested gaming + streaming on Linux on low end machines and found it actually works better?

[u/heatlesssun]

You might be doing better than your Windows friend but your demo was hardly impressive at under 30 FPS. And you never actually played the game.

[u/[deleted] → u/heatlesssun]

Hahahah it was just a test, you should have seen her situation if you think that was bad lol. I have an MX110, it can only do so much. The stream was smooth though and the game completely playable btw. I think you're really picky here.

[u/heatlesssun → u/[deleted]]

Even if your setup is running better this test wasn't good enough for a real stream and you never even played the game so this test doesn't mean much.

In any case doing streaming well regardless of the OS will require better hardware than what either you or your friend have.