so I recorded a quick 30min stream. here it is:http://www.twitch.tv/cavalcade_/b/502287063

I think the quality is fine but it looks kinda laggy. I streamed at 30 fps, would 60 fix this? (I have 30 down 5 up internet speed, would this be fast enough).

thank you I'll be sure to turn that on

I didn't know if "TF2 Help" was the correct category to ask this but I wanted to know if my stream quality is decent. I downloaded OBS today and read mr.slin's and skyride's guides on streaming and started tweaking some settings and I ended up with this:Your text to link here...

This video is just a random file output (I would have linked the VOD but my past broadcast aren't appearing for some reason) I did but I also tried actual streaming with these settings and I got no lag when playing, but I just wanted to know if this looked/sounded okay to other people (my res is 1440x900 so it still looks kinda bad but its the best res I can get on this monitor).

sorry for my music as well (I wanted to test that too) and for randomly talking to myself. I was testing out my mic and kinda making notes to myself. Sorry for bad game play too, I was messing around, I'm shit, but not this level of shit.

Anyways, is it good? Should I be recording in game capture or window capture?Are there any recommendations on what to change in obs to make it look better?

there's this option in the settings called Virtual reality mode (or something like that). Was wondering what people thought about it.

It sounds cool, but my pc probably couldn't handle it so I haven't tried.

Looks really good. I'll try it out :)

3ds xl and a gift card to best buy

can i change my name too? i spelt it wrong when i logged in for the first time on accident

So I asked a question similar to this a while ago since I needed help with buying a new gaming PC. I've been advised to just build my own so I could save money with better parts but my parents won't let me (I've been asking them for weeks since I heard it was super easy, but they refuse so whatever :/).

I planned to buy a custom built one from Ironside (fx-6300, hd 7770, windows 7,8 gb ram, 1 tb 7200 hdd, coolermaster haf 912, ASUS M5A78L-M LX Plus motherboard, 600w psu and a wireless 350mbps internal adapter). The price totaled around $850 (though its been as low as $700 when they had a better deal).

I searched around newegg and I noticed this - PC from newegg

It has the same cpu ram and hard drive and motherboard (Confirmed in the FAQ section). Instead of windows 7 it has 8.1. The only problem its grpahics card is bad (hd 7730) and the psu is kinda weak (300w). I was gonna upgrade to an hd 7770 or better though.

Anyways would the machine from newegg be good for gaming?

what does quantum flux even mean?

So I'm gonna start off by saying sorry if I posted in the wrong section or if this question isn't "good". I'm new here and haven't posted a whole lot. Anyways, I'm looking to by a gaming PC soon and I have two options for the same price, but I want to know which is better so I don't shoot myself in the foot when it comes time to buying one. I had to settle on a pre-built machine rather than building a system myself because my parents don't want me to mess up (and I don't blame them, I'm pretty careful with things but I'd rather have someone that actually knows what they're doing do it for me).

So option 1 was this Dell XPS 8700 I found. . I'm looking at the one for $750 btw.

I usually don't like dells stuff since its usually bad (from my experience) but these specs were pretty good. The only problem is, is that I don't know how good upgrading will be. The motherboard can take up to a gtx 660 (and I'm not worried about the cpu), but from other reviews I've seen they say that overall the motherboard is a standard dell cookie-cutter model that isn't really too great. I also don't know what kind of alternative motherboard the case can fit either (just in case I do decided to replace it). It also has Windows 8 which is...you know.

Option number two was that I order a custom built one from Ironsidecomputers.com

The link doesn't save all the parts I've added on/changed so I will list them.
CASE - Coolermaster HAF 912
CPU - AMD FX-6300
CPU COOLING - Coolermaster Hyper 212 plus
MOBO - ASUS M5A78L-M LX Plus
RAM - 8gb ddr 1333MHz
HDD - 1TB 7200RPM
GPU - Radeon HD 7770 HD
OS - Windows 7 64 bit home premium
PSU - 600w
Networking - Wireless N 150MBPS

So this comes to a total of $756. I was set on this one for a while, but the dell one seemed a bit more convenient since my parents are more familiar with Dell (It also comes with all the pre-installed dell crap like office which is nice i guess).

Anyways which is the better system for gaming? I also want to apologize again just in case I'm posting in the wrong thread or asking a lame question.

I got a Galaxy S4 recently and I'm loving it. The HTC ONE and Moto X are cool too, but it really boils down to personal preference.

Well don't I feel like a noob for attempting to play the class lol. Personally I never had much of a problem with it but seeing all the complaints made me ask the question. How should it be balanced?

Stupid question, but its been on my mind...Why does everyone hate the pyro/think it should be nerfed?

Alright I'm new here so please bear with me if I say/ask something stupid.

So I have an absolute, piece of garbage, crap Dell PC that I can't get rid of until I hopefully get a new one for Christmas or something.

I have to play with the lowest settings on a 756x648 res (cant remember if its exactly like that but whatever, its bad you get the point)with Chris' Highframes config. I get decent fps, about 30-60 (and sometimes spikes up to 100 if nothing is going on around me), but I get FREQUENTFPS drops and stuttering.

Here are the specs:
CPU - AMD Anthalon (tm) 64 X2 Dual Core 3800 2.1ghz
RAM - 2GB
GPU - GEFORCE 6150se nForce 430
MONITOR - 60GHZ 1204X768 ?Inch
OS - Vista 32-bit

I need recommendations for a new config, or script,or console commands or something to fix the fps drops.

Once again I'm new so sorry if i posted in the wrong category or soemthing, please bear with me, etc.