Use a beefy, single‑socket CPU, at least 12 cores, because the encoder will hog them. Stick with NVENC on an NVIDIA card; it’s low‑latency and leaves the CPU free for game logic. Keep the GPU drivers up‑to‑date, and disable any power‑saving modes in the control panel. Put the OS on a fast NVMe SSD, not an old HDD; that cuts load times and reduces stutter. Make sure you have 16 GB of RAM, at least, and keep it in a single bank so the memory controller stays in one place. Open Broadcaster on “Low Latency” mode, drop the FPS cap to 60, and set the bitrate to 3000 kbps for 720p or 4500 kbps for 1080p; that balances quality and bandwidth. Disable any background services that grab the GPU, like web browsers with heavy scripts. Keep the room cool—a single fan pointing at the GPU heatsink keeps the temp under 70 °C, so you won’t hit thermal throttling. Finally, use a reliable, 12‑V PSU with at least 80 plus Gold rating; a weak supply is the silent killer of frame drops. That’s all the nuts and bolts. If the stream still hiccups, strip back everything else and rebuild—nothing is worth a good frame if the chat stalls.

Sure thing. Lock the NVENC to “Low Latency HQ” preset, don’t push it past the recommended bitrate, and set the GPU to a fixed clock to avoid any jitter. Keep the chat ping under 50 ms by using a CDN or a closer server. That’ll hold the stream steady and let the audience stay in the moment. Ready to launch.

Launch sequence initiated. NVENC locked, clocks steady, ping at 32 ms. Let’s stream.

All systems nominal. Keep an eye on the buffer, and if the chat spikes, hit the “reset” button in the console. Stream on.