How NVIDIA RTX Is changing the game for gaming creators and livestreamers

Gone are the days when creators would require a professional studio to generate professional results. Setups consisting of expensive cameras, high-end lights, impressive backdrops, and industry-leading microphones were necessary to deliver high-quality streaming and video production.

With NVIDIA RTX-powered tools such as NVIDIA Broadcast, OBS Studio with NVENC, Streamlabs, and Xaymar, it’s now possible to produce high-grade content with very few financial overheads at all. In reality, all you need is a phone, a PC with an NVIDIA RTX GPU, and the right selection of software.

The barrier to entry could not be lower, but maybe you’re still wondering which tools and workflows are worth adopting. In this roundup I cover the practical toolkit a creator needs to produce professional-looking content from a single PC, without sacrificing gaming or editing performance.

1. Audio clean up with NVIDIA Broadcast

NVIDIA Broadcast is the best app that I’ve found for taking livestreams to the next level, and best of all, it’s 100% free. It removes visual and audio noise, auto-frames, adds in a key light, and inserts virtual backgrounds, and that’s just the beginning. If you need any more convincing, then read on.

When starting out, one of the pitfalls that content creators fall into time and again is not giving enough attention to their audio. Distractions include hiss, echo, pet noise, crackling, and a lack of voice clarity. But rather than having to invest in expensive high-end microphones, why not let Broadcast clean it up for you?

Broadcast requires any of the following GPUs: NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 2060, Quadro RTX™ 3000, TITAN RTX™, or higher. With these, Broadcast is able to deliver AI-accelerated audio adjustments in super quick time.

2. Background removal with NVIDIA Broadcast

If you’re wanting to set up a gaming stream with a blend of in-game footage and your camera feed, then you’ll probably want to remove your background. Doing so maximises the focus on the game and creates a much better aesthetic compared to seeing the background of your room.

Getting a professional cut out of you is achievable using Broadcast, but because it requires a significant amount of processing, you’ll need an NVIDIA RTX card to make it happen. The actual process of removing the background, from a user’s point of view, is actually remarkably simple. All you have to do is choose ‘Background Removal’ from the ‘Effects’ list.

As well as removing backgrounds, it’s also possible to do the complete opposite and add in virtual backgrounds. There are a wide array of options to choose from, although you’ll need to make sure you line up the positioning of your camera with the angle of the camera used for the background; otherwise, things can look pretty odd.

3. Encode video with OBS Studio and NVIDIA’s NVENC

The process of encoding videos for streaming to YouTube or social media is another one of those elements of a workflow that creators give very little attention to. And yet, it can significantly affect not only the size of your files but also the quality of the video output.

Thanks to NVENC, NVIDIA’s encoder built inside OBS, creatives are now able to encode videos with maximum quality while simultaneously reducing file sizes. That means your videos will not only look fantastic but be small enough in file size to be streamed smoothly.

According to NVIDIA, NVENC “lets you capture and stream content without impacting GPU or CPU performance. Newer generations of NVIDIA RTX GPUs include support for newer, more efficient codecs.”

If you’re looking for a free and open-source piece of software for video recording and live streaming, then OBS is a fantastic choice. And if you want to get the very most out of OBS, then owning a NVIDIA RTX GPU is a must

Choose the livestream platform to suit you

With NVIDIA RTX acceleration found inside many of the major livestream platforms, including Streamlabs, vTube Studio, Xaymar, and Xsplit Broadcaster, you really do have the pick of the bunch when it comes to broadcasting your gaming content to the world.