Comment by 0x457

Comment by 0x457 11 hours ago

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Twitch streamers do that because they are streaming GPU intensive workload (video game) that would compete with streaming software for GPU resources.

It also prevents driver crash caused by a video game to crash a stream.

QuantumNomad_ 11 hours ago

Yeah that makes sense. I was thinking that the two computer setup was also something they did to keep their streaming stuff completely separate from the rest of their life, to not accidentally doxx themselves on-stream and to not accidentally execute malware on the same host they do their email and banking etc on.

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rmccue 10 hours ago

Additionally, running on a different computer allows for eg adjusting scenes in OBS or moderating Twitch, without losing focus from the running app/game.