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How to use an external hard drive as a GPU/graphics card for game streaming

9.3K views 16 replies 5 participants last post by  ldesrose  
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I am not intending to use my 4TB external HDD to store games as I am only intending to use it to help make the games on the capture window on my Streamlabs OBS to run smoother. I game stream by connecting my gaming consoles to the computer via an Elgato HD60 S+ game capture card.
Is there a way to set my external hard drive as a GPU for game streaming? If there is, how do I do it?

Many thanks.


Stefan
 
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Discussion starter · #7 ·
Look at the prices. Why would you buy something that costs hundreds of dollars when you can open a desktop computer and install a video card that costs a lot less?
I am very confused. It is just really where I stream my gaming content, not to record it. Is a video card different to a graphics card, then?
 
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You don't use a USB video card in a normal desktop computer.
You can use a USB external video card in a laptop or all-in-one computer.

I'm not sure it will help with game streaming. An all-in-one is not meant to be a computer for gaming. You may spend a lot of money and still be disappointed with the results.
Right, okay. I thought I was doing good by getting a PC without a separate tower, where it’s built inside the monitor.
 
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lunarlander, I agree 100% with you. My first computer, an IBM, was an all-in-one. When the video went bad, the computer was donated to a school so they could tear it apart for parts.

My second all in one was a computer I rescued from the trash. Fortunately it had a VGA connector attached to the monitor. (It was a very strange computer.) I simply removed the connection from the builtin screen and attached another monitor. The CD drive died but it had USB ports so I was able to connect an external drive.
Okay, so are there no options, then?