Streaming Settings & Delay

[Sajakain]

Greetings.

I am curious as to why I am unable to select the 1080p resolution for Action! Live Streaming. Now, up front, I will say that I've reviewed the Action! Tutorial for streaming to Twitch and I've also reviewed the Action! Tutorial for setting up Intel Quick Sync..

First off, my NVIDIA Control Panel does not have an option that allows me to select a "preferred graphics processor". This could be due to the fact that my BIOS may have the CPU Integrated Graphics disabled. (I'm not 100% sure there). Either way, the option is not there. Instead, my NVIDIA Control Panel breaks down into several options that I can adjust for the selected program.

For clarification I am using an Intel Core i7 860 @ 2.8GHz CPU and a 4GB EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Classified GPU. Additionally, to this, I am using 16GB of RAM.

I guess you can say my question is why do I need to use integrated graphics settings to stream at 1080P? My hardware alone, I'm sure, can easily handle this and I'm hoping that there's a solution for me to enable this setting. Otherwise I feel I may have wasted the $30 for the subscription.

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In a separate issue from the above, I'll also note that, when watching my stream, there is a considerable delay from what I do in game to what is presented in my stream: roughly 20 - 30 second delay. Is there a way to minimize this to a reasonable time (2 - 5 seconds at most)?