Live Streaming with a Capture Card vs. Hardware Encoder

I am trying to figure out if this will work for a high refresh rate. Currently i use a averimedia gc573, i game in a 144hz monitor. I use a 2 pc stream setup currently. I run my gaming pc to the input of capture card and output from capture card to my 144hz monitor. This way since capture allow passthrough of high 144hz refresh rate. I am reading a lot that hardware encoders are better cause medium preset of x.264 is a lot of stress on my current setup. How would i go about gettingbox cast into the setup?

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Short question. I own a Macbook Pro from 2018. I last connected my DSLR via USB and integrated it into OBS using a software solution. A USB mic is also connected to the Macbook Pro. When streaming, the Macbook Pro box has already reached its limits and the CPU load ensures that you can actually no longer use the computer to work in a program and stream a video tutorial, for example.

The ATEM Mini Pro with built-in encoder could solve this problem for me. In any case, I understand it that way, when I connect all the hardware mentioned to the ATEM Mini Pro and also connect my Macbook Pro to the ATEM via HDMI, that I can stream directly from the ATEM Mini Pro and the entire CPU performance would no longer come to fruition yes the ATEM is working.

How does it all work when I connect all my hardware to the ATEM Mini Pro and connect it to my Macbook Pro via USB-C and then stream from my Macbook Pro via OBS (source is then ATEM video and audio). Is the CPU utilization of my Macbook Pro even smaller than when I use the first scenario without ATEM? Have you been able to gain experience on this?

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Boxcast device does not play well at all with my ATEM Mini Pro. I get the camera red icon for no camera detected.

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