Systems and methods for optimizing a streamed video game rendering pipeline

A system comprising:

• at least one physical processor;
• and
• physical memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one physical processor, cause the at least one physical processor to perform acts comprising:
• combining a predetermined number of rendered video game frames received at a first frame rate and a first resolution into a first combined image;
• generating, from the first combined image, a second combined image comprising a predetermined number of additional video game frames at the first resolution;
• upscaling the first combined image and the second combined image to a second resolution;
• separating the first combined image into the predetermined number of rendered video game frames and the second combined image into the predetermined number of additional video game frames;
• and
• encoding the predetermined number of rendered video game frames separated from the first combined image and the predetermined number of additional video game frames separated from the second combined image for transmission to one or more client devices at a second frame rate.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• combine a predetermined number of rendered video game frames received at a first frame rate and a first resolution into a first combined image;
• generate, from the first combined image, a second combined image comprising a predetermined number of additional video game frames at the first resolution;
• upscale the first combined image and the second combined image to a second resolution;
• separate the first combined image into the predetermined number of rendered video game frames and the second combined image into the predetermined number of additional video game frames;
• and
• encode the predetermined number of rendered video game frames separated from the first combined image and the predetermined number of additional video game frames separated from the second combined image for transmission to one or more client devices at a second frame rate.