Is my PC good enough to record/stream using OBS?

ExpertAmateur · Dec 18, 2015

(While the game is at high to max settings)

i5 6600K
MSI r9 390
2x 1tb wd blue hdd
1x samsung 850 evo 250gb
16gb ddr4 (8gb x 2)

Games like GTA V, PAYDAY 2, Just Cause 3, etc.

thor220 · Dec 18, 2015

If your monitor is 1080p it should be. Any higher resolution and you'll have trouble.

ExpertAmateur · Dec 18, 2015

I was getting stuttering at some points in only the recording. What should my settings be?

thor220 · Dec 19, 2015

ExpertAmateur :

If it's only the recording, you need to change your encoding settings. What are you using currently?

ExpertAmateur · Dec 19, 2015

X264 enabled
CBR disabled
CBR Padding enabled
Quality balance 10
Max bit rate and buffer size 3500

thor220 · Dec 19, 2015

X264 is a very high compression codec. Either lower the quality or choose a codec that doesn't require as much resources to encode with.

ExpertAmateur · Dec 19, 2015

Which codec should I use? I want to avoid lowering the resolution because even 720p isn't desirable but I have to use it. What are all of the settings that you'd recommend?

thor220 · Dec 19, 2015

First off, stick with .264 to make it simpler. Make sure variable refresh rate is enabled and set quality balance to 5. Turn max bitrate down to 2700.

ExpertAmateur · Dec 19, 2015

thor220 :

Where is variable refresh rate?
I also have CFR enabled and crf=15

thor220 · Dec 19, 2015

Ops, my mistype. I meant variable bit rate. You're good though, you already have that set. You have CBR (constant bit rate) off, thus variable.

ExpertAmateur · Dec 19, 2015

thor220 :

So can you please type out all of the settings that I should use? Is it possible for me to stream/record in 1080p without the image being blocky whatsoever? I was streaming black ops 3 today and it would stutter at times with a lot going on. I can link you to the stream if that will help. Other games I have streamed are GTA V and APB Reloaded.

thor220 · Dec 20, 2015

No you won't be able to stream while playing games on max settings. You'll have to compromise between stream quality and graphical quality.

If you could, take a screen shot of your streaming software's settings menu so I can see what we can do.

ExpertAmateur · Dec 20, 2015

thor220 :

The encoding menu? And I'd rather change my game settings than have a bad stream and recording

thor220 · Dec 20, 2015

ExpertAmateur :

Yeah it would be the encoding menu. If you would rather go ahead and lower gaming settings disable features that hurt performance with little benefit. SSAO, light shafts, motion blur, and depth of field are examples of this. AA does remove jagged lines but it really hurts performance. If you are using AA switch to using an SMAA injector instead. Much lower performance hit.

ExpertAmateur · Dec 20, 2015

thor220 :

ExpertAmateur :

Yeah it would be the encoding menu. If you would rather go ahead and lower gaming settings disable features that hurt performance with little benefit. SSAO, light shafts, motion blur, and depth of field are examples of this. AA does remove jagged lines but it really hurts performance. If you are using AA switch to using an SMAA injector instead. Much lower performance hit.

I've never heard of SMAA. Can you go into more detail? Should I lower my texture settings from highest to the second highest? At what quality would I be recording and streaming at?

thor220 · Dec 21, 2015

You should really experiment with the game options yourself. Different computers will handle lowering certain options differently. You should stick with 1080p, just lower other options like textures, shadows, Render distance. Render distance in particular can be lowered without any visual quality loss.

SMAA is just another type of AA similar to FXAA and TXAA. The difference is it doesn't blur the whole screen as FXAA and TXAA do. In otherwords, you get the performance boost without the negative side effect.

http://mrhaandi.blogspot.com/p/injectsmaa.html

It'll work with most DirectX games.

ExpertAmateur · Dec 21, 2015

thor220 :

Should I use different settings for when I am streaming compared to recording? And I'm asking all of this because I have one screen, meaning I cannot monitor my stream or recording in real time. I have to analyze it after the fact, unless someone from here is happy to watch my stream and help me out a little bit today at around 2pm est.

thor220 · Dec 22, 2015

ExpertAmateur :

I'm not free until late, but can help any day. Anytime after 9 PM EST is good for me.

About your questions, streaming requires more resources than just recording so you'll be able to set things higher when you are just recording. It may or may not be worth your effort to do so though. If it were me, I would just set it to one thing and be done with it.

You should also check your CPU and GPU usage to see if they are hitting 100 %. If either is, your system is able to easily overclock. You are only getting a bit of stuttering during intense action so a very small overclock would work and wouldn't effect your system's stability.

ExpertAmateur · Dec 22, 2015

thor220 :

ExpertAmateur :

I'm not free until late, but can help any day. Anytime after 9 PM EST is good for me.

About your questions, streaming requires more resources than just recording so you'll be able to set things higher when you are just recording. It may or may not be worth your effort to do so though. If it were me, I would just set it to one thing and be done with it.

You should also check your CPU and GPU usage to see if they are hitting 100 %. If either is, your system is able to easily overclock. You are only getting a bit of stuttering during intense action so a very small overclock would work and wouldn't effect your system's stability.

Does the quality lessen if I simply stream to twitch and then later download the video to edit and put on youtube? I have different profiles set up so I don't know which option is best for me. Is it bad if my cpu hits 80-90% when I gta v?

thor220 · Dec 22, 2015

ExpertAmateur :

thor220 :

Does the quality lessen if I simply stream to twitch and then later download the video to edit and put on youtube? I have different profiles set up so I don't know which option is best for me. Is it bad if my cpu hits 80-90% when I gta v?

The download quality should be the same as your stream's. That's probably the fastest option for you. Your CPU usage is a little bit high, you could bump your CPU up a little bit and get that down to 85% easily.

ExpertAmateur · Dec 22, 2015

thor220 :

ExpertAmateur :

thor220 :

Does the quality lessen if I simply stream to twitch and then later download the video to edit and put on youtube? I have different profiles set up so I don't know which option is best for me. Is it bad if my cpu hits 80-90% when I gta v?

The download quality should be the same as your stream's. That's probably the fastest option for you. Your CPU usage is a little bit high, you could bump your CPU up a little bit and get that down to 85% easily.

I know nothing about overclocking. At what % should I start getting concerned?

ExpertAmateur · Dec 23, 2015

http://www.twitch.tv/experttheamateur/v/31464509 How do I make this look less blocky?

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