frame drop

Even when I'm not streaming a game, my frames are constantly dropping and my bitrate is not stable. I've tried restarting, changing encoder, and even messed with the bitrate. Any ideas? Thank you in advance!

I am trying to record Sonic Adventure 2 for a speedrun and the game runs very smoothly by itself with no problem. As soon as i open OBS not even start streaming or recording the game begins to drop frames and then crashes. I have no problems with other games I've tested about 30 other games and...

Hey guys I just recently bought a pc and thought about getting into streaming. Everything I've read so far says I should be able to stream relatively easily on my machine but for some reason I have absolutely horrible drops in performance when I stream. Just looking for suggestions or answers on...

When I record or even sometimes when Im not recording, the preview screen and or the final recording drop to a visible 30fps. The game stays at 60fps. This happens all the time at random times. sometimes its as soon as i hit record, sometimes its when obs is just open and not recording, it...