Question / Help $2000 PC but very low FPS! I've tried EVERYTHING!

[Billy D'Onofrio]

Hey guys,
I have a pretty high end PC, and my OBS has been acting up for the longest time when I'm trying to play games like Overwatch, or Fortnite. The quality is bad, and the frames drop on my PC (only a little) and on my stream, (a lot). I have a log from my most recent attempt at streaming. https://hastebin.com/arabuqaqic

 

[Deleted member 121471]

Disable GameDVR.
Don't use "crf=20" custom x264 setting.
Use "very fast" CPU preset or NVENC encoder with "High quality" preset, since you're using such high bitrate at 720p/60FPS.
Use "Game capture" instead of "Display capture".
Turn on VSYNC or cap your FPS at 60.

Also, there's no streaming nor recording attempt in that log. Please provide one with that correct information.

 

[DEDRICK]

Remove the CRF=20 from your custom settings, you are using CBR
Set your YUV Color Range to Partial, this is why it is too dark

 

[Billy D'Onofrio]

Disable GameDVR.
Don't use "crf=20" custom x264 setting.
Use "very fast" CPU preset or NVENC encoder with "High quality" preset, since you're using such high bitrate at 720p/60FPS.
Use "Game capture" instead of "Display capture".
Turn on VSYNC or cap your FPS at 60.

Also, there's no streaming nor recording attempt in that log. Please provide one with that correct information.

Thank you! I will try streaming right now with those settings and update you with another log!

 

[Billy D'Onofrio]

This is the new log after I updated some of the settings! https://hastebin.com/zekilafuqu

 

[Deleted member 121471]

Increase your bitrate to 5000 to 5500Kbps for 720p@60fps and you should be fine, though the log of a much longer streaming session would offer better insight on whether your settings are good to go.

EDIT: GameDVR is still turned on. Go to your windows 10 settings--->gaming and disable every single option on every subcategory.

 

[Billy D'Onofrio]

Ok! Thanks so much! Is it ok if I stream for about 30 minutes and upload the log to here for you to make one last check??

 

[Deleted member 121471]

Ok! Thanks so much! Is it ok if I stream for about 30 minutes and upload the log to here for you to make one last check??

I can check it out, though might take a while since I'm about to start streaming.

 

[Billy D'Onofrio]

No worries! Good luck on the stream! It will probably be up here in 45 minutes to an hour!

If anyone else comes across this thread can look at it as well!

 

[Billy D'Onofrio]

This is my new Log File, the stream seems to be fine but now my game is being a bit laggy at around 55 fps and such. https://hastebin.com/enucepilek

 

[Deleted member 121471]

Your GPU is being overloaded. Did you turn on VSYNC or capped your frames?

If so, you might need to turn down some ingame graphic settings.

 

[Billy D'Onofrio]

Do I turn on VSync in game? I capped my FPS at 60 but it makes it worse than unlimited, I'm playing overwatch btw.

 

[Deleted member 121471]

Do I turn on VSync in game? I capped my FPS at 60 but it makes it worse than unlimited, I'm playing overwatch btw.

Yes, ingame vsync is best if capping the frame rate is not working for you.

 

[Harold]

Got a screenshot of the first tab of gpu-z?

 

[n3v3rm1nd]

Why vsync? He's playing overwatch, the lag will be unbearable. Thats the most dumbest thing that gets suggested in most threads here without telling the effects it has on input lag.... Just use Rivatuner in Stealth mode and add obs to exeptions, no issues and best frame limiter frametime wise!

Don't use x246 for your system, just use nvenc on 4000-6000kbits on high quality settings this will take a huge load from your cpu and only cost you like 1-5fps tops. You propably even can lock the framerate at something higher like 120fps without any issues just don't use on a 4th gen i7 x264. NVENC will give you near same quality but nearly no performance hit.

 

[Harold]

Don't use x246 for your system

A 4790k is very much capable of streaming using x264 thank you very much.

 

[n3v3rm1nd]

A 4790k is very much capable of streaming using x264 thank you very much.

Well yes capable of course but why use something that eats too much cpu and not something new and fast like nvenc? I can't even remember the last time I used x264. You can use it smoothly on new ryzen cpus or 8th gen intel cpus because they throw many cores at you but why. Theres no discernible quality differences at all.

 

[Billy D'Onofrio]

Yes, this is a massive debate, I get it, I have been using Nvenc 720p with 5000 kbps, 2 keyframe interval, high quality preset, profile high, and level auto. VSync in Overwatch causes screentearing.

 

[Billy D'Onofrio]

This is the most recent log for a 15 minute stream I just did of a full game of Overwatch. Please take a look. https://hastebin.com/jeweqopaqe

 

[n3v3rm1nd]

Theres some other issue. Newest drivers? Are you limiting the fps? High prority enabled in OBS? I don't see many browser sourcres so that's clear. My son has an i3 with an 970 and streams overwatch at 60fps so something is wrong with you system. Bloatware, unneeded backround tasks or even Windows Defender. Seems this is the biggest culprit.

Another thing, mostly important for using nvenc! Download the newest https://ci.appveyor.com/project/Orbmu2k/nvidiaprofileinspector/build/artifacts and look for "CUDA - Force P2 state" and disable that in the global profile. Third party apps still trigger a memory downclock when using NVENC. After I did this my performance was much better since i nearly lost 1ghz in memory clock! Nvidia not fixing their shit.

You could even try to install an older nvidia driver.