Question / Help 8700k Configuration Quality

[falven]

Hiya,
System specs:
i7 8700k 8th gen base clocks
GTX 1080 FE base clocks

OBS Settings:
Game Capture capturing any fullscreen app and cursor
base 1080p output 1080p bilinear 60 fps
x264 Encoder veryfast
CBR 6000
Keyframe 2
Profile Main
Audio bitrate 160

I have seen other single PC setups utilizing the 8700k that look much better than my output.
Namely this stream
Wondering what I can do to improve the quality.

Here is my log file in case.

 

[falven]

Bump?

 

[Nilvgaming]

Your quality looks fine to me, I doubt the guy you linked is using single PC setup. Analyzer estimates hes x264 preset at veryslow and that's not really possible on single PC. Also hes running 7500 bitrate instead of 6000 so obviously it makes the stream look much better.

But some suggestions you could try are capping the fps in the game and trying to push the x264 preset harder. Just test it out with FASTER,FAST,MEDIUM and see if you still get enough fps in the game. Also really keep eye on the CPU usage, because on 1080p60fps it increases heavily.

On my ryzen i'm doing 1080p60fps VERY FAST with around 20-25% CPU usage, but only going to faster is already increasing the cpu usage to 35-45% range. So keep that in mind when testing out.