Hello,
I'm trying Twitch streaming at 720p @ 4k bitrate using NVENC (x264 doesn't work with OBS overload error because of CPU(?)) for some months now on a pretty old PC i7 2600, 970GTX, 16g RAM and until a month or so before it was doing ok. Then I don't know what happened, got some Windows and Nvidia updates and now whenever I stream it is all good on gaming part but it kicks a frame every 3 seconds or so on stream. I use OBS Studio 25.0.8 and it shows no dropped frames nor does the vod.
I have dual monitors running on the 970 and yes one is 60hz small screen that I monitor streaming things with. Having read other threads and tips, things I have tried are disabling hardware acceleration in browsers, not using anything graphics related on the 2nd monitor, capping FPS both in games and stream (tried 30 to 60), playing games on lowest settings, streaming at lower bitrates etc etc.
But no matter what I try the issue just won't go away. Case in point this happens in games which have a lot of physical rendering and movement I think. I don't see this (or barely noticeable) when running for example a top down isometric RPG but I get this on a 3D RPG. I can't afford to re-install Windows or drivers or things like that for the moment due to Covid as I cannot risk screwing up my PC if something happens.
My only assumption is has my PC finally become the old boy who is about to crumble? Or are there solutions out there I can still try?
Video: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/686401486
Log: https://obsproject.com/logs/42Zr2PrUp4pgJAno
Thanks for reading and I appreciate any inputs.
I'm trying Twitch streaming at 720p @ 4k bitrate using NVENC (x264 doesn't work with OBS overload error because of CPU(?)) for some months now on a pretty old PC i7 2600, 970GTX, 16g RAM and until a month or so before it was doing ok. Then I don't know what happened, got some Windows and Nvidia updates and now whenever I stream it is all good on gaming part but it kicks a frame every 3 seconds or so on stream. I use OBS Studio 25.0.8 and it shows no dropped frames nor does the vod.
I have dual monitors running on the 970 and yes one is 60hz small screen that I monitor streaming things with. Having read other threads and tips, things I have tried are disabling hardware acceleration in browsers, not using anything graphics related on the 2nd monitor, capping FPS both in games and stream (tried 30 to 60), playing games on lowest settings, streaming at lower bitrates etc etc.
But no matter what I try the issue just won't go away. Case in point this happens in games which have a lot of physical rendering and movement I think. I don't see this (or barely noticeable) when running for example a top down isometric RPG but I get this on a 3D RPG. I can't afford to re-install Windows or drivers or things like that for the moment due to Covid as I cannot risk screwing up my PC if something happens.
My only assumption is has my PC finally become the old boy who is about to crumble? Or are there solutions out there I can still try?
Video: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/686401486
Log: https://obsproject.com/logs/42Zr2PrUp4pgJAno
Thanks for reading and I appreciate any inputs.