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Gluben

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Hello there!

(Pictures of all my settings below)
I need some help setting up my OBS for streaming csgo.
I have set it up for 45 FPS, 720p downscale.
I use 1600x900 widescreen ingame.
This is my internet. (click me)
As I live in sweden that is to the Stockholm server. I tried it to the Amsterdam one aswell and had the same result.

Computer specs:
GFX: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3500 MHz
RAM: 8GB (Should I be looking at upgrading this to 16GB? I rarely go above 7GB used.)

Bitrate and buffering...
I started off with using a bitrate of 3000/3000 but got some people telling me the stream was buffering alot.
So i lowered it to 2500/2500 and asked a friend to check it, some of them still say it buffers quite often and atleast one of them have no problem. The friends testing does not have any problems watching other streams.
Is there anyway I can check this myself without straining my computer more and causing lag that way or should I lower it to 2000/2000 and see what they say? I mean my internet should be able to handle it. (100/100 as shown above)

Edit1: I am not dropping any frames or having the bitrate thingy in the right corner go yellow or red ever when streaming.

If there are anymore settings you want to know please ask as I am quite new to this and have probably missed something important.

Thanks in advance,
Gluben.
 
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The 'golden point' for non-partnered streamers is 720p@30fps, 2000kbps. It's the best tradeoff between resolution, smoothness, and image quality while staying at the 2mbps advised point for non-partners.

Twitch released information a year or so ago that the majority of viewers are able to watch without buffering at 2000kbps. Going past that is at-your-risk, and increasing numbers of viewers will start to buffer the higher you go.

My advice, drop it to 30fps and 2000kbps. Use your extra idle CPU time to step the x264 encoder level to Faster or Fast (go down one step at a time and test each for 10-15 minutes in real gameplay to make sure, monitoring your load, temp, and throttling). Greater than 30fps really isn't needed aside from niche applications.

Don't get lost chasing numbers... it's one of the easiest mistakes to make when starting out as a livestreamer, and one of the hardest to overcome for many (myself included).
 
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