Apex Stuttering when OBS is ONLY open (Not Recording/Streaming)

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ElevatedVision

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I pretty much tried everything I can to fix this issue. A few days ago I added some overlays via OwnedPro and that day I was able to stream just fine. I also installed a M.2 990 pro w/heat sync did all the necessary things via bios. Everything was running fine. I took two days to rest and came back to a stuttering game. I noticed its only when OBS is open the game stutters. I am on pretty low settings in Apex. And I even booted up Halo infinite and that game ran fine its literally just Apex.

Things I tried
1. Deleting all overlays
2. Changing display capture to Game Capture
3. Updated to current game ready driver via GeForce Experience
4. Un-installed OBS as well as Apex
5. Running Apex in Full Screen Exclusive did all necessary settings to achieve this (Volume meter does not show via function Vol up Down Keys in Game)
5. followed everything on these links

Game lagging when OBS open

Having OBS open in the background causes my game to stutter. I play Minecraft. The stuttering happens when I move my mouse around obviously and is only stopped when I minimize obs, which is a pain to do every time I want to open another window. The stuttering happens regardless of whether I'm...
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Question / Help - Lag when OBS is open, even when not streaming

Noticed that when playing a game it runs at a smooth 144 as it should, but the moment OBS opens fps starts to fluctuate, dropping as low as 60. I noticed that it especially did it if I had OBS maximized on my second monitor, so I minimized it but it still continues to drop frames. It does it...
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PC specs:
Asus Rog Strix 2080ti
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
32GB Ram

Log File:

OBS settings in attached Photos are the exact same prior to issue.
 

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sandrix

sandrix

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Your video card is probably running at maximum and there are no GPU resources left for encoding. You have a 270 Hz monitor. I would advise you to install MSI Afterburner+RTSS and monitor the load and temperatures on the CPU/GPU. Please note that OBS conflicts with RTSS https://obsproject.com/kb/known-conflicts

Check out the tips in the guide https://obsproject.com/kb/encoding-performance-troubleshooting

Also follow the advice in the report https://obsproject.com/tools/analyzer?log_url=https://obsproject.com/logs/ZiZoj5rv5T5WBUm9
 
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ElevatedVision

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sandrix said:
Your video card is probably running at maximum and there are no GPU resources left for encoding. You have a 270 Hz monitor. I would advise you to install MSI Afterburner+RTSS and monitor the load and temperatures on the CPU/GPU. Please note that OBS conflicts with RTSS https://obsproject.com/kb/known-conflicts

Check out the tips in the guide https://obsproject.com/kb/encoding-performance-troubleshooting

Also follow the advice in the report https://obsproject.com/tools/analyzer?log_url=https://obsproject.com/logs/ZiZoj5rv5T5WBUm9
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I see…. I wonder, when I installed the m.2 I had to update my bios and i did this via AI suite 3 and i wonder if thats taken up some of my GPU resources and causing my issue.
 
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rockbottom

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Your log is incomplete & lacks a encoding session. But, there are some things to correct before the next test.

Disable HAGS & change Color Range from Full to Partial.

I'm not sure why you have (2) Desktop Audios but 2 is lagging. Personally, I would delete #2.
11:08:07.610: WASAPI: Device 'Headphones (3- Arctis Pro Wireless Game)' [48000 Hz] initialized (source: Desktop Audio 2)
11:08:07.609: WASAPI: Device 'Headphones (3- Arctis Pro Wireless Game)' [48000 Hz] initialized (source: Desktop Audio)
11:08:07.612: Max audio buffering reached!
11:08:07.613: adding 938 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 960 milliseconds (source: Desktop Audio 2)

As for that monitor running @ 270HZ, your recordings will always stutter. Run it @ 60, 120 or 240 when using OBS.

Test, if you're still seeing stuttering, post a complete log.
 
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ElevatedVision

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rockbottom said:
Your log is incomplete & lacks a encoding session. But, there are some things to correct before the next test.

Disable HAGS & change Color Range from Full to Partial.

I'm not sure why you have (2) Desktop Audios but 2 is lagging. Personally, I would delete #2.
11:08:07.610: WASAPI: Device 'Headphones (3- Arctis Pro Wireless Game)' [48000 Hz] initialized (source: Desktop Audio 2)
11:08:07.609: WASAPI: Device 'Headphones (3- Arctis Pro Wireless Game)' [48000 Hz] initialized (source: Desktop Audio)
11:08:07.612: Max audio buffering reached!
11:08:07.613: adding 938 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 960 milliseconds (source: Desktop Audio 2)

As for that monitor running @ 270HZ, your recordings will always stutter. Run it @ 60, 120 or 240 when using OBS.

Test, if you're still seeing stuttering, post a complete log.
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I did this, it did help. Also after during further research i found that maybe the most recent driver update just wasn’t good for apex so i rolled back the driver and boom she was back to normal. Also i monitored my cpu/gpu via task manager and it looked like when i had certain browser resources open i was getting spikes so i just turned them off while stream and now use my tablet for Chat and now i get no spikes, lags, or stuttering in game. I really appreciate everyones feedback!
 
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rockbottom

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Cool!

For the 990, I don't know what chipset you have but if you haven't checked, fire up GPU-Z & make sure the 2080 is operating @ x16 3.0 & not x8 3.0. If that drive went in the wrong slot it may possibly be creating a bottleneck.
 
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