deathstalker616
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Hello everyone. I originally posted on the unofficial Reddit, but I decided it might be better to repost it here to get more visibility I have recently been trying to migrate my computer from a Windows 7 setup to a Windows 8.1 (I would like better dual monitor support and cannot bring myself to use Windows 10 due to forced updates). I am doing a dual boot, so my computer is using the same specs on both. But I just can't seem to get the same quality I can get out of Windows 7. My install of Windows 8.1 was set to be a separate partition from that where my games were installed, I am hoping by potentially switching drives to the one where my Windows 7 is installed that I will experience less issues.
My rig is a i7 4790k 16 GB, so I don't believe I am being bottlenecked, especially since the issues weren't occurring on my Windows 7 install before or after my incidents with Windows 8.1. I do record in a very demanding format, 1440px60, but I am able to do such fine on Windows 7. Recording Dosbox-Daum, I go from a smooth experience when OBS is not picking up video to something that crawls along when it is recording. I have also tested it with Thief: The Dark Project, which works better for a playing experience but shows visible lag in the end product. Both of these are Direct3d-based titles, which I have heard have issues with Windows 8.1, so I wonder if this is just a limitation of the OS?
Initially setting everything up by hand and finding it not working, I have tried importing my settings from my Windows 7 install in the hope of getting it working. While the settings successfully transferred over, it didn't result in any better performance. I have tried modifying where the videos would write out to, moving it to the hard drive where Windows 7 is installed (dual 7200 RPM drives with the smaller being 1 TB, so I have plenty of space), and that didn't fix the problem. Note that I do have Dxtory as well and that testing my drives, I find my Windows 8.1's drive to be faster than my Windows 7, my 8.1 being around 180 GB/s and my Windows 7 being around 100 GB/s. I have always written to my Windows 7 drive, opposite where my games are installed, with no problems, but changing the drive in OBS still resulted in problems which makes me question if switching the drive I installed Windows 8.1 on would solve anything.
I have 2 PG278Qs as my output displays. Deactivating G-Sync did nothing, nor did lessening the settings in the Nvidia control panel, though I believe the titles I was using were more CPU intensive. I have tried switching to OpenGL mode in OBS to see if that solved the problems, nothing. I started assuming that perhaps it was the preview window that was drawing too much power (even though I never had problems in Windows 7), but neither shrinking it, disabling it, or turning off my monitor helped the situation.
Drivers? I have already installed them, got the latest and only have been using 8.1 for about a week. This means OBS is also Studio 17.0.
Tl;dr At this point I am at a loss. I have heard Windows 8.1 has issues with Direct3d, but it seems like it works great as long as I am not recording. Does OBS have issues with Windows 8.1 when recording old school titles?
My rig is a i7 4790k 16 GB, so I don't believe I am being bottlenecked, especially since the issues weren't occurring on my Windows 7 install before or after my incidents with Windows 8.1. I do record in a very demanding format, 1440px60, but I am able to do such fine on Windows 7. Recording Dosbox-Daum, I go from a smooth experience when OBS is not picking up video to something that crawls along when it is recording. I have also tested it with Thief: The Dark Project, which works better for a playing experience but shows visible lag in the end product. Both of these are Direct3d-based titles, which I have heard have issues with Windows 8.1, so I wonder if this is just a limitation of the OS?
Initially setting everything up by hand and finding it not working, I have tried importing my settings from my Windows 7 install in the hope of getting it working. While the settings successfully transferred over, it didn't result in any better performance. I have tried modifying where the videos would write out to, moving it to the hard drive where Windows 7 is installed (dual 7200 RPM drives with the smaller being 1 TB, so I have plenty of space), and that didn't fix the problem. Note that I do have Dxtory as well and that testing my drives, I find my Windows 8.1's drive to be faster than my Windows 7, my 8.1 being around 180 GB/s and my Windows 7 being around 100 GB/s. I have always written to my Windows 7 drive, opposite where my games are installed, with no problems, but changing the drive in OBS still resulted in problems which makes me question if switching the drive I installed Windows 8.1 on would solve anything.
I have 2 PG278Qs as my output displays. Deactivating G-Sync did nothing, nor did lessening the settings in the Nvidia control panel, though I believe the titles I was using were more CPU intensive. I have tried switching to OpenGL mode in OBS to see if that solved the problems, nothing. I started assuming that perhaps it was the preview window that was drawing too much power (even though I never had problems in Windows 7), but neither shrinking it, disabling it, or turning off my monitor helped the situation.
Drivers? I have already installed them, got the latest and only have been using 8.1 for about a week. This means OBS is also Studio 17.0.
Tl;dr At this point I am at a loss. I have heard Windows 8.1 has issues with Direct3d, but it seems like it works great as long as I am not recording. Does OBS have issues with Windows 8.1 when recording old school titles?
