Question / Help Bad PC performance after opening OBS for the first time

[bolowz]

It took me a while to realise this, but after I open OBS and streaming for a bit, even if I close the program and stop streaming, my PC just loses performance on everything. It takes 10-15 seconds to open a new tab in Chrome (usually takes less than a second). Takes too long to open programs and just general 'lag'.
CPU usage is < 10% and memory usage is low as well.
I'm using Windows 7 on a SSD.

Any ideas?

 

[Dariofubar]

A little bit more information would be helpful , like a dxdiag logfile or at least your system specs and maybe an obs logfile too.

 

[bolowz]

Specs:
Geforce GTX 670
I7 2600k
Gigabyte Z68MA (onboard vga disabled on BIOS)
Kingston 2x4gb

I'll try to see what exactly I have to do in OBS to reach this 'lag' state, as I'm not sure just opening it will cause this.

 

[Lain]

Monitor capture with aero enabled is the problem. Use window capture or game capture instead, or if you -have- to use monitor capture, disable aero in video settings.