Question / Help Bad quality and stutter/lag with good settings

[danbazman]

Hey.
Im having a issue with obs in general and the recording quality. Even in desktop, not streaming or recording, when i open obs and put the source example to 'monitor' and browse web up and down it looks like my screen starts to "lag" and looks like it goes to 30hz or something. When i click the "eye" next to 'monitor' source to disable source, the lag/stutter stops right away and my screen behaves normally. It doesnt matter what the source is set to. Also disabling preview does nothing.

Same thing when i try record gameplay example csgo or pubg it gives me that same stutter or i dont know what to call it. It looks like my monitor goes down to ~30hz (normal 144hz). The recording is not smooth at all (even in-game it is) and the recording quality is not good like i see in youtube videos and elsewhere with same settings. Game FPS is not an issue.
I have same issue with nvidia shadowplay(50k bitrate) and fraps, recording at 1920x1080 with good settings doesnt provide good quality recording. Whats wrong?

Recording settings:
mp4, NVENCH H.264

CBR, Bitrate 50000 (lowering bitrate doesnt improve smoothness.)
Lanczos and 60fps
everything else default

or

CQP, QQP=18, everything else default. Same quality/performance as CBR.

PC specs:
i7-4790k@4.7
Strix gtx 1070
16gb 2133mhz ram
Benq 144hz monitor
Windows 7 64-bit

 

[danbazman]

Solved the quality issue. It was some off program settings.. The live recording looks still choppy/not smooth though..

 

[koala]

With Windows 7, monitor capture is very low performance. This is a Windows 7 limitation, not fixable. Don't use monitor capture with Windows 7. Other source types like Window capture or Game capture work fine under Windows 7.

The free upgrade to Windows 10 is still available. Just do it.

 

[danbazman]

Ok. I thought so that it might be related to windows 7.. I didn't know the free update is still availabe, do you have any info/how to upgrade it?

 

[koala]

As far as I know, the 2 common ways are:

update with preserving existing programs:
1. Download the current Media Creation Tool from Microsoft. Create a bootable USB stick (or DVD, if you need to, but USB stick is easier)
2. Boot from the created USB stick and choose to start the update. The existing Windows 7 key is used to create a digital Windows 10 licence.

clean installation (wipes c:)
1. Download the current Media Creation Tool from Microsoft. Create a bootable USB stick (or DVD, if you need to, but USB stick is easier)
2. Boot from the created USB stick and choose to start a fresh installation
3. wipe/format drive c: and let the installer perform a clean new Windows 10 installation without upgrade
4. If asked for the Windows 10 key, enter your Windows 7 key instead. It will be used to create a digital Windows 10 license.

Do a full backup of all of your data before trying and ensure you are able to restore from it.

No guarantee that it works out for you. I read it in the IT media that the upgrade still works. My own last upgrade was 1 year ago with the clean install method.