Question / Help Better Hardware/Settings for Streaming...Please Help!

[ItsJouche]

I am fairly new to streaming but would like to give my audience the best viewing possible. I am curious to find out whether or not the equipment I currently have is good enough to stream at 720p while playing League of Legends. I have tried several different suggestions given to me from others along with looking at forum posts but cant ever seem to get a consistent FPS while in game. Generally, when I am playing and not streaming I get a constant FPS of 60 but when I am streaming it tends to jump around from mid 20s to as high as 80. I will post my obs settings and my computer specs below. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please reply preferably to my email as I may not be able to check this site as frequently it is Jouche.is@gmail.com.
Computer Specs:

Processor: AMD Athlon II x4 650 @ 3.20 GHz
RAM: 8 gb RAM
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 550ti


OBS Settings:

Quality: 6 (use CBR checked)
Bitrate: 4000
Buffer: 4000
Preset: Superfast
Priority Class: High

720p @ 25fps

Speedtest results:

61 mbs DL speed/12 mbs UL speed

 

[dodgepong]

Can you post your log? http://obsproject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=97

 

[Lain]

Although you posted your settings, posting a log is always preferable to see more detailed information about how parts of the application are functioning, so we can locate your actual bottleneck. You really shouldn't need to run on superfast I think, unless you're trying to stream super high resolution or something. I'd love to see what's going on in the log that's causing you problems.

 

[ItsJouche]

here is my log for one of the nights i was streaming

 

[Lain]

Seems to look okay to me on OBS' end. It really shouldn't be affecting your in-game FPS. This may be a shot in the dark, but perhaps try enabling aero (perfectly fine to do if you're not using monitor capture, which you aren't).

You should be able to run 720p 30fps, veryfast. If you're running league in borderless/windowed mode, then definitely turn aero on (and use the window aero glass theme to make sure it's fully enabled), and then use window capture on the game window and lobby window in different scenes and it should be okay, at least one would think.

Though I'm not too familiar with that hardware otherwise. The CPU seems fine, it's 4 core. The graphics card not entirely sure about because I'm not familiar with that model, maybe someone else would know.

 

[ItsJouche]

still having issues...the issues seem to go away for a bit but now I cant seem to stream without having a 20-30 fps drop in game...someone please HELP!

 

[Lain]

If possible give me a more recent log file, say from 0.581 and up preferably. The CPU seems fine so I don't think it would be that, how old is the video card? Have you tried more downscale to see if it affects anything?

Also, I would generally recommend using game capture instead of window capture on windows 7/vista. And whatever you do, don't have multiple captures active at once if possible, that can cause performance issues, if you're in game just use game/window capture, and if you're in the lobby just use monitor capture. Do not use monitor capture while in-game.

 

[ItsJouche]

the GPU is less than 2 years old and shouldnt be giving me a problem...but here is the latest log file

 

[Boildown]

23:20:11: fps: 25
23:20:11: width: 960, height: 540
23:20:11: preset: veryfast
23:20:11: profile: high
23:20:11: keyint: 50
23:20:11: CBR: yes
23:20:11: CFR: yes
23:20:11: max bitrate: 3500
23:20:11: buffer size: 3500

Your bitrate is too high for your streaming resolution. Try setting it (and buffer) down to 1000, or 1500 tops.

I'm not sure your CPU can handle what you're asking of it though. Its getting a bit old (http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu ... +II+X4+650 ) and encoding and playing at the same time is very CPU-intensive. You might additionally try changing your preset to "superfast" if the first suggestion doesn't help. Your log file shows that OBS is working great, but your description indicates your game is suffering. If you've increased the priority of OBS, set it back down to normal (not sure where in the log file priority setting is listed, if its listed).