Better performance capturing with Windows native resolution?

chemyshkin

New Member
I've noticed that in my computer OBS performs slightly better capturing in 1366x768 instead of, let's say, 1280x720. By better I mean less thermal overheating both on cpu and gpu and noticeably somoother video result.

It's ok for me, of course, but I was surprised that at a lower resolution the load on the system was higher.

So, what is happening here? Is it because I'm capturing on my Windows desktop default/native resolution and that absolute lack of scaling is more benefitial in terms of performance than the power needed for different resolution decoding?

If you want to know, I capture using CPU x264. I have an nvidia gpu (less than basic, gtx 745), but it has a TERRIBLE thermal design, and nvenc capture makes things worse. CPU x264 in my i5 4th generation does it fine for me at 30fps.

Sorry for my english.
 
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