Question / Help Can i place more of the recording load on my AMD GPU?

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Storx

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I posted previously in the classic section i have been having issues trying to record a few of my games, the starting of recording is placing my CPU usage nearly 100% load and at times causing the game lag, making the game play unplayable, if i dont record it stays under 40% usage... I noticed in one posting, someone mentioned that you can try using the Nvidia version of encoder settings to place more of the load onto the GPU, but that was on the older classic version and i didnt find anything about AMD cards and encoders really, so i figured i ask you guys about it.

I have the HD Recording guide settings setup on the classic version of OBS on setting 15, but i couldnt find a newer version of this guide for the Studio version, so if someone could point me in that direction to maybe move over to the studio version and see if the recordings makes my gaming more playable...

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Krisgebis

New Member
If you are running OBS Studio, go to settings, then under "output" switch "output mode" to "advanced".
Here you should be able to change the encoder from x264 to AMD video...

Currently there is a problem with constant bitrate on VCE, så make sure, that you set the "rate control" to "VBR". From my experience, that should give you much better results.
 
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Storx

New Member
Krisgebis said:
If you are running OBS Studio, go to settings, then under "output" switch "output mode" to "advanced".
Here you should be able to change the encoder from x264 to AMD video...

Currently there is a problem with constant bitrate on VCE, så make sure, that you set the "rate control" to "VBR". From my experience, that should give you much better results.
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Thank you so much, i just did a short video to test these settings out and wow, night and day difference in the gameplay, my cpu usage went from 100% constant with game lag to 60-78% cpu usage in game now with no lag yet noticed... i am uploading the footage to Youtube now, i hope the quality is nice.. is there any other settings you recommend i do in the studio version of OBS, your settings are the ONLY ones i have changed so far
 
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Krisgebis

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Could you describe what you are using OBS for? Is it a local recording or a stream?
What kind of settings are you aiming for? 1080p and 60fps?

Is your card a 290 or 39
 
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