Question / Help Correct OBS settings?

[Smoshi]

Just wondering if these settings are correct for my current hardware;

CPU: i7 3770
GPU: HIS IceQ 7870 2GB
Ram: 8GB
Upload speed: 5.4mbps (according to testmy.net)

OBS settings:
Bitrate/Buffer: 3500
Video: 1280x720 (changed to 1536x864 for testing purposes. Seems to be working ok)
FPS: 30
Preset: veryfast

Here's a log for more details;


Just want to know if there's anything I should turn on, or raise, or what have you.

 

[Lain]

You don't have both monitor capture and game capture active at the same time do you? That would be bad.

 

[Smoshi]

Well, if I'm doing a game giveaway I turn Monitor Capture on (game capture is also enabled during this). When the giveaway is over, I turn monitor capture off.

 

[Lain]

Ah okay, as long as it's off when you're gaming or something, just be careful because it seemed like it was eating up your performance a bit. Other than that, if you have any performance problems while streaming, try using just one more level of downscale, and it'll probably help.