CPU or GPU to encode videos

Broah

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Hey y'all. I'm trying to get into recording videos and creating content for YouTube. I'm currently trying to record footage of Star Wars Squadrons and I am running into some issues. I have a Raedon 5700 xt for my GPU and a AMD 5900x for my CPU. I've tried all sorts of settings at all different resolutions and qualities, tinkered with the settings a bunch but the recorded gameplay is it choppy and it doesn't seem to matter what resolution I scale it to or what quality I play my games at. I've tried both using the x264 encoder and the h264 encoder and the result seems the same. I was wondering if anyone had any recommended settings I should use and whether I should use the x264 or the h264. I really feel like I should be able to get fluid video with my current machine but I'm really struggling and any help would be appreciated.
Here's my last log file using the h264 encoder:
 
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