Question / Help CPU usage 100% ingame and insane lag on stream with 2 PC setup

BartOW

New Member
So I recently decided to go for a 2 PC setup.
Specs of the streaming PC:
Intel i5 9600K
Motherboard Prime Z370 from ASUS
RAM: G.Skill Aegis DDR4 8GB
I use the integrated intel graphics for GPU
I use the elgato pro 60HD as capture card

After testing and troubleshooting a lot I cannot find the problem why my stream is lagging like crazy and my CPU is using 100% of its power. I even tried to go back to 720p60 and it still uses 100% of the CPU power with stream lagging. Whenever I start the stream OBS tells me encoding overloaded.

Log of me trying to stream 1080, 900 and 720p60:
https://pastebin.com/VquTSzms
 

BartOW

New Member
So, I just checked and when IDLE with preview on my OBS is using up to 30% of the CPU. I'm thinking it is because I don't have a GPU in there and I'm relying on the integrated graphics?
 

TryHD

Member
you run single channel instead of dual channel, so half the ram bandwidth + your IGPU doesn't have dedicated ram, so uses your system memory too, so additional load on your ram. I would say most of the time your CPU is waiting on data (which is still cpu usage), and that is the reason for the bad performance.
 

cons495

New Member
you run single channel instead of dual channel, so half the ram bandwidth + your IGPU doesn't have dedicated ram, so uses your system memory too, so additional load on your ram. I would say most of the time your CPU is waiting on data (which is still cpu usage), and that is the reason for the bad performance.
I have a same problem
High CPU usage at both x264 and QickSync, what do I do wrong? PC-only stream, the signal goes from the Elgato Thank you

Log here: https://obsproject.com/logs/BAeA9GzZ9ria0gt4
 
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