Encoder crashing mid stream / pc becoming sluggish the longer i'm live
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rockbottom
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Stinks, it may be hardware failure.
Try lowering that refresh rate to 120. If it still crashes, go to 60.
Try lowering that refresh rate to 120. If it still crashes, go to 60.
alright well its not looking good, set my game to 60 fps, my monitor to 60 hz and its still happening, ofc i'm forcing it to happen by quickly tabbing between obs and the game but its still happening. https://obsproject.com/logs/4lOTSbSUnnCNYbNe :(
Edit: the only real way i can see that can resolve this possibly is a clean windows reinstall, a very extensive pc clean and last btu not least buying a new gpu :/ if you have any other suggestions other then these i'm happy to try it!
rockbottom
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Sorry, I grabbed the wrong log....
all good here is another one https://obsproject.com/logs/4lOTSbSUnnCNYbNe
any other things you can think of other then a clean windows reinstall, a very extensive pc clean and last but not least buying a new gpu
rockbottom
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It's crashing & there's no encoding going on, just the capture. Have you tried a different game/source?
rockbottom
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Check cooling/monitor temps, make sure there's nothing getting too hot & throttling.
i streamed darksouls 3 and i was having some issues there as well but not to this extend game would just start lagging after 3 hours of stream so encoder seemed to have just been leaking something and overloading, but no crashes there. The reason i'm doing this with Dead By Daylight is because its the game i stream 2/3 times a week. i just checked with battelfield 6 wich is a lot heavier then dbd and it still happens all at 60 clean scene collection https://obsproject.com/logs/bIwlnpsJzoVPYJBx
gpu temp peak at 85C idk doesnt feel like a hear issues to em the way it just spikes to from 30 to 100% 3d util
rockbottom
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Looks like you're still running W10, like me. I won't update but I wonder if something is up with the OS & current driver?
Anyway, I'm still running driver 566.36 with my 3090. That was the last driver before the 5000 series was released.
Anyway, I'm still running driver 566.36 with my 3090. That was the last driver before the 5000 series was released.
rockbottom
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85 is good. Hitting 100% is overload, do the spikes/crashes tend to happen at the same time?
the spike and crash line up exactly, when this happens either obs freezes or the whole pc freezes for 2 ish seconds.
rockbottom
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I think it's toast but keep trying....
Here's a good troubleshooting tool. Both CPU & GPU benchmarks that will push them to their limits.
www.maxon.net
Here's a good troubleshooting tool. Both CPU & GPU benchmarks that will push them to their limits.
Cinebench Downloads
Maxon Cinebench is an industry-standard benchmarking software based on the cutting-edge technology.
i might try downgrading to 566.36 in a second then might do the trick altho i still think its more of a windows install issue or hardware.
rockbottom
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It's vetted that's for sure.
Current Up Time with no crashes...
Current Up Time with no crashes...
i hate to be this guy but do you maybe have the link handy to the windows 10 version of the driver? i cant seem to find it only windows 11 https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/237785/ (i prefer the studio version as well)
rockbottom
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It's it, W10. Matches the file I have.
rockbottom
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Keep GPU-Z open when you're testing, see if there's any weirdness being reported.
wow, insane turn of events, the driver seems to have fixed it all. I went back to my regular scene collection, 120 fps game, 170 hz monitor. continuously tabbed in and out even played some games (so more stress on the gpu) and it doesn't crash at all. i haven't checked while encoding since i'm kinda scrapped for time rn and i cant do a 3-4h test stream to see if it works in the long term but it seems to have been resolved as far as i can see. even tabbing out itself feels more responsive. Thank you so much for your time and effort in helping me out, i find it kinda strange this worked because i went back a few driver version as well before and that didn't actually fix it. super strange (or nvidia trying to sell me on one of those 1k+ gpus lmao). Ill do a final update once i get to fully test everything with encoding on Monday or Tuesday. Again huge shout out to you for helping me out so much bless you!
rockbottom
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YW! Yeah, that driver is as stable as it gets. My rig has been running non-stop for almost 9 months now. OBS, Vegas, Avidemux, Sound Forge all have been used extensively during that time.