Fenrir
Forum Admin
It's pretty obvious there are still new threads being made constantly about this issue by other people. This thread is the first I've ever posted. I don't understand how this thread warrants restricting me from posting new threads?
I would be more than happy to copy and paste the 4 paragraphs I wrote but you permanently removed it. I'm just trying to help other streamers out.
Paraphrased, this is what I attempted to post:
1) open up Resource Monitor
2) click on the CPU tab to view each individual core
3) while in game, if CPU-0 is being maxed out, alt+tab out of the game then alt+tab back into the game
4) repeat step 3 until the other cores kick in and CPU-0 isn't at 100% anymore
Note: use game capture with game mode fullscreen. don't click to change the focus between obs, the game, or other open programs. As long as I literally pressed "alt+tab" to move back and forth, I didn't have any encoding issues. The moment I tried to use my cursor to change the focus, the high encoding occurred all over again.
I deleted it because keeping all information in a central place is better than opening new threads for the same exact issue. It just confuses users, because I'm not going to go into every thread and repeat the same information over and over that's already present here.
Thank you for your workaround steps, but we've already identified the cause as being Avast, and disabling Game Mode or uninstalling it completely (my personal recommendation, I do not speak for anyone else) corrects the issue.