Enhanced Broadcasting & HAGS Instability: 0 kbps Drops and System Freezes

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Gabrielnk95

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Hello everyone,


I'm encountering a critical issue with OBS Studio and I need some assistance. I want to continue using the Enhanced Broadcasting feature, but I'm facing two problematic scenarios:


  • With Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling (HAGS) enabled:
    The stream drops to 0 kbps, OBS freezes, and the game experiences significant FPS drops and stuttering.
  • With HAGS disabled:
    The entire PC becomes unresponsive—I'm seeing around 24.2% Rendering Lag and 24.9% Encoder Overload. The stream becomes pixelated and other issues occur.

My Setup:


  • Chassis: Mancer CV300 Purple Edition (Mid-Tower, tempered glass side panel, Black and Purple)
  • Motherboard: MSI PRO H610M-G (LGA1700, 2xDDR4, HDMI, VGA, DP, M.2, USB 3.2)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-12400F (Base 2.5GHz, Turbo up to 4.4GHz, 6 cores, 12 threads)
  • Memory: 2x Kingston Fury Beast 16GB DDR4 3200MHz (Total 32GB)
  • Storage: Kingston NV2 1TB SSD (M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe)
  • Graphics Card: MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, 8GB DDR6, 128-bit
  • Power Supply: Adata XPG Pylon 650W 80 Plus Bronze

Internet Connection:


  • Download: 204.50 Mbps
  • Upload: 105 Mbps

Configuration and Updates:


  • All Nvidia drivers, OBS Studio, and Windows are updated.
  • I have tested several OBS versions.
  • I'm using Enhanced Broadcasting (which I want to keep enabled).
  • I've adjusted NVENC settings and set OBS to run as administrator.

Logs:



My Question:


Has anyone experienced a similar issue and found a solution? I'm willing to keep using Enhanced Broadcasting, but I need guidance on how to resolve the problems related to HAGS—because with HAGS enabled, my stream drops to 0 kbps and OBS freezes, and with HAGS disabled, my PC becomes extremely laggy and unstable.


Are there any additional settings in Windows or Nvidia Control Panel that I could tweak? My hardware should be more than capable of handling 1080p 60fps streaming without these issues, so I'm confused about what's causing this conflict.


Thanks in advance for any insights or suggestions!


Best regard
 
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Gabrielnk95

New Member
rockbottom said:
You're going to want to leave HAGS disabled. Rendering lag is GPU overload so you need to reduce load. Your Nvidia FX plugins are stale, both Audio & Video, probably a good idea to update them.

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Hi, thanks for your suggestions. I followed all your recommendations—I disabled HAGS, updated my Nvidia FX plugins (both Audio & Video), adjusted the NVENC preset to a more performance-oriented setting, and even simplified my scenes and enabled Dynamic Bitrate. However, the issues still persist. My latest log (https://obsproject.com/logs/GjcKS9HvY8tvmOkd) still shows high rendering lag and encoder overload, which indicates that my GPU is still being overburdened while using Enhanced Broadcasting. I really need to keep Enhanced Broadcasting active to provide multiple quality options on Twitch. Do you have any additional ideas or further adjustments that could help reduce the GPU load without sacrificing the Enhanced Broadcasting functionality? Thanks again for your help.
 
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rockbottom

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That log is incomplete & still has stale

23:58:56.241: [noise suppress]: NVIDIA AUDIO FX version: 1.3.0.22
23:58:56.348: [noise suppress]: NVIDIA AUDIO FX enabled
23:58:56.349: [NVIDIA VIDEO FX]: NVIDIA VIDEO FX version: 0.7.2.0
 
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rockbottom

Active Member
Look at the Encoding Troubleshooting link.

Your system has a bit of a CPU bottleneck. You may need to back off hi frame rates on certain games....
 
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rockbottom

Active Member
May want to test with Kaspersky disabled/Defender enabled.....

23:58:55.679: Kaspersky: enabled (AV)
23:58:55.679: Microsoft Defender Antivírus: disabled (AV)
23:58:55.679: Kaspersky: enabled (FW)
23:58:55.679: Firewall do Windows: disabled (FW)
 
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rockbottom

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Sllent Hill 2, set your monitor @ 60HZ. Your system will struggle maintaining a consistent 120FPS in Low. Cap around 100FPS
 
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