Games feel off when recording

loafin

Member
Thx! Not needed.

Apex was consistently lagging 0.1% > 0.4%+, looks much better now.
Also update. Not that it matters. But I still have the input delay while recording. I just give up. There's no fixing this. The second I press record I can feel my sensitivity get that sluggish input latency feeling. Thanks for trying to help. Neither CPU or GPU go past 38%. I guess this is why people having a streaming PC. Not possible to get rid of this latency on 240hz.
 

rockbottom

Active Member
Your hardware just may not be able to do it, plain & simple. CPU is a bottleneck so it could be tapped out, over heating or something else is going on. Log only tells so much. If you're sure that everything is running correctly, then the only thing you can do is reduce the load, forget about 240 & drop down to 120.
 

loafin

Member
Your hardware just may not be able to do it, plain & simple. CPU is a bottleneck so it could be tapped out, over heating or something else is going on. Log only tells so much. If you're sure that everything is running correctly, then the only thing you can do is reduce the load, forget about 240 & drop down to 120.
I guess. I tested with MSI afterburner stats on. No change in any stat when I turn on recording. Temps don't go past 130f. CPU isn't even being used while recording. GPU goes from like 20% usage to 30% usage. Just makes 0 sense to me how there could be a bottleneck on Valorant on all low settings in practice range.
 

loafin

Member
The bottleneck is built in & will only be an issue when the system is pushed hard. EXAMPLE: High Frame-rates

These calculators are for amusement only. Although it does appear to spot on in your case. The CPU is costing you lots of performance/FPS.

Sorry in advance if this is an extremely stupid question. Cuz I basically think I know the answer. But OBS isn't limiting my game framerate based off what I'm recording right? I vaguely remember seeing a post that said the "limit framerate" setting for sources means like 60fps can record up to 120 or something if you have that off. Idk.

But basically I turned on 120 fps recording and it doesn't feel worse, if anything it feels better. However I turned on GPU acceleration on my system settings, so that might be it, but the lag feels much better today. But yeah jw if there's any interaction there.
 

loafin

Member
The bottleneck is built in & will only be an issue when the system is pushed hard. EXAMPLE: High Frame-rates

These calculators are for amusement only. Although it does appear to spot on in your case. The CPU is costing you lots of performance/FPS.

Just so you know, I fixed the issue finally. Finally found out what it was. In Nvidia control panel for preferred refresh rate, it was on application controlled. I set it to highest available along with setting the frame cap to 240 just in case. And magically the game looks incredible again.

I knew it had to be like 1 stupid setting cuz my computer was not bottlenecked at all. The shitty thing is, I basically built a 2k PC just to fix this issue and it's pointless lol. Oh well, looks nice and performs well.
 

rockbottom

Active Member
Application Controlled is the default setting, make sure you double check after driver updates & adjust it back if necessary. I always run that setting @ Highest Available along with Fixed Refresh but I don't cap frame-rates, v-sync provides enough cap.
 
Top