GPU "Maxed out" when it's not

Ariaa

New Member
Hello,

I've been running into a recurrent issue since August that I've been unable to solve.
I stream games (hoyoverse games, and modern games on PC) on Twitch & YouTube and I always have noticeable micro stutters on stream and in my recordings, even when I play games in low resolution/quality.
When I analyze the log file, it tells me the encoder is overloaded and there is a 1.6% (sometimes 1.2%, I also got 0.8% sometimes) rendering and encoding lag, however when I look at the task manager, my CPU is around 15~18% when playing + streaming + using VTube studio and the GPU is around 48% (3D is around 35% and Video Encode around 48%).

I simply do not understand how my encoder can be maxed out when I'm not even reaching 50% GPU in the task manager. CPU is also never over 20% usage.
I've updated my drivers, OBS as well as did everything written in the GPU Overload issues Guide, and yet I STILL get this issue.
I tried playing games in high and low quality, lowered the output resolution, changed my monitor refresh rate so it matches OBS's... I run OBS in admin mode, I run my games in admin mode, I set OBS to high priority, games are set to high energy consumption in windows settings, I've also changed settings in the NVIDIA control panel.

I tried literally everything I can think of over the past four months and yet, I STILL GET THIS ISSUE.
I just don't know what to do to fix this issue at this point.

My specs:
i9-13900K,
64BG of RAM,
GPU is a RTX 4070 SUPER,
I use an SSD
and I have fast internet (around 885.21Mbps download speed and 416.28 Mbps upload speed.)
When streaming, I use NVIDIA NVENC H.264, Rate Control: CBR, keyframe interval set to 2s, Bitrate to 6000 Kbps, Preset P5, Tuning: High Quality, Multipass Mode: Two Passes (Quarter Resolution), Profile:main, Look-ahead and Psycho Visual Tuning are both checked, Max B-frames is set to 4.
 

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rockbottom

Active Member
There is rendering lag & that is GPU overload....
11:17:38.761: Output 'adv_stream': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 1565 (1.6%)

10:50:39.349: Game Bar: On > Off
10:50:39.349: Game DVR: On > Off

Clean up your Scenes, this one is really bad. Only (1) Display, Game or Window capture per Scene to avoid interference.
10:50:43.262: - scene 'Gaming':
10:50:43.262: - source: 'BG Pink Orange Sakura' (image_source)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'P3R' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Gordon Ramsey Simulator' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Platform 8' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Wuthering Waves' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Genshin Impact' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Nier Replicant' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Ace Attorney Investigations' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Omori' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'ZZZ' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Elden Ring' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Omori_Overlay' (image_source)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Honkai Star Rail' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'UNDERTALE' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'FF7' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Baten Kaitos' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Metaphor' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'TCG CARD SHOP' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Bendy' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'TRIBE NINE' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'VTube Studio' (game_capture)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Twitch Chat' (browser_source)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Clock' (browser_source)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'YouTube Sub Alert' (browser_source)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Alert New Follower' (browser_source)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'BRB' (image_source)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'YouTube Chat' (browser_source)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Jumpscare Counter' (text_gdiplus_v3)
10:50:43.262: - source: 'Points Alert' (browser_source)

Clean-up all of the SE/Java Script errors. This is just a small sample.
10:50:43.932: [obs-browser: 'YouTube Chat'] Error: [Report Only] Refused to load the script 'https://streamelements.com/z/i.js' because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src 'none'". Note that 'script-src-elem' was not explicitly set, so 'script-src' is used as a fallback.
10:50:43.932: (https://streamelements.com/overlay/...HaymNJfsywKxPqmSiqpZQSFnFtGjhh5QGGQXSYBp9ut:0)
10:50:43.996: [obs-browser: 'YouTube Chat'] Error: [Report Only] Refused to execute inline script because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src 'none'". Either the 'unsafe-inline' keyword, a hash ('sha256-fO0h6nSVSg6QGOtEkqzxNcpe9iJLgXxfCBJTJ4butWU='), or a nonce ('nonce-...') is required to enable inline execution.
10:50:43.996: (https://streamelements.com/z/i.js:1)
10:50:43.998: [obs-browser: 'YouTube Chat'] Error: [Report Only] Refused to execute inline script because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src 'none'". Either the 'unsafe-inline' keyword, a hash ('sha256-DvHV9J3M0FuNOV7xWhLuQPX/JH1fk1EfJOGbtc5nXg0='), or a nonce ('nonce-...') is required to enable inline execution.

10:50:46.592: [obs-nvenc: 'advanced_video_stream'] settings:
10:50:46.592: codec: H264
10:50:46.592: rate_control: CBR
10:50:46.592: bitrate: 6000
10:50:46.592: cqp: 20
10:50:46.592: keyint: 120
10:50:46.592: preset: p5
10:50:46.592: tuning: hq
10:50:46.592: multipass: qres
10:50:46.592: profile: main > High
10:50:46.592: width: 1920
10:50:46.592: height: 1080
10:50:46.592: b-frames: 4 > 2
10:50:46.592: lookahead: true
10:50:46.592: psycho_aq: true
 

rockbottom

Active Member
I'm not sure if Malwarebytes is slowing things down. Might want to test with it disabled & Defender enabled if you're still getting any lag.
10:50:39.352: Malwarebytes: enabled (AV)
 
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