help on my obs config

[punkderokha]

Hi all.. im relatively new with streaming and i came here because i need some knowledge to make my stream the most "optimal" posible. My setup is pretty poor and old, and i will get soon a new GPU but for now this is what it is:
i7-4790
16 g DDR3 1600
Intel HD 4600 (i know, it's garbage)
SSD and HDD
my cable net conection is like 300mb down/ 12mb up

i mainly stream: Age of empires DE, LoL, Magic: The Gathering Arena and Valorant. all games on Low

normally i can run all these games with no problems, streaming also BUT when i stream Valorant game is looking fine on my pc but streaming looks awfull, like totally lag... probably on Magic this also happens...

https://obsproject.com/logs/TMAIAX3383eYZgbh this is my log file for OBS Studio settings

and that's it... if anyone could help me i would really apreciate it.. and if i missed something let me know.. thanks!!

 

[FerretBomb]

Open OBS, go to the Tools menu, Auto-Configuration Wizard.

Display Capture is the least-performant capture method, and should be avoided at all costs, if possible. Use a Game or Window Capture to reduce load.

Really though, you're going to need a better GPU. The logfile you submitted doesn't show any overload, which is surprising; were you actively gaming during the test? I can't imagine it handling Valorant well at 1440x900, regardless of settings (which would track with your stream having issues). We'd need a test-log from a session where the problem was happening to be able to see for certain.

If a new GPU is in the cards, strongly recommend going nVidia, for any streamer. NVENC is a separate part of the GPU that normally is not used unless you're encoding video. It removes most of the 'heavy lifting', and aside from three options (that you can disable) will not affect your in-game performance.

Past that, run OBS as Administrator. This enables a GPU priority workaround so OBS gets 'first dibs' on GPU time for the tiny bit it needs, before the game you're playing eats it all. It doesn't always work, but a lot of the time it can at least help fix up the problem.