Question / Help [HelpMePlease] FPS drop in game while streaming on twitch

[jsmh]

Hello everyone im a new streamer from Singapore. I noticed that whenever i streamed the game "Dota 2" with OBS on Twitch. i would experience FPS drop in game and it is seriously affecting my performance in game. When i exited OBS and just play the game normally, it runs very smooth even on maximum settings. I have asked a friend and he recommended me to search for game video card recorder. i did search on Amazon however all of those are for connecting xbox/ps3. There isnt any for connecting to PC ONLY to lessen the load on my GFX card..

Could anyone please help me?? thank you very much guys!! i want to become a streamer and firstly i would need to play well in game so that people would even watch. All replies are deeply appreciated!!

 

[mrasmus]

A capture card won't help you with streaming unless you have a second computer to use it with. Encoding video is really hard on a system, and it's natural to have an FPS drop for games you play while encoding. That being said, look in the options to see if NVENC or QuickSync/QSV are available on your system (if they're greyed out, you don't have the hardware). They will offload your CPU and make the load on your computer significantly less, although they come at the price of video quality.

 

[jsmh]

A capture card won't help you with streaming unless you have a second computer to use it with. Encoding video is really hard on a system, and it's natural to have an FPS drop for games you play while encoding. That being said, look in the options to see if NVENC or QuickSync/QSV are available on your system (if they're greyed out, you don't have the hardware). They will offload your CPU and make the load on your computer significantly less, although they come at the price of video quality.

hey mrasmus! thank you very much for your prompt reply!! i have the Nvidia NVENC option but not the QuickSync option. i will try it again with the Nvidia NVENC and see whether it works!

 

[jsmh]

ok i switched to nvidia NVENC encoding and it helps abit.

 

[Hopewithinchaos]

Mrasmus his the nail on the head. Streaming (especially at 60Fps) is very taxing on the PC. Nvidia NVENC will help you take the load off the CPU and put it onto the GPU instead. However, NVENC doesn't look quite as good as x.264. So, its quality vs performance.

 

[jsmh]

Mrasmus his the nail on the head. Streaming (especially at 60Fps) is very taxing on the PC. Nvidia NVENC will help you take the load off the CPU and put it onto the GPU instead. However, NVENC doesn't look quite as good as x.264. So, its quality vs performance.

yeah man.. my CPU is i5-4440 my GPU is geforce gtx 760

 

[Hopewithinchaos]

the i5-4440 is a good intel CPU for a budget, but it isn't the best. I myself use an i7-4930k, and even at 30FPS I need to use NVENC on some games. (Specifically MOBA's. ) the 4930k is leaps better than the 4440, so don't be too surprised about it. not every game is optimized perfectly.

 

[jsmh]

the i5-4440 is a good intel CPU for a budget, but it isn't the best. I myself use an i7-4930k, and even at 30FPS I need to use NVENC on some games. (Specifically MOBA's. ) the 4930k is leaps better than the 4440, so don't be too surprised about it. not every game is optimized perfectly.

ok okay thanks for your insight. its better now with nvenc. and i dont have spare cash too. so i wont be changing the processor.