Question / Help High CPU Usage.

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Corey Payne

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So i just Factory Reset my Computer, i was using OBS to stream beforehand and i reinstalled it, and now it's saying that my Cpu usage is too high? I'll put my specs and settings below.

CPU: i7 - 5820k @ 3.30 GHz
GPU: GTX 970
Ram: 16 GB

Setting i used to use for obs:

Encoding:

x264 - Preset - Veryfast
Use CBR: Checked
Quality Balence: 8
Enable CBR Padding: Checked
Use Custom Buffer Size: Checked
Max Bitrate: 3000
Buffer Size: 3000

Video Resolution: 1280x720 @60 FPS.
I used these exact settings before the Factory Reset with an older version of OBS and it worked just fine? If anyone could help me out that'd be awesome!
 
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Yasaka

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if you have cbr active the quality balance doesnt matter. dont use a custom buffer size. your i7 should have a lot of more power. if i stream with my xeon @3,7GHz i have at veryfast maybe 10-20% usage. (i use custom settings but it should be comparable with medium) does obs use your cpu so strong? or maybe other application is using your cpu?
 
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Corey Payne

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That's what im saying. It doesn't matter what i set anything at, it says "warning High CPU Usage" if i check task manager the highest its been since the Factory Reset was maybe 40% when running games and browser and obs. I went to best buy to talk to some people about it today, they said it possibly might be the new Nvidia Drivers i downloaded so i'm going to revert back to some older drives to see if it makes a difference
 
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Corey Payne

New Member
So i reverted back to a driver that released in january. and nothing fixed. still choppy. goes from like 200 fps to 10fps only when i have obs open. Whenever its encoding it lags everything. I'm not really sure. Should i try and factory reset it again? Not sure what to do at this point
 
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Corey Payne

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Even watched my cpu while having obs and everything open. doesn't even hit 30%. nothing crazy happens to my Cpu, ram or anything of the sort. I'm really not sure whats causing it.
 
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Corey Payne

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So i just looked at my MSI Afterburner and it shows my CPU Peaking for no reason? Even when nothings open some of the cores are hitting like 80%? The cpu was getting a little hotter than normal so i turned up my fan which dropped the temp a little
 
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Corey Payne

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So i scanned my computer with norton it found a "cloud9" with high risk and removed it, that helped a little but obs is literally taking 50% of my cpu which it shouldnt be. I don't know why its sapping so much of my cpus power
 
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