Question / Help High Encoding - leading to video stuttering

[waffles2g]

So I am recording NOT streaming and when I go back and watch my videos it stutters and this only happens when I get the warning high encoding in OBS. I am recording CS:GO (not a very demanding game??) and I have a i5-4670k and a GTX 970 is this hardware not enough for stable 1080p recording?

My OBS settings:
https://gyazo.com/6cfa5197eec42cc3fdd2b87213397645
https://gyazo.com/ed0056953cee9693164dc24f0194aed9
https://gyazo.com/ad63dd93288f01d53ad40ce88cd12f22

Any suggestions are welcome, ideally I would like to still record at 1080p and EDIT: 30FPS.


EDIT: I have turned down x264 cpu preset to superfast and it has made a considerable difference, if anyone could explain the repercussions of this on the video quality that would be great! thank you.

 

[dping]

the only thing that will happen with superfast preset is larger file sizes.

what will help your CPU load the most is to get rid if the -high and -threads from your CS:GO launch options.
this is because you only have a quad-core and no hyper-threading and with CS:GO using to many threads, OBS has to take whats left.


btw, increasing your bitrate does nothing. it is ignored.