High-end pc having trouble recording.

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Shadowrider

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So I used to have a low-end rig, and it could play and record SWBFII fine. I bought a new rig, i9 10850k, RTX 3080, 32 ram, etc... and it keeps dropping frames. My old computer had a similar issue even with old games in recordings, so I think it is user error. I just don't know what I am doing wrong here. I bought this rig to be able to play and record new games, but I am still having the same issues that I had with an i5 and 1060... Here is a log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/LZPoqC2GKJb9T8TJ
 

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Shadowrider

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To clarify, Its dropping a lot of frames. Also (in game, so not OBS) the game just slows down... with these specs, I don't understand how it is slowing down.
 
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The game for some reason turned it on. But after turning off HDR, the rescaled output looks like it has HDR... on a monitor that doesn't support it. A day later, and I still have been unable to find something to fix the messed up colors post-downscale. I will get an image soon.
 
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The screenshot can't upload, so I will describe it. The 1080p version is FAR brighter and looks washed out. I just tried looking at the screenshot, (it shows the view of both monitors) it looked the same on the 2k monitor and in OBS on the 1080p monitor... A game looks different, but the screenshot looks the same. Is it just the color settings on my 2k, or is something just not showing up when changed from 2k to 1080p?
 
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HDR may still be enabled somewhere else, at the OS level. Make sure it's turned off there too, not just in the game.

Additionally, switch OBS back to PARTIAL color range in Settings->Advanced. You have it set at FULL, which it should never be unless you have a true Full-RGB production pipeline end-to-end, and will cause the kind of washout and mis-coloring issues you're seeing.
You can still be on the 709 colorspace without issue. Just NOT on Full range.
 
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Shadowrider

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FerretBomb said:
HDR may still be enabled somewhere else, at the OS level. Make sure it's turned off there too, not just in the game.

Additionally, switch OBS back to PARTIAL color range in Settings->Advanced. You have it set at FULL, which it should never be unless you have a true Full-RGB production pipeline end-to-end, and will cause the kind of washout and mis-coloring issues you're seeing.
You can still be on the 709 colorspace without issue. Just NOT on Full range.
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I did turn it off in-game and on my pc... but it gets turned on whenever I launch a game. Alt+tab fixes it, but any form of overlay, even the volume level coming up will cause HDR to be enabled until said overlay disappears. When that happens, it only looks different on the 2k monitor. When it is enabled, that monitor looks washed out like the old monitor. My pc is telling a monitor without HDR support to run HDR apparently. I will adjust that setting in OBS, but it won't fix the weird temporary activation of HDR. That's being caused by something else.
 
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It's still recording with colors that look like HDR is enabled. Believe me, I have been looking this up, trying to find a fix, but google has not been helpful and I need to start recording. I don't understand why it is recording a setting I have disabled, and why it keeps turning itself back on.
 
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Another update. I tried the old IT advice :turn it on/off... when HDR is activated in-game, the non HDR monitor can't show the recording... the 2k monitor then looks like the 1080p did, since it now has HDR enabled. I turned it off, the main monitor looks like normal, but the old monitor goes back to showing OBS recording the game in HDR. It is turned off everywhere, yet the non-HDR monitor shows it washed out. SWBFII is known for having issues with HDR looking washed out, but OBS is recording a disabled option. I'm trying to provide as much info as possible. I honestly don't know how it is recording a setting that is disabled on one monitor, and that the other monitor literally can't display, yet it is in the recordings.
 
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In the most recent attempt to record, the game launched in the background. I checked, and it does enable HDR, despite it being off in the OS AND in the game. Turning it off again resulted in the washed out look that I see. It's actually different that HDR, but it looks very similar. Also, as soon as I alt+tab out of a game, both monitors return to normal, including what OBS is showing. So this is not an issue with OBS I'm guessing. Thank you all for the help, if you have any other suggestions, you are more helpful that google has been. One last clarification: when I view the recording on the better monitor, it looks FAR different that it did in-game, and more washed out like it did on the old monitor. It should look similar as far as color quality, but it doesn't. When a game is not up on the main monitor, both displays look the same, but in a game, they look way different.
 
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I keep thinking of things to check. When the game is in windowed mode, the recording suddenly looked better. In fullscreen, the recording looks very bright.
 
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