Question / Help HIGH GPU USAGE - NOT STREAMING NVENC

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Curtis0592

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TL;DR - Updated Overlay - Put graphics in multiple scenes - high GPU usage in games only

I know how to combat high CPU usage and what adjustments to make, but aside from a few adjustments here and there, this one has me dooped. I recently updated my overlay and instead of having everything in one scene I have separate scenes for combinations and then bring those into the main scene, I would hate to revert back and not have that be the issue.
This happens in games of Fortnite and very non-specific times, but if I wait a couple minutes between games and don't do them back to back it comes up, but gets really annoying have to do so and there is still no guarantees. I would think it's an issue with my Fortnite settings since it only happens in games and not while I'm waiting, but I haven't changed anything and according to my task manager it's 70% GPU usage from OBS, Fortnite stays constant between 20-30
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling everything and even switched to 720p and tried both scaling down from 1080 and even switched completely and redid everything and still nothing. I've also tried many combinations in game between full screen, borderless windowed, also in OBS have tried Game Capture, Window Capture, and Monitor Capture, at this point I'm truly at a loss as to what the issue is.

Log File: https://hastebin.com/pifokeyara
Probably better log file: https://hastebin.com/xeloduwiba.sql

Edit/Update:
Alright guys, I hope this isn't digging up an old post because the problem hasn't seem to gone away. I tried doing my own trouble shooting and for some reason everything I try just doesn't help. Changed the Canvas to 1280x720 as well, Tried it without preview, tried it windowed, tried it full screen, tried the game in actual 720P as well, I've done everything you can think of with both the game and OBS and I know it can't be the game because the Usage is coming from OBS, any other tips would be great, It's a GTX 960 and I'm replacing it on Black Friday, I would just like to know for sure that when I replace it, it was the GPU that was the problem and not a Software Issue

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Post a logfile of a streaming or recording session.

Based on the limited information provided, you have way too many capture sources in the same scene collection. The usual recommendation is to limit it to a single capture source.
 
Harold

Harold

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You're probably going to want to consolidate your overlay as much as possible, and additionally look into switching from media source to VLC source for any locally hosted videos.
 
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Curtis0592

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Can you elaborate on Consiladting the overlay? you mean putting as much in one scene as I can? Right now I have a seperate scene for my camera and just my overlay and then bring those two things into my live stream scene. If I need to just bring the overlay into the scene one piece at a time rather than the whole thing as a scene, like I had previously, It wouldn't be tough with just copy and paste transform, just wanted to make sure that's what you mean.
 
Harold

Harold

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If you have multiple browser sources for your scenes, try to reduce them as much as possible.
 
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Curtis0592

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Already working on it, just one last semi-related question. With this new overlay there is an animated webcam frame that I just don't have the CPU to run, so with Video Source I was basically able to have it not loop and not close out after finishing so I would have my video source effectively as just a still image. It's an option I don't have with the VLC Source, was curious if A) I was missing something with VLC source or B) if there was an easy way to convert the video to a still image while still maintaining the transparency I need for a webcam frame.

EDIT: NEVERMIND! I SHOULD HAVE JUST TRIED CHROMAKEY ON THE IMAGE FROM THE START
 
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Curtis0592

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Alright guys, I hope this isn't digging up an old post because the problem hasn't seem to gone away. I tried doing my own trouble shooting and for some reason everything I try just doesn't help. Changed the Canvas to 1280x720 as well, Tried it without preview, tried it windowed, tried it full screen, tried the game in actual 720P as well, I've done everything you can think of with both the game and OBS and I know it can't be the game because the Usage is coming from OBS, any other tips would be great, It's a GTX 960 and I'm replacing it on Black Friday, I would just like to know for sure that when I replace it, it was the GPU that was the problem and not a Software Issue
 
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