marguhl
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Hi everyone,
I’ve been trying to figure something out regarding gameplay recordings and livestreams, and I’d love to hear your thoughts or experiences.
One thing I’ve consistently noticed: recordings made while playing at a stable 120 FPS in-game just look noticeably smoother to me. Even though I’m recording and streaming at 60 FPS, there’s a clear difference when the game runs at a consistent high framerate—those clips feel more fluid and natural.
The issue comes when I’m playing games that don’t hold 120 FPS steadily. For example, in Warzone or modded Minecraft (which is very CPU-heavy), I often see FPS fluctuating—85, 93, 105, 110, etc. OBS stays locked at 60 FPS, but the recording sometimes feels stuttery or inconsistent, and I’m trying to understand why that happens.
I’ve read that smoother recordings come when your in-game FPS is a clean multiple of your output FPS—like 60, 120, or 180 when streaming at 60. But how much of that is true in real-world scenarios?
To test this, I made a comparison video. In the beginning, I show Hunt: Showdown and Warzone running at stable frame rates. One section runs at a locked 120 FPS, another stays around 90–93 FPS. Finally, I purposely turned up Warzone’s settings to cause unstable FPS and see how that affected the capture. I wanted to find out if it's really the fluctuation that makes recordings feel less smooth—even if the average FPS is still relatively high.
Here’s the test video:
youtu.be
I’d love to hear your thoughts after watching.
These are the key questions I’m trying to answer:
Do varying in-game FPS values really impact the smoothness of a 60 FPS recording or stream?
How would you rate the smoothness of the test footage I provided?
Is there a way to improve this?
Could this be caused by something in my dual PC setup?
What do you think other streamers do? I often see their FPS dip below 120 too, but their streams usually still look fine—or is that just my perception?
My setup:
I use a dual PC setup
Gaming PC: RTX 3080
Streaming PC: RTX 4060 Ti
Capture card: Elgato 4K X with passthrough
HDMI from gaming PC → Elgato input
Elgato HDMI output → 144Hz monitor
USB-C from Elgato → Streaming PC
All monitors are capped at 120Hz to prevent mismatches and maintain visual consistency
I stream and record at 1920x1080 @ 60 FPS in OBS
The capture card resolution in OBS is set to 2560x1440 @ 60 FPS
discord name: marguhl
I’ve been trying to figure something out regarding gameplay recordings and livestreams, and I’d love to hear your thoughts or experiences.
One thing I’ve consistently noticed: recordings made while playing at a stable 120 FPS in-game just look noticeably smoother to me. Even though I’m recording and streaming at 60 FPS, there’s a clear difference when the game runs at a consistent high framerate—those clips feel more fluid and natural.
The issue comes when I’m playing games that don’t hold 120 FPS steadily. For example, in Warzone or modded Minecraft (which is very CPU-heavy), I often see FPS fluctuating—85, 93, 105, 110, etc. OBS stays locked at 60 FPS, but the recording sometimes feels stuttery or inconsistent, and I’m trying to understand why that happens.
I’ve read that smoother recordings come when your in-game FPS is a clean multiple of your output FPS—like 60, 120, or 180 when streaming at 60. But how much of that is true in real-world scenarios?
To test this, I made a comparison video. In the beginning, I show Hunt: Showdown and Warzone running at stable frame rates. One section runs at a locked 120 FPS, another stays around 90–93 FPS. Finally, I purposely turned up Warzone’s settings to cause unstable FPS and see how that affected the capture. I wanted to find out if it's really the fluctuation that makes recordings feel less smooth—even if the average FPS is still relatively high.
Here’s the test video:
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youtu.be
I’d love to hear your thoughts after watching.
These are the key questions I’m trying to answer:
Do varying in-game FPS values really impact the smoothness of a 60 FPS recording or stream?
How would you rate the smoothness of the test footage I provided?
Is there a way to improve this?
Could this be caused by something in my dual PC setup?
What do you think other streamers do? I often see their FPS dip below 120 too, but their streams usually still look fine—or is that just my perception?
My setup:
I use a dual PC setup
Gaming PC: RTX 3080
Streaming PC: RTX 4060 Ti
Capture card: Elgato 4K X with passthrough
HDMI from gaming PC → Elgato input
Elgato HDMI output → 144Hz monitor
USB-C from Elgato → Streaming PC
All monitors are capped at 120Hz to prevent mismatches and maintain visual consistency
I stream and record at 1920x1080 @ 60 FPS in OBS
The capture card resolution in OBS is set to 2560x1440 @ 60 FPS
discord name: marguhl
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