Question / Help I keep getting garbage FPS on stream, but the actual game looks fine

[Rambo_One2]

And for some reason my CPU seems to be struggling to be keeping up whenever I have OBS open, reaching as high as 100%, whilst only capping at about 70% when I am not streaming, but is still active on the same games and websites.

This problem is mainly an issue in the game PUBG, but it also seems to surface a bit in Overwatch. It's a lot worse whenever action is going down, like I am actually moving around and shooting and such. When I am just standing still it's not as bad. Even my webcam is lagging on stream.

I'll leave a link to the whole VOD of me and a friend trying to tweak setting like NVENC in order to fix the issue, but to no avail: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/218606067

I have also attatched the log.

I hope to get in touch with someone who actually has the ability to help, cause I have looked around on the internet, and tried solutions that worked for people with similar problems, but nothing has seemed to work (everything from NVENC to changing bitrate). Although my internet is stable and green on OBS, it keeps outputting a fraction of the FPS I am actually getting (Getting 60 FPS, outputting 5-12 with lag), yet it only claims I've dropped like 0.2%.

Would using X-Split help? I really don't want to go back to that software, but it seems like the only thing I haven't tried at this point.

If an Admin or something could get in touch with me I'd really appreciate it. If getting on Discord or reviewing the stream live helps, I would gladly participate. Thanks in advance.

 

[Turtlemain]

Hey,

I was having this issue myself a while back while trying to record Homefront: The Revolution on an FX 8300, alongside a few other games that I figured should record flawlessly with how well they were running. To make things even more confusing, clicking AWAY from the game would suddenly cause the recording to run perfectly. The problem: your game is hogging all your resources to get the highest FPS it can. Your recording is second-priority.

I recommend finding a stable framerate for your game (preferrably 60) and capping to it with RivaTuner Statistics Server. You can download this tool for free alongside MSi Afterburner from the MSi website. This should substantially improve recording performance, as I went from an unsteady 720p30 to a full 1080p30 (and a somewhat unstable 1080p60 that could have been tweaked further) under the AMD codec and an R9 280 with high-quality settings.
https://www.msi.com/page/afterburner