Question / Help I keep lagging... pls help

[AxelMovies]

The title says it all... I keep lagging while trying to record gameplay like Minecraft... when I play it's lag-free but the recording is super laggy... things like chrome and paint.net are fine but games are super laggy

my specs are:
8gb ram
ati radeon 3k graphics
AMD FX(tm) 63k six-core-processor
MSI 760-GMA P34 motherboard (fx)

Here's my OBS settings:

original link: http://imgur.com/a/3Psz9
(I left out hotkeys and stream because I don't stream and hotkeys aren't any settings...)
pls halp mah

 

[Fenrir]

Why are you using advanced mode, when you very clearly have no idea what you're doing?

Advanced does not mean better quality. Set the mode back to simple, and use the recording presets.

 

[AxelMovies]

._. I watched a video on the best settings and he had it set as this

 

[AxelMovies]

Also I didn't see "simple" where above normal was, only saw high, above normal, normal, below normal and idle

 

[Fenrir]

There are no "best settings." Please understand that every setup, for every use case, will be very different. Any guides or videos that claim otherwise are misinforming. Your best option is to start with a base and adjust as necessary. Test, test, and test again. We are happy to offer suggestions for any issues you may be having, but we will not give you a list of settings.

Alternately, you can try the Auto-config from the Tools menu.

 

[AxelMovies]

Well I have everything setup correctly except for I keep lagging. are you able to help me out?

 

[Fenrir]

You do NOT have everything set up correctly. You have it set up horribly.

Simple output mode is not in the advanced settings, and you should not be changing those unless you are absolutely certain you understand the settings any why you need to.

Chang the output mode to Simple in Settings -> Ouput and then set up the local recording presets under the Recording section.

 

[AxelMovies]

Ok, I've changed it to simple then I changed recording quality to high quality, medium file size, the format to mp4 and the encoder to software x264 and nothing is in custom muxer settings

 

[AxelMovies]

Ok, so the framerate is fixed, but I've noticed the quality is really bad... can I get some help with that too?

 

[Xaymar]

If the quality is terrible, try increasing the preset quality. Use Indistinguishable instead of High Quality, or if you have several hundred gigabytes of space you can also try Lossless