I need recommendation for my Laptop OBS Settings

[HaziqBD]

Hello, I am currently using a laptop with i5-7200U and Nvidia Geforce 940MX. I am confused for what the best settings that I can use for smooth game recording and at least record in 720p. Lower than 720p is too much for me. If someone can help me with this it will be a great help.
Games that I played or wanted to record:
- Warframe
- CSGO
- Minecraft
- Alien Isolation
- The Binding of Isaac
- Phasmophobia
- etc cause I play a lot of game
This is current log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/OSBE2m1wqnwAq4ov
This is Last log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/QY0QU3QhTiOpzdHn

Idk which one to put so i put both *-*

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

real-time video encoding is VERY computationally demanding.
And you have an ultra-low power CPU (the U in the model #) that is 4 generations old, optimized for battery life, not the computationally demanding task of real-time video encoding. And some games don't play nice being captured (not a gamer, so I don't know the details). and in case you hadn't noticed, You logs show encoding lag with the settings you've chosen.

I recommend monitoring hardware resource (CPU, GPU, RAM, etc) utilization [for ex. using Task manager’s Performance tab and/or Resource Monitor] to see if your system is being maxed out with your settings (which I'm sure it is). If you system is near maxed out before even starting OBS, then you will have a problem. I suspect you are going to have to learn how to optimize your OS to reduce background system load, then make sure unnecessary processes aren't running, and then how to optimize OBS
Hopefully your laptop supports NVENC for GPU encoding offload from CPU (or Quicksync for the Intel GPU)... sorry not my area of expertise so not sure if that is what you logs is showing
from https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvenc-encoding-on-940mx/47995/5

940MX uses GM107 (nvenc supported) or GM108 (nvenc unsupported).​

Please check your card PCIID and search PCIID repository 92.​

then read about why not to have game and display capture in same scene

not sure this will help, but from https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/best-settings.140188/#post-514693 @FerretBomb comment #2

...snip..​

3) Use the Quality preset, not Max Quality. Likewise, turn off Psychovisual Tuning. Both of these options use CUDA cores, and tend to cause significant problems like encoding overload when it should otherwise not be happening.​

and maybe this will help Boost your stream quality — choose the right encoder! | by Andrew Whitehead | Mobcrush Blog
Get the most out of your CPU or GPU and stop dropping frames Jul 2, 2020 · 4 min read

Hopefully this will help until someone with a more gamer oriented expertise can help

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

And why did you change the default YUV mode: 709/Partial
to
10:00:02.503: YUV mode: 709/Full
I suspect that isn't helping in your situation

 

[HaziqBD]

And why did you change the default YUV mode: 709/Partial
to
10:00:02.503: YUV mode: 709/Full
I suspect that isn't helping in your situation

Idk what im doing. Just search for obs recording for low end pc but it doesnt help much. But some game i can record 720p30fps. 30 fps is fine by me

 

[HaziqBD]

real-time video encoding is VERY computationally demanding.
And you have an ultra-low power CPU (the U in the model #) that is 4 generations old, optimized for battery life, not the computationally demanding task of real-time video encoding. And some games don't play nice being captured (not a gamer, so I don't know the details). and in case you hadn't noticed, You logs show encoding lag with the settings you've chosen.

I recommend monitoring hardware resource (CPU, GPU, RAM, etc) utilization [for ex. using Task manager’s Performance tab and/or Resource Monitor] to see if your system is being maxed out with your settings (which I'm sure it is). If you system is near maxed out before even starting OBS, then you will have a problem. I suspect you are going to have to learn how to optimize your OS to reduce background system load, then make sure unnecessary processes aren't running, and then how to optimize OBS
Hopefully your laptop supports NVENC for GPU encoding offload from CPU (or Quicksync for the Intel GPU)... sorry not my area of expertise so not sure if that is what you logs is showing
from https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvenc-encoding-on-940mx/47995/5

940MX uses GM107 (nvenc supported) or GM108 (nvenc unsupported).​

Please check your card PCIID and search PCIID repository 92.​

then read about why not to have game and display capture in same scene

not sure this will help, but from https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/best-settings.140188/#post-514693 @FerretBomb comment #2

...snip..​

3) Use the Quality preset, not Max Quality. Likewise, turn off Psychovisual Tuning. Both of these options use CUDA cores, and tend to cause significant problems like encoding overload when it should otherwise not be happening.​

and maybe this will help Boost your stream quality — choose the right encoder! | by Andrew Whitehead | Mobcrush Blog
Get the most out of your CPU or GPU and stop dropping frames Jul 2, 2020 · 4 min read

Hopefully this will help until someone with a more gamer oriented expertise can help

Sadly i have the GM108 one and about that quality or max quality from another forum. Is it in obs or nvidia control panel?

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

my recommendation - Let OBS auto config do its thing, and then leave it alone until you do know what you are doing.
As you have the GM108, apparently (don't take my word for it) you don't have GPU offload with NVENC, which means Intel's CPU based QuickSync at best (ie competing with everything else going on the machine).. so temper you expectations...

 

[HaziqBD]

my recommendation - Let OBS auto config do its thing, and then leave it alone until you do know what you are doing.
As you have the GM108, apparently (don't take my word for it) you don't have GPU offload with NVENC, which means Intel's CPU based QuickSync at best (ie competing with everything else going on the machine).. so temper you expectations...

Thanks for the recommendation. I did found another thread about what encoder I must choose and i pick the quicksync since that one that i have. It say that it doesnt affect my performance. I tried it and I can record genshin impact 720p60fps . Never could find that thread without you.