Update:
@rockbottom : you are amazing!
I set my Nvidia settings just like you today (school finished early unexpectedly), and at least Skyrim is super-smooth without a single hickup.
I can't wait to start streaming again!
I will also try ForzaMotorsport, that game had the most issues overall.
My current Skyrim settings in-game are:
Resolution 2560x1440, high settings.
OBS 30.0.0 log file uploaded at 2023-11-30, 21:15:32
21:13:24.799: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9600KF CPU @ 3.70GHz
21:13:24.799: CPU Speed: 3696MHz
21:13:24.799: Physical Cores: 6, Logical Cores: 6
21:13:24.799: Physical Memory: 16329MB Total, 9825MB Free
21:13:24.799: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 22631 (release: 23H2; revision: 2715; 64-bit)
21:13:24.799: Running as administrator: true
21:13:24.799: Windows 10/11 Gaming Features:
21:13:24.799: Game Bar: Off
21:13:24.799: Game DVR: Off
21:13:24.799: Game DVR Background Recording: Off
21:13:24.799: Game Mode: Probably On (no reg key set)
21:13:24.805: Sec. Software Status:
21:13:24.806: Microsoft Defender Antivirus: enabled (AV)
21:13:24.806: Windows Firewall: enabled (FW)
21:13:24.806: Current Date/Time: 2023-11-30, 21:13:24
21:13:24.806: Browser Hardware Acceleration: true
21:13:24.806: Hide OBS windows from screen capture: false
21:13:24.806: Qt Version: 6.5.3 (runtime), 6.5.3 (compiled)
21:13:24.806: Portable mode: false
21:13:25.061: OBS 30.0.0 (64-bit, windows)
21:13:25.061: ---------------------------------
21:13:25.118: ---------------------------------
21:13:25.118: audio settings reset:
21:13:25.118: samples per sec: 48000
21:13:25.118: speakers: 2
21:13:25.118: max buffering: 960 milliseconds
21:13:25.118: buffering type: dynamically increasing
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21:13:25.119: Initializing D3D11...
21:13:25.119: Available Video Adapters:
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21:13:25.123: Dedicated VRAM: 8428453888 (7.8 GiB)
21:13:25.123: Shared VRAM: 8561340416 (8.0 GiB)
21:13:25.123: PCI ID: 10de:2489
21:13:25.123: HAGS Status: Disabled (Default: No, Driver status: Supported)
21:13:25.124: Driver Version: 31.0.15.4617
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21:13:25.124: alt_id=\\.\DISPLAY2
21:13:25.126: Loading up D3D11 on adapter NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (0)
21:13:25.208: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: b000
21:13:25.208: DXGI increase maximum frame latency success
21:13:25.208: D3D11 GPU priority setup success
21:13:25.301: ---------------------------------
21:13:25.301: video settings reset:
21:13:25.301: base resolution: 1920x1080
21:13:25.301: output resolution: 1920x1080
21:13:25.301: downscale filter: Bicubic
21:13:25.301: fps: 60/1
21:13:25.301: format: NV12
21:13:25.301: YUV mode: Rec. 709/Partial
21:13:25.301: NV12 texture support enabled
21:13:25.301: P010 texture support not available
21:13:25.303: Audio monitoring device:
21:13:25.303: name: Standaard
21:13:25.303: id: default
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21:13:25.306: No AJA devices found, skipping loading AJA UI plugin
21:13:25.306: Failed to initialize module 'aja-output-ui.dll'
21:13:25.307: No AJA devices found, skipping loading AJA plugin
21:13:25.307: Failed to initialize module 'aja.dll'
21:13:25.308: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll', not an OBS plugin
21:13:25.310: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
21:13:25.310: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-captions.dll'
21:13:25.311: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-output-ui.dll'
21:13:25.313: A DeckLink iterator could not be created. The DeckLink drivers may not be installed
21:13:25.313: Failed to initialize module 'decklink.dll'
21:13:25.324: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll', not an OBS plugin
21:13:25.324: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll', not an OBS plugin
21:13:25.324: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll', not an OBS plugin
21:13:25.341: [obs-browser]: Version 2.22.1
21:13:25.341: [obs-browser]: CEF Version 103.0.5060.134 (runtime), 103.0.0-5060-shared-textures.2594+gc69ad37+chromium-103.0.5060.134 (compiled)
21:13:25.346: NVENC supported
21:13:25.530: [NVENC] AV1 is not supported
21:13:25.531: [noise suppress]: NVIDIA denoiser disabled, redistributable not found or could not be loaded.
21:13:25.532: Failed to get NVVideoEffects.dll version info size
21:13:25.532: [NVIDIA VIDEO FX]: FX disabled, redistributable not found or could not be loaded.
21:13:25.572: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] you can haz websockets (Version: 5.3.3 | RPC Version: 1)
21:13:25.573: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] Qt version (compile-time): 6.5.3 | Qt version (run-time): 6.5.3
21:13:25.573: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] Linked ASIO Version: 102800
21:13:25.583: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] Module loaded.
21:13:25.591: [vlc-video]: VLC 3.0.19 Vetinari found, VLC video source enabled
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21:13:25.600: win-dshow.dll
21:13:25.600: win-capture.dll
21:13:25.600: vlc-video.dll
21:13:25.600: text-freetype2.dll
21:13:25.600: rtmp-services.dll
21:13:25.600: obs-x264.dll
21:13:25.600: obs-websocket.dll
21:13:25.600: obs-webrtc.dll
21:13:25.600: obs-vst.dll
21:13:25.600: obs-transitions.dll
21:13:25.600: obs-text.dll
21:13:25.600: obs-qsv11.dll
21:13:25.600: obs-outputs.dll
21:13:25.600: obs-filters.dll
21:13:25.600: obs-ffmpeg.dll
21:13:25.600: obs-browser.dll
21:13:25.600: image-source.dll
21:13:25.600: frontend-tools.dll
21:13:25.600: decklink-output-ui.dll
21:13:25.600: decklink-captions.dll
21:13:25.600: coreaudio-encoder.dll
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21:13:25.600: QWidget::setTabOrder: 'first' and 'second' must be in the same window
21:13:25.600: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
21:13:25.652: All scene data cleared
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21:13:25.657: [duplicator-monitor-capture: 'MainDisplay'] update settings:
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21:13:25.657: cursor: true
21:13:25.657: method: DXGI
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21:13:25.657: force SDR: false
21:13:25.657: [win-wasapi: 'MainAudio'] update settings:
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21:13:25.657: use device timing: 1
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21:13:25.660: - source: 'MainAudio' (wasapi_output_capture)
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21:13:25.710: WASAPI: Device 'Luidsprekers (Logitech G935/G933s Gaming Headset)' [48000 Hz] initialized (source: MainAudio)
21:13:47.137: OpenType support missing for "Open Sans", script 11
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21:13:47.140: OpenType support missing for "MS UI Gothic", script 11
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21:13:47.141: OpenType support missing for "Segoe UI Symbol", script 11
21:13:47.142: OpenType support missing for "Open Sans", script 12
21:13:47.142: OpenType support missing for "Arial", script 12
21:13:47.143: OpenType support missing for "Tahoma", script 12
21:13:47.143: OpenType support missing for "MS UI Gothic", script 12
21:13:47.143: OpenType support missing for "SimSun", script 12
21:13:47.143: OpenType support missing for "Segoe UI Emoji", script 12
21:13:47.143: OpenType support missing for "Segoe UI Symbol", script 12
21:13:47.144: OpenType support missing for "Open Sans", script 16
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21:13:47.144: OpenType support missing for "Tahoma", script 16
21:13:47.144: OpenType support missing for "MS UI Gothic", script 16
21:13:47.145: OpenType support missing for "SimSun", script 16
21:13:47.145: OpenType support missing for "Segoe UI Emoji", script 16
21:13:47.145: OpenType support missing for "Segoe UI Symbol", script 16
21:13:47.145: OpenType support missing for "Open Sans", script 20
21:13:47.145: OpenType support missing for "Arial", script 20
21:13:47.146: OpenType support missing for "Tahoma", script 20
21:13:47.146: OpenType support missing for "MS UI Gothic", script 20
21:13:47.146: OpenType support missing for "SimSun", script 20
21:13:47.146: OpenType support missing for "Segoe UI Emoji", script 20
21:13:47.147: OpenType support missing for "Segoe UI Symbol", script 20
21:13:53.810: Settings changed (hotkeys)
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21:13:56.563: Starting recording due to hotkey
21:13:56.617: [obs-nvenc: 'simple_video_recording'] settings:
21:13:56.617: codec: H264
21:13:56.617: rate_control: CQP
21:13:56.617: bitrate: 0
21:13:56.617: cqp: 23
21:13:56.617: keyint: 250
21:13:56.617: preset: p5
21:13:56.617: tuning: hq
21:13:56.617: multipass: qres
21:13:56.617: profile: high
21:13:56.617: width: 1920
21:13:56.617: height: 1080
21:13:56.617: b-frames: 2
21:13:56.617: lookahead: false
21:13:56.617: psycho_aq: true
21:13:56.617:
21:13:56.678: ---------------------------------
21:13:56.678: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'simple_aac_recording0'] bitrate: 192, channels: 2, channel_layout: stereo
21:13:56.678:
21:13:56.693: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
21:13:56.693: [ffmpeg muxer: 'simple_file_output'] Writing file 'E:/Video's/2023-11-30 21-13-56.mkv'...
21:15:05.751: Stopping recording due to hotkey
21:15:05.981: [ffmpeg muxer: 'simple_file_output'] Output of file 'E:/Video's/2023-11-30 21-13-56.mkv' stopped
21:15:05.981: Output 'simple_file_output': stopping
21:15:05.981: Output 'simple_file_output': Total frames output: 4145
21:15:05.981: Output 'simple_file_output': Total drawn frames: 4157
21:15:05.981: ==== Recording Stop ================================================