Question / Help Is my setup good enough for 1080x1920? I thought it was but i can't get it to work

[m4ttcsgo]

I want to start streaming again, but I've run into some trouble this time around, my new and supposedly better pc can't run 1920x1080p as I thought it would, when I stream it lags like hell if I chose veryfast over superfast, and if I chose superfast the stream looks like it's not loading properly with big pixels all over (I'm new so I can't explain it very well sry). The only fix I've found is downscaling to 720p but it just isn't the quality I wanted.

I have an i7-8700k and a GTX 1070, if that's not good enough for 1920x1080 then whatever I just thought it would, thanks for any input.

Log from a stream in low 720p: https://obsproject.com/logs/aWK9waRn3_MWQslb

 

[sendblink23]

Try using NVENC(your nvidia card for encoding) as encoder instead of x264(its cpu encoding), I am certain you wouldn't have an issue there at 1080p

On x264 the LOWER SPEED the encoding the higher quality but it will use allot more your CPU for encoding, as in VeryFast is higher quality and more cpu usage than SuperFast. As in for better quality you have to use Faster or Fast etc... which means its much more cpu usage as in more intensive encoding. Which is why I am suggesting then switching to NVENC which instead will encode on your nvidia graphic card and not your CPU.

 

[carlmmii]

What type of CPU load is your game pulling? It's CS:GO, which is a very non-GPU intensive game... so if you're letting your framerate run wild, it's going to be putting quite a load on your CPU. Capping your framerate might give you more CPU headroom for encoding.

Just a heads up as well, 1080p even at 6000kbps isn't going to look that great for a fast paced-game like CS:GO. Your bitrate is going to be your main limitation, so dropping down to 720p might be a better choice. The alternative would be to leverage NVenc, but that puts a hard limit on the encoding quality.