Question / Help Just Got a New Upgraded Laptop & Getting Worse Recording Experience

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maniamsmart

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I used to use a Lenovo IdeaPad P500 with Windows 10, an i3 Intel processor and an Intel HD 4000 graphics card. I used OBS Classic and was able to record very smoothly at 8,000 bitrate, with encoding settings at ultrafast.

A few days ago I got a Dell Inspiron 5000 with Windows 10 an i7 Intel processor and an AMD R7 M445 graphics card. I am trying to use OBS Classic and OBS Studio and both are giving me a hard time to record smoothly with the same settings. I am not sure what the problem is if I have a much more powerful computer now. I also didn't ever upgrade my OBS since I feared things would break when recording, obviously with the new laptop I had to get the newest version.

I am trying to record Guild Wars 2, so it's a game.

Not sure if OBS got screwed up in the newer versions, or what. Please help.
 
Sapiens

Sapiens

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Looks like you're slaughtering your laptop, it's still just a dual core with a mediocre AMD GPU in it. Update to OBS Studio and use the recording quality presets under Settings > Output (Simple output mode) or read http://obsproject.com/forum/resourc...lity-recording-and-multiple-audio-tracks.221/ (Advanced output mode). Make sure vsync or some other type of frame rate limiter is enabled in your games, and try using one of the available hardware encoders like QSV.
 
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maniamsmart

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Sapiens said:
Looks like you're slaughtering your laptop, it's still just a dual core with a mediocre AMD GPU in it. Update to OBS Studio and use the recording quality presets under Settings > Output (Simple output mode) or read http://obsproject.com/forum/resourc...lity-recording-and-multiple-audio-tracks.221/ (Advanced output mode). Make sure vsync or some other type of frame rate limiter is enabled in your games, and try using one of the available hardware encoders like QSV.
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Ok thank you, I will try that.
 
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maniamsmart

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Sapiens said:
Looks like you're slaughtering your laptop, it's still just a dual core with a mediocre AMD GPU in it. Update to OBS Studio and use the recording quality presets under Settings > Output (Simple output mode) or read http://obsproject.com/forum/resourc...lity-recording-and-multiple-audio-tracks.221/ (Advanced output mode). Make sure vsync or some other type of frame rate limiter is enabled in your games, and try using one of the available hardware encoders like QSV.
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Yep that worked. Guess the reason why my older laptop worked on x264 was because it had a quad-core, this one has 2 cores?

But it looks good, so thank you for the help!
 
koala

koala

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Both CPUs are notebook CPUs. They are way less performing than desktop CPUs with similar sounding names. Both have 2 physical cores and 2 hyperthreading, resulting in 4 cores. Your game Guild Wars 2 is very CPU demanding, and it uses the power of 4 core CPUs completely, leaving almost no CPU power to any other software at the same time. Your best choice is to use a hardware encoder for video recording or streaming (Quicksync): this uses almost no CPU power, and for recording Quicksync gives very good results if you use the CQP rating control instead of the bitrate-controlled modes like CBR or VBR.
 
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