Question / Help Laggy and Choppy Gameplay while Streaming

[Jacob Carter]

Hey everyone! I have been trying to stream recently and I just can't seem to get it right. While streaming, my games get choppy and not smooth. Sometimes restarting the game/stream can temporarily fix it, but it comes back. Also, I do disable my preview!

PC Specs:
Mobo: Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7
CPU: i7 6700K @ 4.00 GHz
Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1080
Power Supply: Rosewill 650W 80+ Gold
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws 16GB DDR4 2133
OS: Windows 10
Download Speed: 3.702 mb/s

OBS Settings:
Encoder: x264
Bitrate: 2200 (variable)
Key Interval: 0
CPU Usage Preset: Happens on medium and even veryfast
Resolution Downscale: 720p 30fps
Dual Monitor Set-up (1 DVI & 1 HDMI)
Use Game Capture

Drivers are updated, hardly any programs running in background, disabled preview, and sufficient hardware to stream with my settings. So, what could be the problem? Attached is a log file from one of my streams last night. Thanks guys!

 

[OG See OH Zee]

Log file shows that all of the frames in this streaming attempt have rendered without issues. However,

23:00:11.980: Number of memory leaks: 9

Maybe this could be the problem?

 

[Jacob Carter]

Log file shows that all of the frames in this streaming attempt have rendered without issues. However,

23:00:11.980: Number of memory leaks: 9

Maybe this could be the problem?

Thanks for the reply! So does this mean my RAM is the issue? Cause I could possibly see it. I have had random crashes and blue screens lately as well.

 

[OG See OH Zee]

Memory leaks is often coding issues in the software. If that's the case that's up to the coders of the software. I don't know if hardware can cause it.

 

[Suslik V]

One leakage is from the browser source, 8 others from the Ethernet adapter (try simple, 100mbit device).
The streaming was good (from the log).

Where is crash logs?

 

[Jacob Carter]

One leakage is from the browser source, 8 others from the Ethernet adapter (try simple, 100mbit device).
The streaming was good (from the log).

Where is crash logs?

Hmm, so what would I need to do to solve the leakages? The stream should be good, but I just lose FPS and it becomes laggy when I'm playing. OBS doesn't crash, is there still a crash log? I'm new to this haha!

 

[Jacob Carter]

Hey everyone! I have been trying to stream recently and I just can't seem to get it right. While streaming, my games get choppy and not smooth. Sometimes restarting the game/stream can temporarily fix it, but it comes back. Also, I do disable my preview!

PC Specs:
Mobo: Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7
CPU: i7 6700K @ 4.00 GHz
Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1080
Power Supply: Rosewill 650W 80+ Gold
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws 16GB DDR4 2133
OS: Windows 10
Download Speed: 3.702 mb/s

OBS Settings:
Encoder: x264
Bitrate: 2200 (variable)
Key Interval: 0
CPU Usage Preset: Happens on medium and even veryfast
Resolution Downscale: 720p 30fps
Dual Monitor Set-up (1 DVI & 1 HDMI)
Use Game Capture

Drivers are updated, hardly any programs running in background, disabled preview, and sufficient hardware to stream with my settings. So, what could be the problem? Attached is a log file from one of my streams last night. Thanks guys!

EDIT: I read up on some things about the memory leak. Apparently Killer NIC and their software have been known to cause memory leaks. I have updated the drivers and uninstalled the Killer Software. Did a test stream and it seemed fine. Will update after I have had more time to test. Thank you guys who replied and for pointing me into the right direction!