Hi, I post in hope for some more experienced OBS users to help me with this possibly very simple question (as title). I'm laying out the background below, but a TLDR version is at the bottom.
I have been using OBS to do local recording for about 2 years on my last rig (i5-2500k, GTX-560ti, 8GB RAM). The basic setting I use was 5k bitrate(buffer was either 5k or 10k I forgot), 10 quality, CFR, no CBR, and I am recording 1080p downscaled to 720p@30fps. The outcome is not of very high quality but it's enough for my use (youtube), and I could record and play games like Titanfall and Watchdogs without much impact to the game's performance, given that graphics are only set to med-high.
I mention the above just to say that I do have some basic knowledge with OBS but it might not be very relevant.
Anyway, lately I've built a new rig (i7-4790k, GTX-970 4GB VRAM, 16GB RAM) in hope to produce some better quality footage. And I aimed to achieve 1080p@60fps (local recording, and I know youtube is 30fps, but they are starting to supporting 60fps and I also want my source files to be as good as possible) but it didn't go as smooth as I hoped. I've been testing with games including Mass Effect 3, Shadow of Mordor, and Far Cry 4.
The main problem is video quality is not quite high enough at like 8k bitrate, or if I increase the bitrate to 12k-15k above it seems to tax my system heavily, to a point where it either affect game performance, or the recording itself is not quite smooth.
I've since read a lot about OBS's other settings and did some test with custom CRF. I have read the guide about 1k bitrate, 0buffer and crf=x to do high quality local recording, but at =18 the recording starts to become not smooth at points. I can post some logs if needed but I will need to record some stuff while those particular settings again.
But before asking any in-depth question, I would first just like to know if my rig is supposed to be able to handle running (around very high setting) and recording these new games at 1080@60fps locally?
If it is, then I can try to figure out what is holding it back. Thank you.
TLDR: Is a rig of i7-4790k, GTX-970 4GB VRAM, 16GB RAM supposed to be able to handle recording these new games (e.g. Shadow of Mordor, Far Cry 4) at 1080@60fps locally?
P.S. To all who are involved in creating and improving OBS, thank you, not just for making a free software but also a non-resources-hog, which was the main thing preventing me from making game vids before.
I have been using OBS to do local recording for about 2 years on my last rig (i5-2500k, GTX-560ti, 8GB RAM). The basic setting I use was 5k bitrate(buffer was either 5k or 10k I forgot), 10 quality, CFR, no CBR, and I am recording 1080p downscaled to 720p@30fps. The outcome is not of very high quality but it's enough for my use (youtube), and I could record and play games like Titanfall and Watchdogs without much impact to the game's performance, given that graphics are only set to med-high.
I mention the above just to say that I do have some basic knowledge with OBS but it might not be very relevant.
Anyway, lately I've built a new rig (i7-4790k, GTX-970 4GB VRAM, 16GB RAM) in hope to produce some better quality footage. And I aimed to achieve 1080p@60fps (local recording, and I know youtube is 30fps, but they are starting to supporting 60fps and I also want my source files to be as good as possible) but it didn't go as smooth as I hoped. I've been testing with games including Mass Effect 3, Shadow of Mordor, and Far Cry 4.
The main problem is video quality is not quite high enough at like 8k bitrate, or if I increase the bitrate to 12k-15k above it seems to tax my system heavily, to a point where it either affect game performance, or the recording itself is not quite smooth.
I've since read a lot about OBS's other settings and did some test with custom CRF. I have read the guide about 1k bitrate, 0buffer and crf=x to do high quality local recording, but at =18 the recording starts to become not smooth at points. I can post some logs if needed but I will need to record some stuff while those particular settings again.
But before asking any in-depth question, I would first just like to know if my rig is supposed to be able to handle running (around very high setting) and recording these new games at 1080@60fps locally?
If it is, then I can try to figure out what is holding it back. Thank you.
TLDR: Is a rig of i7-4790k, GTX-970 4GB VRAM, 16GB RAM supposed to be able to handle recording these new games (e.g. Shadow of Mordor, Far Cry 4) at 1080@60fps locally?
P.S. To all who are involved in creating and improving OBS, thank you, not just for making a free software but also a non-resources-hog, which was the main thing preventing me from making game vids before.
