Need help with settings

[MikeVix]

Hey,
I just bought my new pc like 2 weeks ago and one of the main reasons that I bought it was to record and stream games. I copied a YouTuber settings just to test and it was really bad. Can someone tell me the exact settings or the optimal settings to record high quality and rub the games good?
Pc specs
Amd ryzen 7 3800x
Zotac rtx 3080 ti
32 gb gskill 3600mhz
Thank you!

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

What is the right car to get? it depends, right? There is no right answer to your question as folks can stream at 1080p on a 5-10yr old PC, or with various OBS settings, I could bring a $10K workstation to its knees. Your PC is plenty to record as long as you don't get silly with OBS settings. And aren't running a bunch of unnecessary background process. And a lot of YouTubers are doing more in terms of click-bait than providing context and usable info (ie clueless idiots in my book - worthy only of being ignored).

So yea, the settings you copied are inappropriate for your system. OBS is a powerful, complex tool. Time to RTFM, starting with the Wiki Getting Started on this site in the help section. Or see the link in my .sig for an older version of OBS lesson, but still good starting point.

Start with auto-settings, and make sure you are using GPU encode offload (NVENC). If you don't know what this is/does, then you should do some research
Then for recording, check out this thread regarding some key settings impacting quality and CUDO core utilization on GPU https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/best-settings.140188/#post-514693

Oh, and beware this PoS plugin. Apparently it works ok for some, but I've seen it mess with plenty of systems, so be forewarned

The streamelements plugin replaces core components of obs, and literally vomits all over your logs, making them unreadable.

 

[MikeVix]

What is the right car to get? it depends, right? There is no right answer to your question as folks can stream at 1080p on a 5-10yr old PC, or with various OBS settings, I could bring a $10K workstation to its knees. Your PC is plenty to record as long as you don't get silly with OBS settings. And aren't running a bunch of unnecessary background process. And a lot of YouTubers are doing more in terms of click-bait than providing context and usable info (ie clueless idiots in my book - worthy only of being ignored).

So yea, the settings you copied are inappropriate for your system. OBS is a powerful, complex tool. Time to RTFM, starting with the Wiki Getting Started on this site in the help section. Or see the link in my .sig for an older version of OBS lesson, but still good starting point.

Start with auto-settings, and make sure you are using GPU encode offload (NVENC). If you don't know what this is/does, then you should do some research
Then for recording, check out this thread regarding some key settings impacting quality and CUDO core utilization on GPU https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/best-settings.140188/#post-514693

Oh, and beware this PoS plugin. Apparently it works ok for some, but I've seen it mess with plenty of systems, so be forewarned

Thank you for the reply
So the recommended settings are the auto ones? And I will do my research bc I understood that the settings are no easy task!
Thank you again.

 

[koala]

Revert all your previous changes by creating a new profile with Profile->New. Then use Tools->Auto configuration wizard. This will get you a working configuration that fits your individual hardware.