Question / Help New 8700k & new 1440p monitor, dropping frames

[CMPuLs3]

I just installed a new mobo, 8700k, and got a new 1440p monitor during Black Friday. I never had issues with OBS dipping below 60fps before, but now it is happening every stream. From what I understand, my system should be strong enough to stream Fortnite at 720p60, but it's just not happening.

Could it be that I'm using an Ultrawide monitor & a 1440p monitor on the same graphics card?

I checked my load and I stay around 60% cpu the entire time. My temps stay around 60c while gaming & streaming. I don't think any of that is the issue. I use a 980ti, is that just not powerful enough for this new setup?

Here are my log files from tonight. I had to restart many times.

https://pastebin.com/Tt0ipQJk
https://pastebin.com/fjBJauZ7
https://pastebin.com/qmdMKMeS

 

[awolive]

it doesn't appear to be your computer you aren't having encoding issues/bandwidth issues/etc. are your monitors all the same refresh rate?

 

[BK-Morpheus]

Log shows some dropped frames due to GPU overload.
Maybe you forgot to set an fps limit / vsync (which is essential for streaming) or that limit might be too high for your GPU (144Hz/144fps for example).
2560x1440p is very demanding on 144Hz and Ultrawide 3440 x 1440 is also very demanding (even if just running 60Hz/60fps).

For 3440x1440 60Hz or 2560x1440p 144Hz I would got for a 1080 as an absolute minimum (1080TI would make more sense).

 

[CMPuLs3]

it doesn't appear to be your computer you aren't having encoding issues/bandwidth issues/etc. are your monitors all the same refresh rate?

My 3440x1440 is 60hz & I just use that for chat, streamlabs stuff, and I put OBS on it.

I use my 2560x1440p 144hz monitor to game on.

Log shows some dropped frames due to GPU overload.
Maybe you forgot to set an fps limit / vsync (which is essential for streaming) or that limit might be too high for your GPU (144Hz/144fps for example).
2560x1440p is very demanding on 144Hz and Ultrawide 3440 x 1440 is also very demanding (even if just running 60Hz/60fps).

For 3440x1440 60Hz or 2560x1440p 144Hz I would got for a 1080 as an absolute minimum (1080TI would make more sense).

You think upgrading to a better graphics card would help?

 

[BK-Morpheus]

Simply monitor your GPU load while testing (Gaming+OBS). GPU load should stay under 90% to give OBS the chance to render fast enough.
My GTX1070 is definitely not fast enough for stable 144fps on more demanding game titles, where as 60fps is working very good.
And by the way, Windows will go crazy, when you use 144Hz + 60Hz and you open some gpu accelerated stuff (like OBS preview, Youtube etc.) on the 60Hz monitor.
This is a well known problem (google 144Hz 60Hz problem).