Question / Help OBS FPS Drop Issue

Zagreous

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I've tried tweeting at OBS Project. I've tried Reddit and finally I'm going to try here as my final attempt to figure this out. Basically I built this PC for streaming and I noticed that when using OBS it drops FPS, not frames, but FPS and I've tried everything under the sun so far and am willing to attempt more to fix this. I started off by reinstalling windows and then updating all my drivers. I reinstalled OBS, then I turned off shadowplay and the windows gamebar. Finally I gave OBS full permission through BitDefender and reinstalled just in case any file had been deleted before the permission. I tried turning v-sync on and off. Nothing made a difference. I still randomly drop FPS. Here's my information.
  • Windows 10 Pro (only version the store I bought my parts at had in stock)
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 1800X 4.0Ghz (attempted 4.2Ghz to see if that fixed it, but nope this is water cooled)
  • GPU: Nvidea GTX 1080 Founders Edition.
  • RAM: 32 GB 2400hz (attempted overclock to 2666, no difference. Rams rated at 3200hz).
  • MOBA: Asus ROG Crosshair VI Hero AM4
  • Internet Connection 60up 5down (not the best, but decent).
  • OBS Version 20.1.1 (Tried running in priority High as well as real time).
  • I tried OBS 32bit and 64bit.
  • Attempting 1080P downscaled 720P 30FPS. game of focus Dead by Daylight.
  • Attempted 2500-4500 upload nothing makes a difference and the issue happens without even hitting stream or record.
 

Joey Martin

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I had this issue yesterday, long story short my card was in a 4x slot instead of 16x. It looks like your motherboard is both 16x though. Mine isn't cause it is a crossfire motherboard instead of SLI. Maybe something in the bios under graphic card settings? Worth a shot. Sometimes it is the silliest things wrong with computers.
 

Zagreous

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I have two monitors one is actually 2160p and the other is 1080p both a refresh rate of 60. I use the 1080p as my main monitor and the bigger one for the real estate. I believe I set the graphics card on the bottom slot cause it wouldn’t fit on the top one. Does this make a difference? I’m almost home to run a test and put up the log I apologize on that.
 

Joey Martin

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The very bottom is 4x, 2nd from bottom is 8x and the very top is 16x. For single cards you want the top. The PCIe_x16/x8_1, which is the very top one.
 

Joey Martin

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in the manual itself...
 

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Zagreous

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I couldn't get the card to fit on the first slot cause I was impatient, but it fits just fine. That was my issue rofl. Omg I installed the card on the wrong slot. Such a big song and dance and agony because I had been impatient thank you Joey that was my issue.
 

Joey Martin

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No problem!! All your games will run better as well!

You are just lucky that I literally had this same problem yesterday haha. I looked at my manual and realized it said "if you have a single card it HAS to be in this slot" then I was all "ehh oops."

Glad I could help. :)
 

Zagreous

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You don't even know how stressed I was I thought maybe something was defective I can't thank you enough sir and yes the cards running even better. I was wondering why some games were optimized, but ran bad and after this switch I tested some games and they run butter smooth now.
 

Joey Martin

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Yah.. I was getting so stressed yesterday. Nothing worked. I thought it was obs but I started running tests and games I could run at 4k/60fps were running at 40fps ..... at 1080p haha. I knew something was up then. Enjoy streaming. I've been trying to start but stuff keep coming up. I just followed you on Twitch btw.
 

Zagreous

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I saw plaguesville I appreciate that honestly I was putting it off cause it had become a bummer but now everything is in perfect condition you not only fixed my PC, but at the same time boosted my confidence because I won’t have to worry about the technical issues anymore again I truly am great full >_< now I can finally stream :D
 
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