Question / Help OBS fps drops to 15- when recording.

[Taci7us]

I've been trying to use an fx 6300 OC'd in a dedicated encoding PC. I have a pci-e capture card and a webcam in one scene, and an mp4 in another. That file is set to deactivate when it's not in view, so I don't think it's that. I have the preview disabled, and I'm only getting 57 fps according to the bottom right stats. I've streamed with this PC at 1080p 30 while gaming before, and it ran fine, so I can't understand why using it as an encoding PC would make it perform worse. It's a fresh install and everything. The only things that have changed from my previous build were RAM, going from 2x2 GB and 1x8 GB to 4x2 GB, and the removal of my dedicated GPU. I'm now using the on-board (not integrated) gpu from my mobo. Is that my problem? It's an ATI Radeon 3000 (pronounced: old af) and is the only bottleneck I see. Any help is appreciated. Here is the log link: https://obsproject.com/logs/fJQZCa_l_9Dkuoi5


Current Specs
CPU: FX 6300
RAM: 4x2 (8) GB
GPU: Onboard ATI Radeon 3000 something
CapCard: Avermedia Live Gamer 4K

 

[WizardCM]

Make sure Game Mode is disabled in Windows. It's possible the GPU could be a bottleneck as now OBS has to render the scene on it. Open the View -> Stats window and keep an eye on things there. If "Average time to render frame" is above a couple ms, or "frame missed due to rendering lag" is higher than 1%, then your GPU is definitely the bottleneck and you need a dedicated GPU.

 

[Taci7us]

Make sure Game Mode is disabled in Windows. It's possible the GPU could be a bottleneck as now OBS has to render the scene on it. Open the View -> Stats window and keep an eye on things there. If "Average time to render frame" is above a couple ms, or "frame missed due to rendering lag" is higher than 1%, then your GPU is definitely the bottleneck and you need a dedicated GPU.

Ahhh, that's exactly what I didn't want to hear... Here's the issue. I have 3 other pci-e gpu's sitting around here that I could throw in here, but the one x16 slot I have is taken up by my capture card. I tried to use a usb capture card with uvc drivers, and because I game at 1440p 144hz, it threw a fit and stopped working. The only other slots I have are a pci-e 1x slot, which is ironically blocked by the heatsink for this on-board gpu, and 2 conventional PCI slots. Do you know of a pci gpu out there that would suffice?

 

[Taci7us]

Ahhh, that's exactly what I didn't want to hear... Here's the issue. I have 3 other pci-e gpu's sitting around here that I could throw in here, but the one x16 slot I have is taken up by my capture card. I tried to use a usb capture card with uvc drivers, and because I game at 1440p 144hz, it threw a fit and stopped working. The only other slots I have are a pci-e 1x slot, which is ironically blocked by the heatsink for this on-board gpu, and 2 conventional PCI slots. Do you know of a pci gpu out there that would suffice?

Oh also, I always disable game mode among other things every time I install windows 10. It's a habit.