MaskedGeek
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I'm having a very infuriating problem with OBS which has only recently surfaced. OBS keeps stuttering whenever I play Fallout 4. This only happens with Fallout 4 and no other game. Whatever else I stream the stream is perfectly fine. But Fallout 4? Nope, it's so bad people thought it was a buffering problem. OBS reports inconsistent frame rates between 4fps to 55fps.
PC specs:
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
RAM: Corsair Vengence 32GB DDR 3 (4 x 8GB sticks)
Storage: 2 x Samsung EVO 850 256GB SSDs (1 for the OS, the other for OS backup)
2 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7,200RPM 64MB cache (1 for my Steam game library, the other for recording my streams and gameplay so no data bottleneck in the SATA cable)
1 x Western Digital Blue 1TB 7,200RPM 64MB cache (for misc data storage and game downloads)
GPU: ZOTAC GTX 1060 6GB (sat in the 16x PCI-e socket for the main display and playing my games on)
Asus GTX 550TI 1GB (running a 2nd display to monitor system performance and stream)
PSU: Corsair CX750M modular 750 watt PSU
CPU: AMD FX 8350 8 Core 4.2GHz
CPU cooler: Akasa X4 air cooler and 3 x 120mm case fans
Monitors: 2 x AOC E2460S 1,920x1,080 1ms response time LED using HDMI connections
I do also have a SATA Blu-Ray drive and a wireless Xbox One controller.
As for my internet connection I get on average 39Mbps downstream and 9.5Mbps upstream. I've set OBS to upload at 5Mbps which is well within the bandwidth limit and before anyway says to use 2.5Mbps to 3.5Mbps to upload with, as I've said at the start of the thread all my other games play and stream fine with all these settings. The stuttering is not caused by Twitch throttling me or my upload bitrate is higher than my ISP allows, these I've not only checked to confirm they work right, but other games have streamed perfectly well at 5Mbps.
On my 2nd monitor I use CAM to monitor system performance since CAM provides additional info such as CPU and GPU temps which Task Manager and Windows' own Performance Manager doesn't, and during Fallout 4 gameplay my CPU maxes out at around 60 to 70% with a max temp of 60°C/140°F. My GPU can go as high as 100% utilization though this is rare even on Fallout 4 and with the free official Hi Res Texture Pack DLC, and the temperature spikes at worse to 82°C/179°F, bare in mind the GPU doesn't start throttling until it hits 85°C/185°F. And yes with the 1060 sat in the 16x PCI-e slot and the 550TI sitting in the 4x PCI-e slot, all games see the 1060 as the primary GPU and will use that (though I do wish there was an option in OBS to select GPUs for encoding in multi-GPU systems).
In summary, my PSU is more than enough to power everything in my system. My system is more than powerful enough to run these games. I sometimes even allocate 4 cores to a game and the other 4 cores to OBS to avoid any CPU bottleneck but to no avail. And my internet speed is more than capable to handle the upload bitrate. Again this is proven to myself since all my other games work perfectly well in OBS.
So with that all said, my problem is the game stuttering in OBS (not Fallout 4 itself) can get so back sometimes it would lock up my PC and I would have to reboot it. The problem is not Twitch throttling me, my bandwidth or lack of system resources. I've attached a log file.
Kind regards
PC specs:
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
RAM: Corsair Vengence 32GB DDR 3 (4 x 8GB sticks)
Storage: 2 x Samsung EVO 850 256GB SSDs (1 for the OS, the other for OS backup)
2 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7,200RPM 64MB cache (1 for my Steam game library, the other for recording my streams and gameplay so no data bottleneck in the SATA cable)
1 x Western Digital Blue 1TB 7,200RPM 64MB cache (for misc data storage and game downloads)
GPU: ZOTAC GTX 1060 6GB (sat in the 16x PCI-e socket for the main display and playing my games on)
Asus GTX 550TI 1GB (running a 2nd display to monitor system performance and stream)
PSU: Corsair CX750M modular 750 watt PSU
CPU: AMD FX 8350 8 Core 4.2GHz
CPU cooler: Akasa X4 air cooler and 3 x 120mm case fans
Monitors: 2 x AOC E2460S 1,920x1,080 1ms response time LED using HDMI connections
I do also have a SATA Blu-Ray drive and a wireless Xbox One controller.
As for my internet connection I get on average 39Mbps downstream and 9.5Mbps upstream. I've set OBS to upload at 5Mbps which is well within the bandwidth limit and before anyway says to use 2.5Mbps to 3.5Mbps to upload with, as I've said at the start of the thread all my other games play and stream fine with all these settings. The stuttering is not caused by Twitch throttling me or my upload bitrate is higher than my ISP allows, these I've not only checked to confirm they work right, but other games have streamed perfectly well at 5Mbps.
On my 2nd monitor I use CAM to monitor system performance since CAM provides additional info such as CPU and GPU temps which Task Manager and Windows' own Performance Manager doesn't, and during Fallout 4 gameplay my CPU maxes out at around 60 to 70% with a max temp of 60°C/140°F. My GPU can go as high as 100% utilization though this is rare even on Fallout 4 and with the free official Hi Res Texture Pack DLC, and the temperature spikes at worse to 82°C/179°F, bare in mind the GPU doesn't start throttling until it hits 85°C/185°F. And yes with the 1060 sat in the 16x PCI-e slot and the 550TI sitting in the 4x PCI-e slot, all games see the 1060 as the primary GPU and will use that (though I do wish there was an option in OBS to select GPUs for encoding in multi-GPU systems).
In summary, my PSU is more than enough to power everything in my system. My system is more than powerful enough to run these games. I sometimes even allocate 4 cores to a game and the other 4 cores to OBS to avoid any CPU bottleneck but to no avail. And my internet speed is more than capable to handle the upload bitrate. Again this is proven to myself since all my other games work perfectly well in OBS.
So with that all said, my problem is the game stuttering in OBS (not Fallout 4 itself) can get so back sometimes it would lock up my PC and I would have to reboot it. The problem is not Twitch throttling me, my bandwidth or lack of system resources. I've attached a log file.
Kind regards