Question / Help OBS & Nvidia NVENC Quality Question

[MonthOLDpickle]

Using the option within OBS, is it me or the quality is degraded? That is all I changed to try it out and I notice the quality of my stream drops.

 

[mrasmus]

Yes, hardware encoders (NVENC and Intel's QuickSync) result in lower-quality encodes at the same bitrates when compared to x264, and are less flexible as well; that's the price you pay for the lower impact on your system. There's no real way around it.

 

[Hopewithinchaos]

The calculations between NVENC and x.264 are very different. X.264 will always be the best bet. NVENC just gives less impact on your rig.