Question / Help OBS recordings choppy & stutter 1440p 144hz

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Giovanni1

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Hi there

I used to have a 1080p 60hz setup and both streamed/recorded on OBS studio with no issues at all. I just upgraded to a 1440p 144hz setup and have found that OBS recordings (and probably streams) have suddenly become very choppy and stuttery with the exact same settings. I try to record at 1080p 60fps using NVENC.

Changing the monitor back to 1080p 60hz and turning off g sync seems to do the trick to fix the stuttering, but it makes my entire PC upgrade redundant when I need to do that.

Has anyone had any luck with recording smooth gameplay even with a 1440p 144hz monitor? I've tried tons of things but nothing seems to work. Maybe OBS just doesnt like 1440p 144hz . I'm not sure
 
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Giovanni1

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O M G I figured it out for everyone!

Okay, if you're using a 144hz monitor, the ONLY way I've gotten OBS to run smoothly is to go to the "video" tab, change to "integer FPS value" and type 100. Click apply. THEN go to your display settings (i.e. nvidia control panel) and change your monitor's refresh rate to 100hz.

I've found this will eliminate almost all major stutters when wanting to play your game at a higher framerate (i.e. above 60fps) while getting a smooth recording. The only other solution is to drop your monitor down to 60, which isnt ideal. With my workaround, you do get a 100fps video file, so when you drop that file into your video editor and export at 60fps for instance, it's then very very smooth!

Streaming is also fine when the fps is set at 100. Just use NVENC and it will automatically scale down to 60fps while also giving you 1080p stream options :)
 
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Baltho82

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I feel the only solution of this problem if someone really wanna play 144hz and record 60fps is dual pc setup
 
Zidakuh

Zidakuh

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Actually, setting your monitor to 120, and recording at 60 should work just fine as well.
Since the recording will drop every second frame, and not have framerate inconsistancies, as with 144/60.
Second note; GPU usage should always be under 100%, or you will get dropped frames due to render lag.
 
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Erick Smith

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Crap, I made a new post about this, but....I think certain games are not even optimized for 1440p or from what I see in NVInspector (I use a GTX 1060 3G), profiles are copied from other profiles which can cause stuttering too. The Game Capture plugin is way more optimized for 1440p than the Display Capture though. Maybe because of the Desktop Windows Manager? I don't know...but I hope they fix that thing with the May update. :/
 
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justinaylmao

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Zidakuh said:
Actually, setting your monitor to 120, and recording at 60 should work just fine as well.
Since the recording will drop every second frame, and not have framerate inconsistancies, as with 144/60.
Second note; GPU usage should always be under 100%, or you will get dropped frames due to render lag.
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The 100% GPU usage fixed it for me
 
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