Question / Help OBS Studio 2016: How To Record At 1090P With 60 FPS In OBS Studio?

ShadyShroomz

New Member
IDK what R1CH is saying... if you're just recording, this should be possible. Yes, it will have a huge file size, but you can record at 1080p60fps.

X264 encoder
1920x1080p
bitrate:1000
crf:10
cpu preset: ultrafast


try resetting your settings and using only those settings.
 

Tymorafarr

New Member
IDK what R1CH is saying... if you're just recording, this should be possible. Yes, it will have a huge file size, but you can record at 1080p60fps.

X264 encoder
1920x1080p
bitrate:1000
crf:10
cpu preset: ultrafast


try resetting your settings and using only those settings.

The CPU is too weak to handle 1080p60fps.
 

ShadyShroomz

New Member
A 4 core 2.1 GHz CPU should be more than enough to handle 1080p60fps. As long as he doesn't need to compress the video as well, or do anything else on that computer (like play games), it should be fine.
 

Gol D. Ace

Member
You apparently don't know the shittyness of AMD APUs.
They suck for live video encoding (which OBS is doing with x264. Even when you use ultrafast).

UT-Video might work but the space it requires is enormous.
 
Do you have NVENC or AMD's h264 encoder? ... or get better CPU.

Using x264 need a fast CPU, CPU speed depends on lots of things, not just MHz and number of cores.

AMD's Jaguar based APU are very slow CPU speed, probably too slow for x264 at 1080p 60 fps.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-FX-8350-vs-AMD-Athlon-5350-APU-R3/1489vsm10020

Probably get an intel Xeon / i7 with 4 cores or more, or maybe AMD FX-8xxx / FX-9xxx (x = any number)

No, just plain x264.

I dislike the hardware on my system and want better hardware.
 
You apparently don't know the shittyness of AMD APUs.
They suck for live video encoding (which OBS is doing with x264. Even when you use ultrafast).

UT-Video might work but the space it requires is enormous.

I am not a fan of AMD, nor do I like it.

IDK what R1CH is saying... if you're just recording, this should be possible. Yes, it will have a huge file size, but you can record at 1080p60fps.

X264 encoder
1920x1080p
bitrate:1000
crf:10
cpu preset: ultrafast


try resetting your settings and using only those settings.

Yes, I am only recording. Also, the settings do not work well because in a couple seconds watching the video would cause it to mess up the color and give it a grey screen. I also can't understand which setting I should go to do these settings. I am still not sure if I'm doing something wrong or not.

Can someone tell me the hardware requirements to record in 1080P with 60 frames per second without lag or other problems? I already know my computer isn't that good.

Also, can anyone send me some settings that will make it work with highest quality and framerate? Keep in mind it must be OBS Studio settings, not regular OBS.
 
Can someone tell me the hardware requirements to record in 1080P with 60 frames per second without lag or other problems? I already know my computer isn't that good.

Also, can anyone send me some settings that will make it work with highest quality and framerate? Keep in mind it must be OBS Studio settings, not regular OBS.
 

Cryonic

Member
Recording with high quality and high bitrate has almost no impact on the CPU and can be done with almost every CPU out there. And yes, APUs and cheap stuff like a mobile i3 work too.
First: you wanna use AMD VCE, NVenc or QuickSync to remove all the load from the underpowered CPU. Set the bitrate as high as you need for that, use variable bitrate (constant bitrate is needed for streaming, not for recording).
Second: your hardware is not capable of displaying any normal games with decent settings at 1080p with 60FPS even without recording, so you better forget that now and do some shopping.

What you need for 1080p 60FPS streaming: decent overclocked i7, decent GPU to get 60 FPS min. in games that you actually wanna stream.
For recording: decent i5 or AMD FX will do really good, i3 and APU work just fine but require more tweaking. Again, you need a GPU that gives you enough FPS and still get enough power to record at the same time.

My suggestion for a decent rig that can keep up with everything that you can throw at it:
i5 6600k, Z170 board, 8GB DDR4, GTX 960 4GB or R9 380X minimum. Better GPU will give you better FPS and higher settings without dropping FPS. Better CPU (i7/Xeon) will give you better quality on stream/recording, again a bit more FPS in some games and it will help with other work like editing&rendering videos, multitasking and is just generally worth it for a content creator.
 
Recording with high quality and high bitrate has almost no impact on the CPU and can be done with almost every CPU out there. And yes, APUs and cheap stuff like a mobile i3 work too.
First: you wanna use AMD VCE, NVenc or QuickSync to remove all the load from the underpowered CPU. Set the bitrate as high as you need for that, use variable bitrate (constant bitrate is needed for streaming, not for recording).
Second: your hardware is not capable of displaying any normal games with decent settings at 1080p with 60FPS even without recording, so you better forget that now and do some shopping.

What you need for 1080p 60FPS streaming: decent overclocked i7, decent GPU to get 60 FPS min. in games that you actually wanna stream.
For recording: decent i5 or AMD FX will do really good, i3 and APU work just fine but require more tweaking. Again, you need a GPU that gives you enough FPS and still get enough power to record at the same time.

My suggestion for a decent rig that can keep up with everything that you can throw at it:
i5 6600k, Z170 board, 8GB DDR4, GTX 960 4GB or R9 380X minimum. Better GPU will give you better FPS and higher settings without dropping FPS. Better CPU (i7/Xeon) will give you better quality on stream/recording, again a bit more FPS in some games and it will help with other work like editing&rendering videos, multitasking and is just generally worth it for a content creator.

How about this?
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487088
Motherboard: MSI Z170A Titanium Edition
RAM 8-16 RAM
 

Cryonic

Member
That would be enough for everything. The i7 will do the job for 3-5 years without the "need" to upgrade. The GTX 970 is midrange and will do the job so far if you run 1080p 60FPS. Next generation of GPUs is incoming, so far nothing on release dates, just rumors.
 

Suslik V

Active Member
Don't forget to buy refrigerator to your new PC. Because you'll return to the forum with overheat freezes and crashes.
 

Cryonic

Member
w00t? The 970 doesnt produce any heat, even the worst custom design manages to keep it cool in the summer. Thats not the 980Ti that gets hot sometimes.
Same goes for the CPU, 95W - nothing to cool, even a cheap 30$ Macho can cool it and still has room for overclocking :P
 
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