Question / Help Quality Pixelation help

[Hvkk]

So I've been streaming mostly WoW, D3, and CSGO. And I'm trying to figure out if my quality could be better or if I've hit a wall with my current system specs.

My specs are:
AMD FX 8120 (OC'd to 3.8)
16gb G,Skill Ripjaw X
XFX AMD 6870 1gb
ASUS M5A97
Samsung 840 128 SSD and 3 WD Caviar Blacks

My internet speed keeps varying but it rarely goes below 20 down, 4-10 up.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/2590182324.png - on the 21st
http://www.speedtest.net/result/2624001681.png - Right now

Stream Settings:
3300 3300
1680x1050 no downscale
FPS: 24
Quality Balance 6-7

The settings calc says to resolution downscale, and while I haven't done that yet[it just looks so blurry :(]; I also haven't noticed any giant spikes in CPU usage. But still the stream remains pretty pixelated, especially in high motion. Is there anything I can do to help the quality or am I f'd atm with my CPU?

Stream quality video:
http://www.twitch.tv/hvktv/b/386773456 - No downscale
http://www.twitch.tv/hvktv/b/386776406 - With Downscale 1.5

 

[dodgepong]

Do you think you could post your log? viewtopic.php?f=6&t=97

 

[Hvkk]

Log here
http://pastebin.com/ERyQE9YL - this is no downscale
http://pastebin.com/jW8fKrND - this is with downscale

 

[R1CH]

Your VODs look just fine to me, you may be expecting too much :).

 

[Krazy]

The latest test version has other downscale filters available than Bilnear. They can help reduce the blur you are noticing.

Why 24 FPS? With a 1.5 downscale and that same bitrate, 45-60fps should easily be doable on your system.