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[Smoshi]

Could you view my stream from yesterday. Just skip around and view the quality, etc.
http://www.twitch.tv/xsmoshi/b/464505645

I don't get any dropped frames. However, I get slightly sluggish in game, but not very much.
Is there anything I could do to perhaps improve my in-game performance, while still keeping the same quality?
Also, my new GPU will be here today. I know streaming has to do with CPU, but if I can improve my performance in-game by installing a new GPU, it should ultimately improve my performance while streaming?

Also, one more question. Whenever I stream with friends on Skype, the viewers can hear them clearly, but my mic is very low. But it's only low on the stream. What should I do?

 

[flavored]

Image quality is good, you might want to do something with the music volume though as it's overly loud and clipping (going above 0db). You should also play around with microphone/desktop sound levels in obs (normally I keep the former at full while latter at ~20%).

Your GPU is a bit weak, so you might want to reduce ingame graphics settings. Disabling aero might help a bit with sluggishness.

 

[Smoshi]

Hey man, I appreciate the reply. Also, I just installed a new 2GB HD 7870 today and the game runs absolutely wonderful at higher settings. And, I don't lagg one bit in game while I'm streaming so that's amazing.

I got my mic boosted a little bit, but I have an AC in the background that is so loud so I might have to figure out a way to reduce background noise.

I lowered the music. I like it loud because most of the time I'm not really on skype with anyone, so I just zone out to music and game for hours. I didn't realize it was that loud on stream though.