Question / Help Settings QuickSync or Nvidia NVENC

[DOCGam]

Hello
My pc is:

CPU: Procesor Intel Core i5 4460 3.2GHz ( 3.4GHz Turbo ) box
RAM: HyperX Fury Blue 8GB 1866MHz
HDD: WD Blue 1TB SATA-III 7200 RPM 64MB
MOBA: ASRock H81M-VG4
PSU: 500W Certified 80+
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 960 Phantom GAINWARD 4GB Edition GDDR5 128-bit
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

I need some settings for my pc specs. x264 is not so good, CPU not having sufficient power from what I understood.
I chose Quick Sync or Nvidia NVENC, but the settings we've tested so far I did not meet on image quality, and image color not sufficiently sharp / crisp.I know some YouTuber components exactly like mine and records 1080p@60fps in GTA V and another games with perfect quality. Me too, but the record is pretty ugly sees.

SO,can someone help me with some settings to post on youtube in 1080p@60fps and image to show as clearly as possible? Who help me i will remain forever indebted
Thank you very much.

 

[FerretBomb]

An i5 should work fine. NVENC and QSV are very poor quality encodes compared to x264.

If you just need to record, follow ALL the steps in this guide:
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.16/

I was able to record 1080@60 on an old i7-920@2.6GHz using those. Your machine should be able to do it no problem.

 

[DOCGam]

@FerretBomb i followed all the steps but i have TOOOO much lag.
Can you give me screenshots with encoding / video / advanced ? I think doing something wrong

 

[FerretBomb]

Post a logfile from a recording session. Screenshots are not needed, all of your settings are contained in the log.

 

[DOCGam]

https://gist.github.com/908a826acde3506550b2 Look
I think i found the problem. CFR was activated. IN GTA V He began to move better, but is the first test.

 

[DOCGam]

But I have another question
I do not understand what value to put on crf=X
I put 15 but not sure if it's good

 

[FerretBomb]

Anything under 20 isn't really needed, or noticeable.

 

[DOCGam]

Look at this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMP4oohKyYE
Video had dropframes and fps is not in 60 and image quality leaves much to be desired. I used your settings, but it seems better seen with Nvidia NVENC.
The video is edited / rendered in Cyberlink Power Director 13 (H264 - MP4 - 1080p / 60fps - 15500 average bitrade - CABAC - PROGRESS The)
Other solutions settings?
@FerretBomb

 

[FerretBomb]

Post a logfile from the recording session, not a video. We need to see what the recording session is doing, not the final product; if you've edited it, the editing program can be having issues. We need to see what OBS is doing to rule that out, and offer suggestions if it is an OBS issue.

 

[DOCGam]

https://gist.github.com/4332f5f942a7c6af07ee @FerretBomb

 

[FerretBomb]

Original log:

11:21:45: Total frames encoded: 10250, total frames duplicated: 21 (0.20%)
11:21:45: Number of frames skipped due to encoder lag: 9 (0.09%)
11:21:45: Total frames rendered: 10250, number of late frames: 2 (0.02%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)

New log:

11:36:15: Total frames encoded: 449, total frames duplicated: 181 (40.31%)
11:36:15: Number of frames skipped due to encoder lag: 144 (32.07%)
11:36:15: Total frames rendered: 301, number of late frames: 14 (4.65%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)

Something severely changed between the two sessions. Your CPU is being murdered now for some reason. Yes, you may need to use NVENC as a fallback, and deal with the larger local-recording filesizes.

 

[DOCGam]

I understand, but that would be the most optimal settings for NVIDIA NVENC until I change processor?
@FerretBomb