This issue has only started happening after recent OBS updates, and has brought my stream to a screeching halt due to how low the FPS goes in my OBS. I'm going to try and explain my set up.
Game PC -
i7 8700k
Asus ROG 1080
Asus Apex X Mobo
16gb Corsair 3200 ram
Now, what I do for my stream, is I have a dedicated stream PC, with a capture card inside it - El gato HD60 pro. This connected VIA HDMI to my 1080 in my Game PC, and then of course HDMI'd to a monitor. The stream PC OBS then has 1 Scene, with 1 source, which is the El Gato.
From there on the Game PC, I have 2 monitors, and they are set as extended displays, and I use OBS on the game PC, to send a preview to the 2nd monitor (which is also the first monitor for the Stream PC) and then the 2nd PC of course can now see the image.
Now the reason I use PC#1 to send this preview, is cause Monitor #1 is 144hz, where as my others are 60hz. When I originally set up this dual PC stream, I could not directly capture from the 2nd PC, due to getting scan lines through my stream image, which I assume was caused by the difference in refresh rates between my monitors.
Doing this "send preview" method from the game PC, was the cure to this, because it sent a relatively low resource consumptive image of my game over to the Capture card in the 2nd PC, and bam, no issues with 144hz and 60hz.
Now, unfortunately the stream preview, drops FPS to an unbelievable degree, when previously it absolutely never dropped FPS. I've uninstalled reinstalled OBS, I've uninstalled games and reinstalled games. Reformatted both computers, Full Uninstall and reinstall of all drivers, but only 1 thing has ever fixed this "new" problem - lowering my Gaming monitors HZ to 60 hz, down from 144hz. Now this worried me that somehow my 1080 just can't handle sending out 144hz, and another 60hz - which seemed rather preposterous. So I loaded up a few GPU intensive games, and uncapped it's FPS, and my 1080 can definitely handle it. Testing numerous games I hit FPS ranging from 300-1000 just depending on what game it was, and my GPU never skipped a beat in the game, but OBS lagged constantly. Once I change the Monitor back to 60hz, problem vanishes for all games....:(
I hope there is a solution to this, because I know many first person shooter players, who use the "send preview" method, as a way of being able to stream, while not sacrificing their 144hz display.
Thank you -
tay
Game PC -
i7 8700k
Asus ROG 1080
Asus Apex X Mobo
16gb Corsair 3200 ram
Now, what I do for my stream, is I have a dedicated stream PC, with a capture card inside it - El gato HD60 pro. This connected VIA HDMI to my 1080 in my Game PC, and then of course HDMI'd to a monitor. The stream PC OBS then has 1 Scene, with 1 source, which is the El Gato.
From there on the Game PC, I have 2 monitors, and they are set as extended displays, and I use OBS on the game PC, to send a preview to the 2nd monitor (which is also the first monitor for the Stream PC) and then the 2nd PC of course can now see the image.
Now the reason I use PC#1 to send this preview, is cause Monitor #1 is 144hz, where as my others are 60hz. When I originally set up this dual PC stream, I could not directly capture from the 2nd PC, due to getting scan lines through my stream image, which I assume was caused by the difference in refresh rates between my monitors.
Doing this "send preview" method from the game PC, was the cure to this, because it sent a relatively low resource consumptive image of my game over to the Capture card in the 2nd PC, and bam, no issues with 144hz and 60hz.
Now, unfortunately the stream preview, drops FPS to an unbelievable degree, when previously it absolutely never dropped FPS. I've uninstalled reinstalled OBS, I've uninstalled games and reinstalled games. Reformatted both computers, Full Uninstall and reinstall of all drivers, but only 1 thing has ever fixed this "new" problem - lowering my Gaming monitors HZ to 60 hz, down from 144hz. Now this worried me that somehow my 1080 just can't handle sending out 144hz, and another 60hz - which seemed rather preposterous. So I loaded up a few GPU intensive games, and uncapped it's FPS, and my 1080 can definitely handle it. Testing numerous games I hit FPS ranging from 300-1000 just depending on what game it was, and my GPU never skipped a beat in the game, but OBS lagged constantly. Once I change the Monitor back to 60hz, problem vanishes for all games....:(
I hope there is a solution to this, because I know many first person shooter players, who use the "send preview" method, as a way of being able to stream, while not sacrificing their 144hz display.
Thank you -
tay