Question / Help Sudden drop in framerate when something happens ingame

[senzjou]

Hi,

This prolly has been asked somewhere else but try to query this in a good fashion without getting 0 hits... (i tried)

When i'm streaming a game and something happens ingame (cutscene or a fight starts) i get a sudden drop in framerate ingame. (from around 80-100FPS to 5-10FPS)

I tried several games that use diffrent gameengines and all do the same when running OBS.

(Without OBS i get them solid 80-100FPS+ nomatter what)

This is kinda annoying cause before i can react to the ingame combat i got hit many times to the point of dying...

is there anything i can do settings wise to avoid/solve this?

using: intel i7 4960x, dual GTX690 in quad SLI, 16Gb Ripjawz 2133Mhz c9 on a rampage IV extreme

EDIT** the log says 4Gb of ram but i use 16Gb of ram (G.SKILL Ripjawz 2133Mhz c9) dunno if this is a glitch or something.. **

 

[Lain]

This is rather confusing seeing as your system is so high end. I'd say that there's something outside interfering. What other applications do you have running at any given time (such as the items in your windows task tray)?

Also what game?

 

[senzjou]

usually i have origen, overwolf and steam running on the background, rest is the usual windows apps +GPU tweak, Logitech webcam, mouse and keyboard progs.

I actually am surprised aswell why it does this, i mean the 4960x should easily be able to run it..., being designed to run multiple tasks better at the same time.

i am gonna dig a bit deeper in my hardware settings and will ask around a bit, all is standard and none OC'ed btw (waiting for the better rampage Iv black to get released over here before i go clocking)

I'm streaming multiple titles like Deadspace2/3, indie titles like Contrast, shadow warrior and amnesia, borderlands 1/2, FEAR 1/2/3 the Bioshock series and such, Not really tasking games to say the least with my setup...

I did try it without any non essential processes btw and it still does it

 

[alpinlol]

wasnt overwalf a overlay tool for teamspeak?

if so overlay tools make a lot of trouble

 

[senzjou]

wasnt overwalf a overlay tool for teamspeak?

if so overlay tools make a lot of trouble

did try it without overwolf but GPU tweak has an overlay aswell..., lemme try that without it :p

**PS, a little one ^^: twitch channel is twitch.tv/senzjo.. **

 

[alpinlol]

literally any tool that puts an overlay kinda fucks up the whole performance not sure but theres a stick or something on this forum which tells you what tools cause that

 

[senzjou]

okay... seems that GPU tweak although disabled keeps 1 service running...., 3D_enable..., when i force disable it fixes it for the most part.., it gets it playable again... so to speak (still dun understand why it laggs my games this much though...)
but it still laggs when something happens although not as much. ++ to alpinlol

Well..., at least i know its software related and not hardware (PFFFFFFFEEEWWWWWW!!, it costs a shyteload to get and it costs even more effort to maintain this kind of hardware XD!! )

I'm gonna start some software tests to see whats getting in the way of me stream..

** on a sidenote... how do i disable the desktop sound completely when streaming?, i have some gamepace music running whilst gaming to get me more in the game, but it runs/loops in the stream i put out.. not really a prob for me but to the viewers..., wel... not evryone likes nightcore/nightstep/hardcore gabber/extreme terror..

 

[kmgauthun]

to disable your desktop volume just go to audio and disable the output audio device. But this will completely disable all audio your desktop produces and encodes to the stream. You can use virtual audio cable to create a secondary audio device to just the game and have it not include your music.