Question / Help What are the best settings for my computer?

[Deleted member 25138]

I would like to know the best settings to record locally.

Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB; 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

 

[Foboh]

try this for local recording only: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.16/

 

[Deleted member 25138]

try this for local recording only: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.16/

The recording appears to be low quality and laggy for some reason. Here is my log.
https://gist.github.com/819aabf8f5f4ef3712ff

 

[dping]

The stream appears to be low quality and laggy for some reason. Here is my log.
https://gist.github.com/819aabf8f5f4ef3712ff

Those aren't stream settings, those are local record only settings.

I would like to know the best settings to record locally.

 

[Deleted member 25138]

Those aren't stream settings, those are local record only settings.

Misworded it, but I am recording locally and not streaming.

 

[dping]

Misworded it, but I am recording locally and not streaming.

Change your resolution to 1280x800 since thats what your games res is set to. that could explain the quality thing.

that might actually help since its having to upscale the video. the 0 buffer should allow great quality so I dont know why else your quality would be low. the lag could be coming from the cpu, if so, change preset to superfast (which will just cause the files to be bigger but not less quality)

 

[Deleted member 25138]

CPU Usage is steady at about 30%. I am still getting the high encoding error. Here is my recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CGfC4Hq9Qo. My log is https://gist.github.com/anonymous/6b8d260707228df757a5.

 

[dping]

CPU Usage is steady at about 30%. I am still getting the high encoding error. Here is my recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CGfC4Hq9Qo. My log is https://gist.github.com/anonymous/6b8d260707228df757a5.

I meants superfast not ultrafast.but as long as as no moment does the CPU go over 90% you'll be fine.

as for the stuttering, maybe change process priority to "above normal" not high, and not anything above "above normal".
If you dont see that lag in game, then the above should be fine, if you see your frames dipping below 30, that could be it,

The only other thing I could think of is that your hard drive is having trouble writing as fast,.


EDIT: just for simplicity sake, take out the custom crf command and try another recording with the above changes

 

[Deleted member 25138]

Not much of a difference. I tried NVEAC as well, it seems to be faster and less stuttery but the quality is about the same. This is my hard drive, should it be able to handle OBS? http://www.amazon.com/Blue-SATA-7200rpm-Internal-Drive/dp/B0088PUEPK

 

[raul233]

I would like to know the best settings to record locally
Specs:Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor

 

[dping]

I would like to know the best settings to record locally
Specs:Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor

click on the second post in this thread. there was no need to even ask that question. also dont necro old thread that are not active.