Question / Help Why is OBS disabling hardware acceleration for my whole computer?

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Sanwi

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I just did a test, using MSI Afterburner to monitor my GPU, and Windows Resource Monitor to monitor my CPU. With Minecraft, Firefox(20-30 tabs), Mumble, Steam, Skype and OBS running, my GPU usage was at 18% use, and my CPU at 22%. When I start recording with OBS, GPU usage dropped to 2%, and CPU usage jumped to 40%.

My CPU is an Intel i5-4690K, and my GPU is an AMD Radeon R9 270. I'm running Windows 8.

OBS settings:
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VooDoo

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20-30 tabs on firefox? Honestly what in the world are you doing. The workload you've said is literally insanity...why would you need 20-30 tabs open ever?
 
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Cryonic

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20 tabs in the browser are minimum when you are active online. Social networks, forums (like this one), shops, streaming sites, youtube, mail whatever. I would be more suprised if someone can work with less than 5 tabs.
Well i have a X99 system with 16gb RAM so i simply dont care, but this system should handle it without problems.
 
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Sanwi

New Member
>Using monitor capture might force software rendering.

How can I get around this? My GPU is practically idling for most applications, and my CPU gets overloaded sometimes. Using hardware acceleration would drastically improve performance when I'm recording games.
 
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