Question / Help Windows Update - OBS Crash

[Hector Felix]

Hello,

I have uploaded the following report of a crash that occurred when utilizing x264. I have it on a faster preset. This was working fine before the windows creator update and now since the update I am obtaining crashes. I do have my CPU OC and when stress testing I have no errors. (I utilized Prime95, Intel Burner very high, and 3D Mark and system was stable) I do record with shadow play while streaming and regardless of recording still obtain this crash. I went back to Nvenc and all errors and crashes are now gone.

Computer:

CPU: i9 7900 OC 4.5ghz Water Cooled
GPU: Titan X Pascal
Ram: 32gigs Corsair
SSD: Samsung

I hope this is sufficient info, I can provide more if needed. Also, I may just stick with Nvenc since the fps gain is actually better currently, but just in case I do want to ensure this isn't a deeper settled issue.

Best,
Hector
aka
Dazs


I hope this is sufficient info to help uncover what might be occurring.

 

[Dilaz]

Crash in libx264 indicates either unstable overclocking or hardware issues in CPU or RAM. Nvenc doesn't use libx264 so that's why that doesn't crash.

 

[Hector Felix]

Dilaz,

That is what I figured, but I found it odd that I had been streaming for over 2 weeks stable at this OC. Only major system changes was windows update. Other test I have done on the CPU have not caused instability. This is strictly occurring with OBS.

 

[R1CH]

Other applications are likely not using AVX-512, so are unable to use your CPU as intensively as OBS.