Great Computer Lags while Recording Fallout

[mrjordann]

Hey LTT community! So I have a pretty nice computer, specs are below. It automatically set Fallout 4 to run at Ultra graphics setting, and it runs fine at probably over 60 fps. But when I try to record it with Open Broadcaster Software (OBS), the screen recorder lags and skips. What would this lag be caused by? Lack of CPU, I would guess...? And could I fix it by overclocking anything? Thanks in advance, -Jordan

 

 

SPECS:

 

Intel i5 4690k 3.5GHz, 4-core

(cooled by Raijintek Triton, runs at 27 degrees idle)

 

G1 Gaming GTX 980Ti

 

2 x 4GB 1866MHz Corsair Vengeance Pro RAM

 

 

 

PCPartPicker: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/qs3Ff7

[PlayStation 2]

You should really be using Nvidia NVENC to record with that kind of CPU

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CPU based recording software (if that's what this is) is an ancient relic... I highly recommend you use something that can take advantage of the hardware encoder in your GPU (shadow play or other). You will be very pleased by the improvement, I promise!

Update: obsappears to support those features. Is is possible it is not configured correctly?

Edited November 27, 2015 by Ryan_Vickers

[ashypanda]

yeah that's your CPU not coping with the game and encoding, and overclocking won't help much as you need more threads.

[manikyath]

if its only for recording locally (not livestreaming) and will be edited afterwards.

get yourself a hard drive dedicated to recordings, switch to nvenc, and put your bitrate at 10-15K

 

you'll get near spotless recordings, with next to no fps hit.

(ps: *please* enable vsync while recording, it stops pretty bad tears from showing up on your recordings. if you insist on an example, look at lirik's stream, he uses gsync...)

[Kc7vwc]

Hey LTT community! So I have a pretty nice computer, specs are below. It automatically set Fallout 4 to run at Ultra graphics setting, and it runs fine at probably over 60 fps. But when I try to record it with Open Broadcaster Software (OBS), the screen recorder lags and skips. What would this lag be caused by? Lack of CPU, I would guess...? And could I fix it by overclocking anything? Thanks in advance, -Jordan

SPECS:

Intel i5 4690k 3.5GHz, 4-core

(cooled by Raijintek Triton, runs at 27 degrees idle)

G1 Gaming GTX 980Ti

2 x 4GB 1866MHz Corsair Vengeance Pro RAM

PCPartPicker: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/qs3Ff7

As others have said, use the GPU. Obs does have an encoder setting to use nvidia nvenc instead of x264.

But I have the same cpu and only a gtx 970 and I only drop about 5fps using obs. What bit rate are you trying to record at?

[mrjordann]

As others have said, use the GPU. Obs does have an encoder setting to use nvidia nvenc instead of x264.

But I have the same cpu and only a gtx 970 and I only drop about 5fps using obs. What bit rate are you trying to record at?

Bit rate? like k/bits per second? umm... 10,000

[mrjordann]

CPU based recording software (if that's what this is) is an ancient relic... I highly recommend you use something that can take advantage of the hardware encoder in your GPU (shadow play or other). You will be very pleased by the improvement, I promise!

Update: obsappears to support those features. Is is possible it is not configured correctly?

What kind of settings should I have it on? ANd I bought Action screen recorder, is that GPU based?

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What kind of settings should I have it on? ANd I bought Action screen recorder, is that GPU based?

Never used the program my self so I can't comment on what specifically to change, but I know there must be a setting somewhere that tells it to use GPU acceleration or hardware encoding or NVENC or something like that...