Twitch Stream Settings

[AmpedUpDad]

Alright, so I'm not sure if this is the right place on the forums to post this, but I am needing some help.

 

I am a part time Twitch streamer and I could use a little help with my settings on Streamlabs OBS.

 

Recently, I did a case swap and with that case swap, I also replaced my GTX 670 with a GTX Titan X(Maxwell).

 

Before the case swap, my stream ran decently with a few stutters here and there. After the case swap, however, my stream last night struggled to stay smooth. 

 

I did up the graphics settings on the games I was playing(plus I was playing a game I hadn't streamed before(RE2 remake)), but I didn't think it would make the stream stutter so hard.

 

Could it now be that my cpu(i7-3570k oc'd at 4.2) was just struggling to keep up with the demands of streaming a newer game?

 

If that's the case, what should I do as far as my setting in SLOBS be? Or what should I be setting my games to for the least stuttering possible?

 

 

I do know that I need upgrade the CPU/ram/mobo, but that is only going to happen when ryzen 3000 comes out.

[Electronics Wizardy]

what is the cpu usage in game?

 

Id probably use nvenc for encoding, what encoder are you using now?

 

 

[AmpedUpDad]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

what is the cpu usage in game?

 

Id probably use nvenc for encoding, what encoder are you using now?

 

 

I am using NVENC. 

 

As far as usage goes, I can't quite remember, but it didn't seem like it was getting over 40%.

[wojtepanik]

what res and bitrate you use on twitch?

[WereCatf]

6 minutes ago, AmpedUpDad said:

Could it now be that my cpu(i7-3570k oc'd at 4.2) was just struggling to keep up with the demands of streaming a newer game?

Install Afterburner, enable OSD and all individual CPU-cores in the OSD, then look at their utilization without a stream running -- if any of your cores is at 80% or higher, then yes, you need to set SLOBS to use NVENC or you're gonna need to turn your settings down. Or upgrade your CPU.

[Theguywhobea]

Does that model of Titan have NVENC? You could try streaming with that, or with QuickSync. You might take an image quality hit, but you should get better performance.

[AmpedUpDad]

30 minutes ago, wojtepanik said:

what res and bitrate you use on twitch?

I am outputting 720p and I had the bitrate at 6000 but I dropped it to 4000. That helped slightly.

 

29 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

Install Afterburner, enable OSD and all individual CPU-cores in the OSD, then look at their utilization without a stream running -- if any of your cores is at 80% or higher, then yes, you need to set SLOBS to use NVENC or you're gonna need to turn your settings down. Or upgrade your CPU.

SLOBS is already set to NVENC. I may just have to turn the settings down some more.

 

5 minutes ago, Theguywhobea said:

Does that model of Titan have NVENC? You could try streaming with that, or with QuickSync. You might take an image quality hit, but you should get better performance.

I think it has NVENC. I ran the "Stream Optimizer" tool that SLOBS has and tried to roll with those settings, but it gave me the stuttering.

[LogicalDrm]

What are your settings? Do you get issues in game or in stream (and if stream, preview or what comes out at Twitch)?

[AmpedUpDad]

37 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

What are your settings? Do you get issues in game or in stream (and if stream, preview or what comes out at Twitch)?

Bitrate I set to 4000, NVENC, I have a 200mbps connection.

 

The game isn't really having issues, it's just the stream. My viewers say that it's stuttering pretty bad as well. I could tell on the stream preview.