Help With Streaming

[skaran27]

I have been looking for an answer forever about this. Here is my problem. I like to stream to twitch.tv.  My specs are CPU:i7 4930k. GPU: EVGA 780ti. Motherboard:Asus Rampage Extreme Edition. Ram: 16GB Dominator Platinum. Here is the issue I have dual monitors and when I stream whether it be OBS or Xsplit every time some activity happens on the second monitor my FPS in game drop alot for like 5 seconds until there is no more activity on the second monitor. My question is how can I solve this problem?

 

Here is some hunches of mine. I have the games installed on a SSD but I have obs and xsplit installed on another mechanical HDD. Could this be the problem? Also I looked at my virtual memory and from my C drive minimum allowed is only 16 MB while reconmmended is 5624MB and currently allocated is 2432MB could this be a problem? I have no idea been looking for a solution forever. Even youtube videos playing on the second monitor will drop my FPS in game hard. Another thing is one monitor is 144hz at 1920x1080 however my second monitor is 60hz at 1920x1080 could this be a problem? Lets say the second monitor has some activity on it like twitch chat as soon as I move twitch chat to the monitor I am playing games the fps drop goes away? It is very bizarre.

 

Thanks in advance for all the help guys!

[TheGamingBarrel]

Have you tried using Shadowplay?

[skaran27]

Have you tried using Shadowplay?

no I do not want to use shadowplay

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[Glenwing]

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[AlwaysFSX]

@skaran27 I can help you with this but I'm currently heading out to get things done. Can you post you post a speedtest test here?

 

I am more than willing to try and help when I get back.

[skaran27]

@skaran27 I can help you with this but I'm currently heading out to get things done. Can you post you post a speedtest test here?

 

I am more than willing to try and help when I get back.

Thank you so much! http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3743683186 there is my speed test

[bandgeek12345]

ok so your main monitor is at 144hz but are you gaming at that refresh rate? if you are that could lead to some of the problem. a 144hz monitor is like running 2 60hz monitors at the same time. 60x2=120. then you have a second monitor running another 60hz so your gpu is doing the work of 3 monitors all the time at full 1080p res. second thing are you monitoring your stream on your second monitor? i would guess you stream at 60fps or maybe higher with the beast of a pc u got. and with your internet twitch will automaticly set your viewing to "source" meaning you are getting the full 1080p 60hz+ on your second monitor regardless of the window size on the twitch page. now onto the third thing. with dual monitors, i have 2 also. most games benefit from running in "windowless border" mode so you can quickly access your second monitor to click/type something. some games ie diablo 3 have options for "foreground FPS" which is a limiter on the fps when not being the primary window. not sure what games give you issues but look around in the options. all these things can add up. you are doing some heavy taxing with all that resolution being run. i would guess at pulling back your 144hz and limiting it at 60 to see if it helps. also turn off other programs and your stream on the second monitor. use a laptop to type and monitor your stream if you need to.

[skaran27]

ok so your main monitor is at 144hz but are you gaming at that refresh rate? if you are that could lead to some of the problem. a 144hz monitor is like running 2 60hz monitors at the same time. 60x2=120. then you have a second monitor running another 60hz so your gpu is doing the work of 3 monitors all the time at full 1080p res. second thing are you monitoring your stream on your second monitor? i would guess you stream at 60fps or maybe higher with the beast of a pc u got. and with your internet twitch will automaticly set your viewing to "source" meaning you are getting the full 1080p 60hz+ on your second monitor regardless of the window size on the twitch page. now onto the third thing. with dual monitors, i have 2 also. most games benefit from running in "windowless border" mode so you can quickly access your second monitor to click/type something. some games ie diablo 3 have options for "foreground FPS" which is a limiter on the fps when not being the primary window. not sure what games give you issues but look around in the options. all these things can add up. you are doing some heavy taxing with all that resolution being run. i would guess at pulling back your 144hz and limiting it at 60 to see if it helps. also turn off other programs and your stream on the second monitor. use a laptop to type and monitor your stream if you need to.

thanks so much will try that soon

[skaran27]

ok so your main monitor is at 144hz but are you gaming at that refresh rate? if you are that could lead to some of the problem. a 144hz monitor is like running 2 60hz monitors at the same time. 60x2=120. then you have a second monitor running another 60hz so your gpu is doing the work of 3 monitors all the time at full 1080p res. second thing are you monitoring your stream on your second monitor? i would guess you stream at 60fps or maybe higher with the beast of a pc u got. and with your internet twitch will automaticly set your viewing to "source" meaning you are getting the full 1080p 60hz+ on your second monitor regardless of the window size on the twitch page. now onto the third thing. with dual monitors, i have 2 also. most games benefit from running in "windowless border" mode so you can quickly access your second monitor to click/type something. some games ie diablo 3 have options for "foreground FPS" which is a limiter on the fps when not being the primary window. not sure what games give you issues but look around in the options. all these things can add up. you are doing some heavy taxing with all that resolution being run. i would guess at pulling back your 144hz and limiting it at 60 to see if it helps. also turn off other programs and your stream on the second monitor. use a laptop to type and monitor your stream if you need to.

I tried and it failed man any other suggestions 

[AlwaysFSX]

When you use OBS and you get those frame drops, what does the recording bar on the bottom of the window look like?

[bandgeek12345]

When you use OBS and you get those frame drops, what does the recording bar on the bottom of the window look like?

my next suggestion haha. also try turning things way down. like lowest settings on your games. if you still get them then its not your graphic performance thats causing the issue. 

[skaran27]

When you use OBS and you get those frame drops, what does the recording bar on the bottom of the window look like?

it looks fine nothing is wrong there

[AlwaysFSX]

it looks fine nothing is wrong there

Does it say you're dropping frames and the green square turning red?

 

Can you also post pictures of your General, Encoding, Video, and Advanced settings?

[skaran27]

Does it say you're dropping frames and the green square turning red?

 

Can you also post pictures of your General, Encoding, Video, and Advanced settings?

The green square stays green and it says no frames are dropped at all. Even if I am not streaming and I play a youtube video while playing a game on my primary monitor it will drop some fps until the video is paused.

[bandgeek12345]

The green square stays green and it says no frames are dropped at all. Even if I am not streaming and I play a youtube video while playing a game on my primary monitor it will drop some fps until the video is paused.

is this a full res 1080p youtube vid? from what im hearing i think you lost the silicon lottery and your gpu just cant handle 2 full 1080p tasks at one time. do a unigine heaven benchmark and compare it to other scores of similar hardware online. if you come up short, my deepest apologies, if not its gonna be something else. still waiting to hear back on running games on the lowest settings.