What's Going On?

[JFischer00]

So I'm trying to record Minecraft gameplay. For now, I have a G3258 (I'm getting a i5-4590 soon). Using Quick Sync on OBS, I've gotten decent quality at 1080p30. However, I get stuttering and stuff when I try 1080p60. Now I know I shouldn't be expecting that kind of performance from a G3258, but what bugs me is I'm still getting 90+ FPS in Minecraft; just the video has stuttering, skips, and all kinds of other bad stuff. What's going on and how can I fix this?

[Sors]

MInecraft is more CPU intensive than GPU intensive, is possible that at 30 FPS your CPU is still able to handle the game and the recording, but at 60 fps it just can't keep up with both things.

 

Encoding at 60 fps takes twice the CPU power that 30 fps does.

[Jech]

I had this happening to me when I used to record minecraft, I would recommend using DXTORY instead, there are many tutorials online on how to get it for free and watch jackfrags video on how to set it up properly. Should fix your problems straightaway. 

[JFischer00]

4 minutes ago, Sors said:

MInecraft is more CPU intensive than GPU, is possible that at 30 FPS your CPU is still able to handle the game and the recording, but at 60 fps it just can't keep up with both things.

But it still runs Minecraft fine? That's the part I'm not understanding.

3 minutes ago, Jech said:

I had this happening to me when I used to record minecraft, I would recommend using DXTORY instead, there are many tutorials online on how to get it for free and watch jackfrags video on how to set it up properly. Should fix your problems straightaway. 

I might try it.

[Sors]

2 minutes ago, JFischer00 said:

But it still runs Minecraft fine? That's the part I'm not understanding.

Are you recording the video on the same drive you are running the game from?   Because that could be another issue, the game tries to read or write at the same time the video is being recorded, and that could cause the skip.

[HPWebcamAble]

6 minutes ago, JFischer00 said:

But it still runs Minecraft fine? That's the part I'm not understanding.

Probably prioritizes MC. An i5 should do much better.

[JFischer00]

1 minute ago, Sors said:

Are you recording the video on the same drive you are running the game from?   Because that could be another issue, the game tries to read or write at the same time the video is being recorded, and that could cause the skip.

Ah, that could be it. I'll try using a second drive.

1 minute ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Probably prioritizes MC. An i5 should do much better.

Yeah, I knew that much. I was just trying to see if the G3258 would work for now.

[JFischer00]

14 minutes ago, Jech said:

I had this happening to me when I used to record minecraft, I would recommend using DXTORY instead, there are many tutorials online on how to get it for free and watch jackfrags video on how to set it up properly. Should fix your problems straightaway. 

I installed the Matrox codec but it isn't showing up in Dxtory.

[JFischer00]

Ok, well after a bit of testing it seems like I'll need to wait for my i5 before doing any recording. Thanks for you guys' help anyway!