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Hi all,
 
I'm having problems recording with OBS. I don't get any in game lag or anything, however when I watch the footage the quality is low and it stutters.
 
I've noticed that when I'm recording I get the "High Encoding, High CPU usage" warning whilst recording, but my bitrate is at 8000 at the moment. Wanting to record in 1080p also.
 
My current specs are:
 
i7 4790k
8gb RAM
2x 780 TI in SLI
 
OBS Settings are: 
 
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I mean my systems pretty decent, so I'm not sure what's going on at all? 
 
Anyone got any ideas at all?
 
Thanks,
 
Aidan
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what is your storage drive

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1 minute ago, Aidanh1994 said:

A 1tb HDD, it is fairly old to be honest. 

k it probably cant handle the high bitrate

you need a good HDD or SSD

or reduce bitrate a lot

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5 minutes ago, Aidanh1994 said:

so if I change the path to the SSD I have it should be ok? 

 

Or do I have to reinstall OBS to the SSD?

yes you just need to change the path

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3 minutes ago, Aidanh1994 said:

 

It didn't work unfortunately :/ 

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whats your CPU usage while recording

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22 minutes ago, Aidanh1994 said:
Hi all,
 
I'm having problems recording with OBS. I don't get any in game lag or anything, however when I watch the footage the quality is low and it stutters.
 
I've noticed that when I'm recording I get the "High Encoding, High CPU usage" warning whilst recording, but my bitrate is at 8000 at the moment. Wanting to record in 1080p also.
 
My current specs are:
 
i7 4790k
8gb RAM
2x 780 TI in SLI
 
OBS Settings are: 
 
96b20040f3ec9c8fefc79e9e37e9aff3.png
2bcfdf47ecd14676c7a875705c13289a.png
949b30c80f44a867f007773db3d83793.png
 
I mean my systems pretty decent, so I'm not sure what's going on at all? 
 
Anyone got any ideas at all?
 
Thanks,
 
Aidan

uncheck both CBR options, and change your bitrate from 8000kbps to 5000kbps (which is still about twice what you see in a 1080p youtube video)

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I think unfortunately you might just be lacking the raw CPU power to record games with high CPU usage at 1080p 60FPS. The high CPU usage warning means you are getting up in the 90's on your CPU usage percent. It shouldn't have anything to do with the hard drive.

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38 minutes ago, Spork829 said:

I think unfortunately you might just be lacking the raw CPU power to record games with high CPU usage at 1080p 60FPS. The high CPU usage warning means you are getting up in the 90's on your CPU usage percent. It shouldn't have anything to do with the hard drive.

his cpu has 4 cores 8 threads so that can be the cause. i recorded using OBS with 2 xeon x5650s and had no problems at all 

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1 minute ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

his cpu has 4 cores 8 threads so that can be the cause. i recorded using OBS with 2 xeon x5650s and had no problems at all 

I mean I record games just fine with my i5 4460, but that's at usually at 720p and 30 or 60 FPS. You need an extremely beefy CPU such as those Xeons to record a highly CPU- bound games at 1080p 60 FPS, that's just the way it is. 

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Thanks for the advice guys. I'll give it a go when I get back home tomorrow. 

 

From all the videos I've watched etc I was under the impression my i7 4790k would cut it for 1080p 60 FPS, but I assume not now? 

 

Put it this way I'm trying to record CSGO at the moment, which isn't all that taxing, but I'm assuming it's probably CPU Intensive? 

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