obs using 85%?

[BlackHat2000]

I've been streaming lately, and I OC'd my 6600k to 4.2ghz and now when i stream now obs uses 85% of my cpu now. I'm just bewildered.

[themctipers]

yes, compression takes a lot of CPU

 

quite normal. if you're dropping frames, lower your compression settings

[BlackHat2000]

1 minute ago, themctipers said:

yes, compression takes a lot of CPU

 

quite normal. if you're dropping frames, lower your compression settings

Interesting. I have it at the lowest settings actually. Very fast preset i think, 3000 bit rate and x264

[themctipers]

Just now, BlackHat2000 said:

Interesting. I have it at the lowest settings actually. Very fast preset i think, 3000 bit rate and x264

try using fast/medium and see if you can get away with having a higher quality stream while still 'using 85%% CPU'

I remember being able to get away using fast with an i5 760 streaming Minecraft, but 7500 bitrate

 

you can also try to experiment streaming using CUDA or whatever, might be a better compromise