In game lag when xsplit is open (High end pc) Streaming

[Zhuh]

Im getting round 180-240fps playing the game normally but as soon as i open xsplit my fps drops to 60-100 and then when i start streaming it drops to 45fps..

CPU: Intel 4790k
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2133 Mhz
Graphics Card: MSI GTX 970
Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro
Internet Connection: 20mb Down 10mb Up


Xsplit forum post for a little more info with mod posts
https://support.xsplit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=29380&p=127935#p127935

 

[James Mason]

Try OBS and tell us if there's a difference:
https://obsproject.com/
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.16/
Twitch has a guide to set it up for streaming.

You shouldn't have performance drops that big, unless you're being heat/power throttled.

 

[Zhuh]

obs was just as bad :/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LM1V0EQ?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s01

thats my psu

 

[IInuyasha74]

What game are you streaming? Likely its an efficiency issue. Most video streamers like that use a lot of CPU power, and though that is an excellent CPU, its likely causing a bottleneck on the GPU when streaming. Your best options are to try an overclock, and like the aboe suggested try a different video streamer that is more efficient. Nvidia has a service for that too that is supposed to be very efficient. Try that.

 

[Saberus]

Have you tried setting the affinity for the game and Xsplit to different cores/threads? If they're being paired up in the same CPU core, it will start to drag.

 

[Zhuh]

@IInuyasha74 League of Legends

 

[Zhuh]

setting affinity didnt seem to help still sitting rather low compared to other people with the same setup

 

[Zhuh]

@IInuyasha74 my MB has an overclock button on it... not sire how good it is for doing the job

 

[IInuyasha74]

Uh well overclocking can be a bit complicated. If you don't know it to well, be careful cause it can cause problems if done wrong. Try the Nvidia video recording/streaming service first

 

[Zhuh]

Nvidia shadowplay worked (had a stable 140) but the other still not working

 

[James Mason]

Here get this: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-boards-software-extreme-tuning-utility.html
And try OCing your CPU to like 4.0 Ghz (a small but stable OC), just increase the Multipliers on each core to like 40x, and then save/apply it. (may have to restart)

Although you really shouldn't need to be doing this, as you should be able to stream just fine without an OC, there's something else going on but it's really unclear what.

 

[Zhuh]

i have no idea what the issue can be, i thought with this build i would be fine streaming 720 60fps on max settings :/

 

[James Mason]

Your build is fine, hardware spec wise, there's something else that's causing the problem, faulty hardware even.

 

[Zhuh]

how can i find that out?

 

[James Mason]

get HWMonitor and what do you utilizations look like before, and after opening xsplit/ingame/streaming.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
And what motherboard do you have?

 

[Zhuh]

also im having no other issues (used 3d bench mark and score was perfect)

 

[Zhuh]

got it already everything seems fine, msi z97 mpower max ac

 

[James Mason]

You say everything seems fine but you might not know what to look for, what are your utilizations at when you're streaming/idle?
And one thing to try for shizz and giggles, go to control panel, power management, and choose the high performance profile and see if that makes a difference.
And does what about other games besides LoL?

 

[Zhuh]

whilst streaming utilizations is at around 60%

 

[Zhuh]

whilst idle around 20

down to 8 idle

 

[Zhuh]

and yes csgo takes a pretty big hit as well

 

[IInuyasha74]

I told you what the problem is before. Streaming like that is very demanding and some programs are very inefficient at it. Nvidia, AMD, and Intel all have special programs optimized for their hardware for streaming to try and improve this problem.

If you don't want to use Nvidia ShadowPlay which has basically no problem, use the Raptr gaming app and the streaming service inside of that, which makes use of Intel Quick Sync and is also extremely efficient.

Nothing is wrong with your system, the programs in use are simply inefficient.

 

[Zhuh]

you are correct in that shadow play was fine, but what i t offers for streaming is very bad also the quality it provides is also not the best.

is there any way i can active quick sync for obs? its greyed out at the moment

 

[IInuyasha74]

I'm not familiar with OBS to know if it has the function to use Quick Sync. If it does, you will need to install the iGPU driver to make it work.

You can also try Raptr Gaming App which is highly efficient and can use Quick Sync.

 

[Zhuh]

i cant find how to turn on iGPU in my MOBO