OBS and PC hardware questions

[madlarry]

I gave a shot at making local recordings using OBS. I followed some of the recommended setting guides around here and some on youtube. I have not been able to produce a video that is looks good without skipping. I am starting to think that my hardware is not sufficient for what I am trying to accomplish.
I want to be able to play games at my native resolution of 1440p and do a local recording of at least 720-1080p at 60fps with high quality. My GPU already struggles @1440p. on medium to high settings i can avg 35-45fps on most games. when I start recording I drop to 30. I've tried playing Paragon (epic moba), Shadow of Mordor, and 2012 Tomb Raider. On all of them I either get really poor quality (grainy) or if I attempt higher settings I lose frames?
Is it a GPU or CPU issue?

here are my specs:
I5-4460
MSI z97 G5
16GB DDR3 CORSAIR Vengeance LP
EVGA GTX 960 (4GB) SSC
Mushkin 512 SSD - OS Win 10 home
HGST 7K1000 1TB 7200 RPM - storage
27” 1440p BenQ GW2765HT
Fractal Define R4
EVGA SuperNOVA 650 P2
Noctua Low Profile NH-L9I

 

[logainofhades]

You have a CPU and GPU issue, actually. The GTX 960 really isn't made for 1440p gaming. An R9 390/390x is more suited to 1440p. GTX 970 is kinda borderline, due to how its Vram is setup, and the GTX 980 simply costs too much, compared to the 390x, that performs similarly. Recording is an issue of the CPU. Game recording, you want an i7, or Xeon 1230v3, or higher. Your cheapest GPU option, is get an identical GTX 960, and run it in SLI. Problem there is not all games work well with SLI.On the flip side, Nvidia's latest gen is supposedly coming out in June.

 

[madlarry]

You have a CPU and GPU issue, actually. The GTX 960 really isn't made for 1440p gaming. An R9 390/390x is more suited to 1440p. GTX 970 is kinda borderline, due to how its Vram is setup, and the GTX 980 simply costs too much, compared to the 390x, that performs similarly. Recording is an issue of the CPU. Game recording, you want an i7, or Xeon 1230v3, or higher. Your cheapest GPU option, is get an identical GTX 960, and run it in SLI. Problem there is not all games work well with SLI.On the flip side, Nvidia's latest gen is supposedly coming out in June.

Thank you for the reply.

Temporary solution:
If I were to down grade back to my 1080p monitor would I be able to accomplish my goal with my current CPU?

Future Upgrade:
I plan on upgrading to the new Nvidea Pascal in June. DO i need to upgrade the CPU in terms of clock speed or cores/treads/hyper threading?

 

[logainofhades]

You could try recording, using shadowplay, at 1080p. Typically, an i7/ hypertheaded Xeon, are preferred for recording though.