Recording GAMEPLAY with Nvidia Shadowplay, but slight stutter ONLY when i hit the record button.

[isogamer]

Hi, so for some reason when i hit the record button for my Shadowplay, there is a slight stutter and a slight FPS drop. But goes right away and everything is back to normal. It can get annoying when i turn on/off record during gameplay, especially when there is lots of action going on.

What do i need to do to fix this? I went to GAME DVR settings in Windows 10 64bit pro which i have, disabled "Record game clips, screenshots, and broadcast using Gamebar". Thinking that would fix it, but that isn't the case.

What do i need to do to fix this?

 

[Frag Maniac]

First, make sure you're running the latest GPU driver, which will also have the latest version of GeForce Experience and ShadowPlay. If you're playing via a game browser service (Steam, Uplay, Origins) try disabling it's overlay.

Try turning off some of the telemetry settings in W10. I don't even have Game Mode enabled in it. MS claims it gives better performance in games, but I've seen lots of forum chat indicating the reverse is true. I have pretty much ALL telemetry settings in W10 disabled, and even use SpyBot Antibeacon to Immunize W10 from such telemetry services. It actually frees up about 1GB of RAM.

I also recommend disabling any services in ShadowPlay you don't use. For instance I disable broadcasting, highlights, and the notifications for them, as well as other things I don't use. The less processes ShadowPlay has running, the more RAM is freed, and the less chance for latency problems.

Make sure the drive you select to write the capture file is not heavily fragmented, and try to pick a fairly fast drive if you can. I have my WD Black 6TB HDD write the capture files via Instant Replay, and it is currently benching at 208 Mb/s. Also make sure your page file size in W10 is adequate and preferably on a fast drive.

You didn't list your spec, so I have no idea what games you're referring to, or whether the settings you're using are pushing your hardware too much. Since you are on an Nvidia GPU though, I highly recommend using Nvidia Inspector. It has profiles for most games and can help make them run smoother.

If a game's Vsync is horribly optimized and you get bad screen tear with it off, disable it and force Vsync in Nvidia Inspector. You can also select any FPS frame rate limit with it if that's better performance wise, and even use it's Power management mode to select Prefer maximum performance. This I prefer to setting the W10 power plan to High Performance, because it only enables High Performance power while the game is running. It's great for summer time when heat is high, or especially laptops.

 

[isogamer]

First, make sure you're running the latest GPU driver, which will also have the latest version of GeForce Experience and ShadowPlay.
If you're playing via a game browser service (Steam, Uplay, Origins) try disabling it's overlay.

Try turning off some of the telemetry settings in W10. I don't even have Game Mode enabled in it. MS claims it gives better performance in games, but I've seen lots of forum chat indicating the reverse is true. I have pretty much ALL telemetry settings in W10 disabled, and even use SpyBot Antibeacon to Immunize W10 from such telemetry services. It actually frees up about 1GB of RAM.

I also recommend disabling any services in ShadowPlay you don't use. For instance I disable broadcasting, highlights, and the notifications for them, as well as other things I don't use. The less processes ShadowPlay has running, the more RAM is freed, and the less chance for latency problems.

Make sure the drive you select to write the capture file is not heavily fragmented, and try to pick a fairly fast drive if you can. I have my WD Black 6TB HDD write the capture files via Instant Replay, and it is currently benching at 208 Mb/s. Also make sure your page file size in W10 is adequate and preferably on a fast drive.

You didn't list your spec, so I have no idea what games you're referring to, or whether the settings you're using are pushing your hardware too much. Since you are on an Nvidia GPU though, I highly recommend using Nvidia Inspector. It has profiles for most games and can help make them run smoother.

If a game's Vsync is horribly optimized and you get bad screen tear with it off, disable it and force Vsync in Nvidia Inspector. You can also select any FPS frame rate limit with it if that's better performance wise, and even use it's Power management mode to select Prefer maximum performance. This I prefer to setting the W10 power plan to High Performance, because it only enables High Performance power while the game is running. It's great for summer time when heat is high, or especially laptops.

Hi, thanks for the response, i actually have a decent computer:
4790k OC to 4.6ghz
16gb ddr3 2000mhz
1060 6gb GTX
144hz monitor
SSD Samsung 840
650 Bronze PSU EVGA
All in one cooling Corsair

This is actually been happening for some time. Whenever i install windows pro 64bit this issue occurs. BUT when i install windows enterprise 10 64bit, this issue doesn't happen.

So i am assuming something to do more likely with WIN 10 pro. I been trying to see if anyone else is also facing this issue, but i keep running into where users gets constant stuttering when they use shadowplay whereas i don't.

Like i said the stutter only occurs when i hit that record button for shadowplay. I will for now try the options you suggested and see where that leads me. Andt his stutter issue occurs for me on any PC games i play.

 

[Frag Maniac]

While that spec is certainly adequate for 1080p gaming, it also depends what settings you use in game, and what games you play. One thing that stood out to me is the 144 Hz monitor, which is quite frankly too much for a 1060 GPU if you want to make full use of it's refresh FPS wise.

It also depends whether your 1060 is 6Gb or 3GB, the latter of which would not allow max texture settings in some games. Of course it also depends whether you play current games, some of which are very demanding hardware wise.

I can tell you however that I use W10 Pro, and I have no stutter from ShadowPlay, though I only use it for Instant Replay, vs manual record. I assume you use manual record because you often capture clips longer than 20 min? If not, I would consider trying Instant Replay.

Besides the convenience of not having to do trial and error manual recording, which takes up lots of drive space and causes unnecessary wear, Instant Replay also does not affect performance at all. That is because instead of actually recording content as you play, it's merely saving a small cache file. Then when you decide after playing that segment it was good enough to keep, you just hit Alt+F10 and it saves the capture file.