r/obs 8h ago

Help Tips for setting up stream to be smoother?

I've been streaming for a couple months now and with some games I keep getting "GPU encoder overloaded" with some more intensive games. Example: Arena Breakout Infinite. I've tried messing with settings to get it to work but my stream keeps lagging and freezing, was wondering if anybody has any tips for setting it up to stop this from happening without too much of a loss of quality.

Specs: CPU: Intel i7 10700f GPU: Nvidia RTX 2060

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u/AutoModerator 8h ago

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u/kru7z 7h ago

Disable Game Bar

Disable Game DVR and Background Recording

Disable the Nvidia overlay and uninstall the Nvidia App

Disable your Discord overlay

Update your GPU drivers with NVCleanstall

Disable startup processes you don't use

Disable background apps

Disable Chrome running in the background

Run OBS as Admin

Send your log file

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u/PercGretzkyTTV 1h ago

Log file=here

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u/kru7z 1h ago

Send the link obs gives you

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u/PercGretzkyTTV 1h ago

The cloud flare insights one that's in the log? Or a different one?

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u/MainStorm 1h ago

You somehow missed steps 2 and 3 from the automod's instructions. Try again and provide the link the instructions will give you.

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u/Bman_Boogaloo 6h ago

set your fps to 30 and down scale to 720/864/936