OBS has a lot of settings, so I do recommend looking up YouTube videos and text guides for local recording settings.Īs for performance concerns, OBS can use your CPU or your GPU as the encoder, so if you're playing a CPU intensive game then you can use your GPU instead to record and vice versa. OBS also has the 'Record Buffer' feature that Shadowplay is known for, where the software records X amount of seconds/minutes at a time and you just press a button when you want to save the current buffer. So you can setup custom scenes and source types(full screen, game capture, pictures), just like you would do if you're a streamer, but for personal videos. OBS is a free open source alternative to the popular streaming software XSplit, but OBS also supports a local recording option. I switched over to Open Broadcaster Software. I used Shadowplay for a good month, but then it started giving me problems like crashing, not recording even though I press the button(it just sits there), and to me it was very limited with options. At the end of the vid I show OBS and ReLive settings.I thought I'd provide my experience and some alternatives you can consider if you end up not liking Shadowplay. OSD on top left shows my systems not being pushed too hard. I viewed it on mobile, and it doesnt look bad there, but on my pc it does. Here's a short clip where it played fine, but ended up choppy as usual. I don't remember ever having issues in the past with PhaseShift or FoF. I also tried reinstalling my gpu drivers with no changes. If I even try playing on the second screen its choppy, period. The main screen I use is 1440/144hz, with my second being 1080/60. I've tried vsync on/off, putting the fps cap into the hundreds (only makes it unplayable for me, but saw it mentioned in some topic), changing resolutions/monitors/etc.

I know it's a bit dated now, but my OSD shows things to be fine mostly. The systems an i7 4790k, r9 fury, 32 gb ram, and a 1440p/144hz monitor. I must have messed something up somewhere because trying to record with OBS at all causes a lot of lag.

I've tried recording 1080/60 fps, 720/60fps, tried 30 fps for both also, and watched tons of videos on OBS trying to tweak things around. It's not hardcore choppy, but just doesnt look fluid like some videos I've watched. For the life of me I can't get OBS, ReLive, or Bandicam to not be choppy.

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