Shironatsu
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This might be a long post, because I'm also migrating this post from another forum for more visibility.
Before buying the Intel Arc B580, I was able to do most of the things I want/need to do even though I was kinda struggling, but they were doable with patience. I can even multistream to both Twitch and Youtube without any issues on the stream feed, but of course the game is the one that takes a hit. Now that I have the new GPU, somehow, I can't stream properly. Not on Twitch, and not even on Youtube.
Updated Setup:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
GPU:RX 570 PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon™ 4GB GDDR5 -> Asrock Intel Arc B580 Steel Legend 12GB OC
Motherboard: MSI Mortar Max B450
RAM: T-Force Dark Z 8GB 3200mhz DDR 4 (x4)
OS SSD: 250 GB Western Digital SN550 nvme m.2
Additional SSD for games: Crucial 1TB SSD nvme m.2
PSU: Gigabyte P650B 650W 80+ Bronze
Case: ATX - Fantech Aero CG80 Space Edition
I know my setup right now has a bottleneck, but I'm not sure if that will affect streaming performance, especially Encoder Overload error on OBS. I tried fiddling with the settings today, and the most "stable" I can get it to run PoE 2 (Full Low Quality), Octopath Traveler (Full Low Settings), Tales of Arise (Full Low Settings, didn't even get past start screen before a bunch of Encoder Overload errors popped up) before any game combat is with these settings:
Since I mainly stream on Twitch, I can't use QuickSync AV1 (yet, not sure when they'll fully support it). But even when I swapped to Youtube stream only, it still gives me a lot of Encoder Overload errors.
I tried the following:
- Lowering Bitrate to 4000
- Swapping Target Usage to TU1 (Slowest, Best Quality)
- Swapping Target Usage to TU7 (Fastest, Best Speed)
- Swapping Target Usage to anything in between
- Swapping Profile to main, or baseline
- Adding 2s Keyframe Interval
- Swapping Latency to ultra-low
I also tried swapping the Rate Control to ICQ and tried the default settings:
- Tried lowering ICQ Quality to 18
- Tried increasing ICQ Quality to 26
- Swapping Target Usage to TU1 (Slowest, Best Quality)
- Swapping Target Usage to TU7 (Fastest, Best Speed)
- Swapping Target Usage to anything in between
- Swapping Profile to main, or baseline
- Adding 2s Keyframe Interval
- Swapping Latency to ultra-low
The changes I made were both on their own, and mixture of all of them, and that's why I went back to the CBR setting on default with 4500 Bitrate.
I also tried other games like Nier Automata, Backpack Battles, Civilization V, and Solo Leveling: Arise mobile game.
I was able to play Nier Automata on full Medium quality with no issues, but I barely tested it since I wasn't in an area with a lot of enemies. High quality preset just dunks on the Encoder again. Barely tested Civ V because I have no save with a lot of progress. Other games on the list worked fine.
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My old RX570 was actually more stable for streaming even when it's a really old GPU with no more driver updates. I was able to stream PoE 2 (albeit with FPS drops of up to 5-10 FPS), but the game feed on OBS was fine. It was still "smooth" in a way that there's no Encoder Overload, so the game technically gets streamed properly as is, and there's no sudden increase in delay on the stream feed, so I can still talk to my (meager) chat properly.
With the Intel Arc B580, just a single Encoder Overload error and the stream just tanks down, though the game can be played smoothly on my end, no issues. Even on lowest game settings. Even with how much I fiddled with the settings, it's always the stream feed that suffers.
These are my settings for my Intel Arc Software, and I think they're the Default settings:
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Also, yesterday I tried freshly reinstalling my drivers after using DDU in Safe Mode, and reinstalling OBS again and running it as admin, and still the same. I just fight a few mobs on PoE2 and OBS still gets Encoder Overload, even after running it as admin.
I'm using default output settings though except for my Bitrate.
Not sure if the log files will help, but here's the recent log files OBS has generated when I tested yesterday:
These are also my Task Manager performance stuff after the Encoder Overload error shows up:
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Bottom line is:
I really do want to make this GPU work properly for streaming, especially since it's technically marketed as a really good streaming GPU, and it's cheaper than the alternatives in my other post, but I just can't seem to make it work.
If I can't make this work, my last option would be to swap this in with the 7600XT since the shop I bought this from doesn't allow full refunds, but allows replacing it, and the 7600XT is the only one sold on the same shop.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Before buying the Intel Arc B580, I was able to do most of the things I want/need to do even though I was kinda struggling, but they were doable with patience. I can even multistream to both Twitch and Youtube without any issues on the stream feed, but of course the game is the one that takes a hit. Now that I have the new GPU, somehow, I can't stream properly. Not on Twitch, and not even on Youtube.
Updated Setup:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
GPU:
Motherboard: MSI Mortar Max B450
RAM: T-Force Dark Z 8GB 3200mhz DDR 4 (x4)
OS SSD: 250 GB Western Digital SN550 nvme m.2
Additional SSD for games: Crucial 1TB SSD nvme m.2
PSU: Gigabyte P650B 650W 80+ Bronze
Case: ATX - Fantech Aero CG80 Space Edition
I know my setup right now has a bottleneck, but I'm not sure if that will affect streaming performance, especially Encoder Overload error on OBS. I tried fiddling with the settings today, and the most "stable" I can get it to run PoE 2 (Full Low Quality), Octopath Traveler (Full Low Settings), Tales of Arise (Full Low Settings, didn't even get past start screen before a bunch of Encoder Overload errors popped up) before any game combat is with these settings:
Since I mainly stream on Twitch, I can't use QuickSync AV1 (yet, not sure when they'll fully support it). But even when I swapped to Youtube stream only, it still gives me a lot of Encoder Overload errors.
I tried the following:
- Lowering Bitrate to 4000
- Swapping Target Usage to TU1 (Slowest, Best Quality)
- Swapping Target Usage to TU7 (Fastest, Best Speed)
- Swapping Target Usage to anything in between
- Swapping Profile to main, or baseline
- Adding 2s Keyframe Interval
- Swapping Latency to ultra-low
I also tried swapping the Rate Control to ICQ and tried the default settings:
- Tried lowering ICQ Quality to 18
- Tried increasing ICQ Quality to 26
- Swapping Target Usage to TU1 (Slowest, Best Quality)
- Swapping Target Usage to TU7 (Fastest, Best Speed)
- Swapping Target Usage to anything in between
- Swapping Profile to main, or baseline
- Adding 2s Keyframe Interval
- Swapping Latency to ultra-low
The changes I made were both on their own, and mixture of all of them, and that's why I went back to the CBR setting on default with 4500 Bitrate.
I also tried other games like Nier Automata, Backpack Battles, Civilization V, and Solo Leveling: Arise mobile game.
I was able to play Nier Automata on full Medium quality with no issues, but I barely tested it since I wasn't in an area with a lot of enemies. High quality preset just dunks on the Encoder again. Barely tested Civ V because I have no save with a lot of progress. Other games on the list worked fine.
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My old RX570 was actually more stable for streaming even when it's a really old GPU with no more driver updates. I was able to stream PoE 2 (albeit with FPS drops of up to 5-10 FPS), but the game feed on OBS was fine. It was still "smooth" in a way that there's no Encoder Overload, so the game technically gets streamed properly as is, and there's no sudden increase in delay on the stream feed, so I can still talk to my (meager) chat properly.
With the Intel Arc B580, just a single Encoder Overload error and the stream just tanks down, though the game can be played smoothly on my end, no issues. Even on lowest game settings. Even with how much I fiddled with the settings, it's always the stream feed that suffers.
These are my settings for my Intel Arc Software, and I think they're the Default settings:
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Also, yesterday I tried freshly reinstalling my drivers after using DDU in Safe Mode, and reinstalling OBS again and running it as admin, and still the same. I just fight a few mobs on PoE2 and OBS still gets Encoder Overload, even after running it as admin.
I'm using default output settings though except for my Bitrate.
Not sure if the log files will help, but here's the recent log files OBS has generated when I tested yesterday:
These are also my Task Manager performance stuff after the Encoder Overload error shows up:
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Bottom line is:
I really do want to make this GPU work properly for streaming, especially since it's technically marketed as a really good streaming GPU, and it's cheaper than the alternatives in my other post, but I just can't seem to make it work.
If I can't make this work, my last option would be to swap this in with the 7600XT since the shop I bought this from doesn't allow full refunds, but allows replacing it, and the 7600XT is the only one sold on the same shop.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
