Streaming with Elgato Game Capture HD - Performance drops?

Tychi

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I received my Elgato a few days a go and have been playing around with it since to try and get a good quality stream. One of the biggest problems I have encountered is a performance decrease on my computer.

I can play Battlefield 4 on Ultra settings at 70+ FPS with my current graphics card (AMD HD 7990) yet whenever i use my Elgao to capture my gameplay my performance will decrease to about 30 FPS which is unplayable in my opinion.

I have been using the Game Capture HD software to try streaming and i have tried using OBS aswell. Using OBS i get an even worse performance decrease. (I would like to be able to use OBS for the overlays)

I've tried to capture in 720p and 1080p with not too much luck. I have a fibre optic connection so my internet speed should not be a problem. (Speedtest.net by Ookla - My Results)


Here are my computer specs, sorry for the long list


System Information report written at: 12/11/13 17:40:28
System Name: NATHAN
[System Summary]

Item Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro
Version 6.3.9600 Build 9600
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name NATHAN
System Manufacturer MSI
System Model MS-7752
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU To be filled by O.E.M.
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 4001 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. V2.9, 18/01/2013
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer MSI
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name Base Board
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.3.9600.16408"
User Name Nathan\NATHAN\Nathan
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 7.88 GB
Available Physical Memory 4.45 GB
Total Virtual Memory 14.1 GB
Available Virtual Memory 9.23 GB
Page File Space 6.25 GB
Page File D:\pagefile.sys
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes



[Display]

Item Value
Name AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_679B&SUBSYS_0B2A1002&REV_00\6&169 4CED1&0&00800009
Adapter Type AMD Radeon Graphics Processor CrossFire Secondary (0x679B), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. compatible
Adapter Description AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Adapter RAM (1,073,741,824) bytes
Installed Drivers aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,at icfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64 .dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a. cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver Version 13.152.1.8000
INF File oem6.inf (ati2mtag_NewZealand section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries Not Available
Resolution Not Available
Bits/Pixel Not Available
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xF7800000-0xF783FFFF
I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000C0FF
IRQ Channel IRQ 4294967293
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\atikmpag.sys (8.14.1.6340, 604.50 KB (619,008 bytes), 08/10/2013 13:27)

Name AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_679B&SUBSYS_0B2A1002&REV_00\6&3B9 A85FC&0&00400009
Adapter Type AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x679B), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. compatible
Adapter Description AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Adapter RAM (1,073,741,824) bytes
Installed Drivers aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,at icfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64 .dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a. cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver Version 13.152.1.8000
INF File oem6.inf (ati2mtag_NewZealand section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1920 x 1080 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xF79C0000-0xF79FFFFF
I/O Port 0x0000DF00-0x0000DFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 4294967291
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\atikmpag.sys (8.14.1.6340, 604.50 KB (619,008 bytes), 08/10/2013 13:27)

Name Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0162&SUBSYS_21111462&REV_09\3&115 83659&0&10
Adapter Type Intel(R) HD Graphics Family, Intel Corporation compatible
Adapter Description Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
Adapter RAM (2,080,374,784) bytes
Installed Drivers igdumdim64.dll,igd10iumd64.dll,igd10iumd64.dll,igd umdim32,igd10iumd32,igd10iumd32
Driver Version 10.18.10.3316
INF File oem16.inf (iIVBD_w81 section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1920 x 1080 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xF7400000-0xF77FFFFF
Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF
I/O Port 0x0000F000-0x0000F03F
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\igdkmd64.sys (10.18.10.3316, 3.99 MB (4,185,600 bytes), 04/10/2013 00:42)
 
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