Been streaming perfectly for several weeks using OBS Studio. On Oct. 10, 2024 something changed. I can no longer stream due to massive dropped frames as soon as WoW starts up. The stream is fine with only a camera, the video cards are fine, the network is clean. I’ve gone through all the recommended settings changes with no change. The single item discovered is that WoW starting up creates an issue that makes streaming impossible. I’m at the point where I will try another computer to do this, but that seems excessive.
Ask yourself this: do you really want to go through the expense of purchasing/building another computer for the sake of streaming WoW?
The results may surprise you.
Of course. I realize the waning popularity. For me, it’s about learning and still giving a spin to the game. I’ve played almost two decades and still enjoy it. This also isn’t my sole endeavor in streaming.
I do not believe the problem is computer related. Nothing failed on Oct 10. Just the game. I’ve spent about 12 hours exploring all other possibilities. This is game related.
u have to carry ur frames without droppin em bro
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I guess I could put them in my almost full reagent bag…lol
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If this is truly the case, you need to realize that WoW takes up more processing power compared to other games. Therefore it could be a computer issue. You haven’t listed any specs, so I can’t really assume anything nor tell you if you need any upgrades.
From what I collected from most WoW streamers… they have two PCs. One for gaming, the other for streaming. They’re both connected to each other to handle the framerate and whatever the player might endure through a group content. Especially for raiding.
Mind the electricity bill…
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I understand your points. I have not found the game to be a big resource hog, but it does grab a few resources, nothing detrimental. As I previously mentioned, there were zero issues for over 30 days prior, then on Oct 10 (I believe there was an update to the game that day), like a light switch, the dropped frames issue appeared. The rate went from zero to a 75 percent drop rate. From rock solid to wild abandon. The analyses performed revealed that as soon as the wow.exe file is activated, bam, dropped rates. And this occurs even without OBS actually tied to the game. This is a stable, cool, and dual video machine. I don’t have the necessary tools to analyze this problem deeper to determine why the machine goes haywire when the wow.exe file is started.
I could engage other PCs in to this process but don’t yet feel that is required. The electric bill isn’t a problem, yet…lol.
Fun descriptions, but this still isn’t defining specs.
If you’re unwilling to define what you have for what purposes, then I’m just wasting time. Good day.
I have a similar issue.
I can’t link my PC here, but I have a RTX 4060, an i5 14400F, 32GB RAM, and 1 TB SSD.
i7-7820HK 4-cores, GTX-1070 (x2), 16G RAM, 1 Tb HD, 500 Gb SSD. Are the other specs you want to know?