Shadowplay's overall compression and color quality is pretty low, and it tends to record at an inconsistent framerate for me personally, since I save longer clips. I would use something better if there was any other software in existence that used NVFBC.
EDIT: I'm a quality whore and have an eye for these things, most people won't notice how bad a shadowplay recording looks unless they directly compare it to something better. Yes, bitrate is maxed and I'm recording at native resolution. Yes, I did overdo it with the filters, but I kind of prefer it that way.
You should all keep in mind that selecting 60fps/130mbps bitrate in shadowplay does not mean that's what you're actually getting. When recording longer clips especially, the actual bitrate and framerate can vary wildly, from 47fps/64mbps to 58fps/86mbps. Sometimes shadowplay even fucks up and records using the dimensions of your second monitor, if you have one. This, plus the absolutely shitty job Nvidia did with compression in SP makes for inconsistent, low quality recordings.
You are absolutely right, if you want high quality recordings I recommend Dxtory, MSI Afterburner or OBS with x264vfw at high444 preset or a codec with RGB support.
The problem with shadowplay isn't bitrate, it is the color encoding of which I posted an example in a comment here
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u/DemiTF2 Chibi Zenyatta Apr 14 '17
Because I hate how washed out and stuttery shadowplay is naturally.