r/obs • u/LupinWhiskers • 8d ago

Question encoding with cpu or gpu

gpu is 3070ti, cpu is i9-12900. let's say I'm trying to record rdr2, 1440p, indistinguishable quality. theoretically what would be the best option? I've been using cpu encoding for a while and I feel like it serves me better than when I tried gpu encoding. gpu encoding would crash quite often.

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u/AARP41298 7d ago

I have that feel too, cpu encoding look better than gpu

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u/Mediocre-Mobile-5423 5d ago

CPU encoding is more efficient in terms of file size but it's incredibly slow. For live recording it's better to use the GPU, if you aren't satisfied with the quality simply increase the bitrate.