Game feels like 20 FPS at 150+ FPS but looks like 150 fps in recordings

[ogname]

Everytime I play it feels like 20 fps but when I'm recording it still feels like 20 fps except the recording looks like it was recorded in 4k. I really need help it's getting really annoying. It can't be screen tearing because no matter what I do with V-Sync it still lags and I don't see screen tearing and on valorant it tears when I have my fps capped. Anything would help. Running a 1650, i5-9300H 8GB it's the acer nitro 5 15.6". I have used DDU to reinstall drivers and that hasn't worked but the only thing I can possibly assume is happening is when I go to the drop down in Storage controller in Device Manager my chipset there is from 2018 even when I download the new driver it still remains like that while my cousin who has the same exact laptop has the 2019 version.

 

[Regeneration]

Try another game recording software like OBS.

Make sure you're saving to a fast storage device.

Your hardware is in the mid-low range. You need a proper setup for game recording.

 

[ogname]

Try another game recording software like OBS.

Make sure you're saving to a fast storage device.

Your hardware is in the mid-low range. You need a proper setup for game recording.

What I mean is, my game is LAGGY with 150 FPS but whilst recording it's still laggy and after I'm done I look at the recording it's smooth. It looks nothing like my gameplay. MY game is lagging it's not that I need something to record smooth gameplay it is smooth just I can't see it. Idk if you get what I mean but anything would help at this point. My game is lagging at high fps recording comes out smooth somehow.

 

[Regeneration]

Storage or CPU is slowing it down.

 

[ogname]

Storage or CPU is slowing it down.

How can I check for faulty CPU and my storage is good

 

[Regeneration]

Nothing is broken. Game recording is a demanding task. Use Geforce Experience to record, try limit FPS in both in-game and video, if its still slow, use lower resolution.

 

[oinkypig]

maybe try running running everything on RAM, primocahce/ramdisk/ect, or maybe look into creating VHD, virtual hard drive, under windows 10 management

 

[Regeneration]

It's a laptop, good chances its already throttling without the game capture.

 

[Waldorf]

@Regeneration
funny how ppl always says slow storage:
even if i record at full quality at UHD res, its only 150Mbit/s, so thats not even more than 20MB/s, which i can get using a usb stick.

@oinkypig
how is a VHDD gonna help? its still running on the same physical drive or will eat ram, which isnt really available in abundance..

@ogname
what game? what driver? what software are you using to record?
cant expect ppl to help if we dont have any info past the hw.

turn on vsync, turn on low latency (not ultra), and turn up the graphics settings, and see if that helps.

 

[ogname]

@Regeneration
funny how ppl always says slow storage:
even if i record at full quality at UHD res, its only 150Mbit/s, so thats not even more than 20MB/s, which i can get using a usb stick.

@oinkypig
how is a VHDD gonna help? its still running on the same physical drive.

@ogname
what game? what driver? what software are you using to record?
cant expect ppl to help if we dont have any info past the hw.

turn on vsync, turn on low latency (not ultra), and turn up the graphics settings, and see if that helps.

I've tried everything, I'm running newest drivers and I use the windows recorder(xbox) but MY GAME IS LAGGING WITH OR WITHOUT RECORDING IT JUST LAGS the recording doesn
t need to be involved it lags at high fps when I'm just playing. I only mentioned the recording because it makes it seem like my game is smooth which it's not.

maybe try running running everything on RAM, primocahce/ramdisk/ect, or maybe look into creating VHD, virtual hard drive, under windows 10 management

How do i run everything on Ram?

It's a laptop, good chances its already throttling without the game capture.

My temps are good their 80-85 on lunar client (MC) but that's normal for Laptops and if I put it on max fan speed it's around 75. It can't be throttling.

Nothing is broken. Game recording is a demanding task. Use Geforce Experience to record, try limit FPS in both in-game and video, if its still slow, use lower resolution.

It's not that it's my game is lagging I have no recorder besides the xbox one I just said that because after I record and watch it my game is smooth without recording or anything my game is not smooth at ALL it's like 20 frames. DISREGARD the recording my game is lagging at 150 Fps

Whether this helps or not, when my lunar client(minecraft) is minimized, not windowed, it is SOO smooth like as if there is no issues but anything other than that lags this occurs in Valorant Csgo and Minecraft and FORTNITE THE WORST, I downloaded that game and I had 200 fps but it felt like 10 fps and after I played valorant a day later this issue occured in Minecraft and a week later CSGO.

 

[xman2007]

Why create a new thread about the same problem

Game looks very smooth in recordings but not when I'm playing or recording.

Everytime I play it feels like 20 fps but when I'm recording it still feels like 20 fps except the recording looks like it was recorded in 4k. I really need help it's getting really annoying. It can't be screen tearing because no matter what I do with V-Sync it still lags and I don't see screen...

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[ogname]

Why create a new thread about the same problem

Game looks very smooth in recordings but not when I'm playing or recording.

Everytime I play it feels like 20 fps but when I'm recording it still feels like 20 fps except the recording looks like it was recorded in 4k. I really need help it's getting really annoying. It can't be screen tearing because no matter what I do with V-Sync it still lags and I don't see screen...

www.techpowerup.com

cuz I didn't get it solved, it was done.

 

[aMpeDuP]

I think your problem is you are running "windows recorder(xbox)". You should disable that sh*t in regedit (google how to do that). It can give all sorts of performance issues, even if you don't record. If you want to record use Nvidia Experience which is really easy on your components and probably the best recording solution if it's only the game and audio you want to record.

 

[Regeneration]

You can't expect to race or climb mountains with a scooter.

Don't use Xbox game bar to record. Keep it disabled and use Nvidia Geforce Experience instead.

 

[agentnathan009]

Are you using up your 8GB of RAM? I have 16GB in my desktop and Assassins Creed Odyssey uses about 5 GB of system RAM. I even had browser open with a bajillion tabs open, plus AC Odyssey, plys Xbox game bar going at the same time. I'd check to see if you have enough free RAM available so your system isn't resorting to using storage drive for paging.

 

[ogname]

I think your problem is you are running "windows recorder(xbox)". You should disable that sh*t in regedit (google how to do that). It can give all sorts of performance issues, even if you don't record. If you want to record use Nvidia Experience which is really easy on your components and probably the best recording solution if it's only the game and audio you want to record.

I've done that.

Are you using up your 8GB of RAM? I have 16GB in my desktop and Assassins Creed Odyssey uses about 5 GB of system RAM. I even had browser open with a bajillion tabs open, plus AC Odyssey, plys Xbox game bar going at the same time. I'd check to see if you have enough free RAM available so your system isn't resorting to using storage drive for paging.

Yes, I have 8 gigs but it only uses about 50-65 no matter the game I'm playing.

You can't expect to race or climb mountains with a scooter.

Don't use Xbox game bar to record. Keep it disabled and use Nvidia Geforce Experience instead.

It's not that the recorders are making me lag, it's my game lags with all the recorders off at high fps. Forget about the recording softwares I just need help because my game is lagging at 150 fps.

 

[Deleted member 197986]

Latest GPU drivers installed? Check if correct GPU is selected and look at temperatures with NitroSense / throttlestop (temp). Many issues can be found on the internet about this. Maybe indeed plug some more RAM.

 

[Tetras]

Tried putting Windows into max performance mode?

Did I read right in the other thread you're only running 1 stick? That's going to hammer your bandwidth, I don't know if that will be a problem for recording. It seems very strange that the recording is smooth though, do you have a spare monitor you could connect up?

 

[Tatty_Two]

Ogname, they are not talking about throttling due to temps but throttling due to TDP limit.

 

[ogname]

Tried putting Windows into max performance mode?

Did I read right in the other thread you're only running 1 stick? That's going to hammer your bandwidth, I don't know if that will be a problem for recording. It seems very strange that the recording is smooth though, do you have a spare monitor you could connect up?

yes I have, I can try to get my cousins monitor I'll let you know afterwards.

Latest GPU drivers installed? Check if correct GPU is selected and look at temperatures with NitroSense / throttlestop (temp). Many issues can be found on the internet about this. Maybe indeed plug some more RAM.

But my recordings look smooth, should I still buy more ram?

Sorry for long responses, I was not home yesterday.

Ogname, they are not talking about throttling due to temps but throttling due to TDP limit.

I don't really know what TDP limit is, can you help me figure out if it is that?

 

[Tatty_Two]

yes I have, I can try to get my cousins monitor I'll let you know afterwards.


But my recordings look smooth, should I still buy more ram?

Sorry for long responses, I was not home yesterday.


I don't really know what TDP limit is, can you help me figure out if it is that?

Manufacturers set a Thermal Design Power (TDP) limit for their laptops/notebooks to ensure a number of things like power consumption (Battery life), heat etc, I think for your laptop the CPU has a TDP limit of 45W which would suggest it has decent cooling so when you are pushing out all those frames and/or recording it's likely working that CPU hard, if the limit is reached the CPU will be throttled back to keep it below that 45W even without it's temps nearing the limit ..….. manufacturers don't want batteries to last for only a couple of hours when mobile.

 

[ogname]

Manufacturers set a Thermal Design Power (TDP) limit for their laptops/notebooks to ensure a number of things like power consumption (Battery life), heat etc, I think for your laptop the CPU has a TDP limit of 45W which would suggest it has decent cooling so when you are pushing out all those frames and/or recording it's likely working that CPU hard, if the limit is reached the CPU will be throttled back to keep it below that 45W even without it's temps nearing the limit ..….. manufacturers don't want batteries to last for only a couple of hours when mobile.

How can I ensure that it doesn't throttle, is there any way?

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Is it your problem just with online games or is it also with single player offline games?

 

[ogname]

Is it your problem just with online games or is it also with single player offline games?

Online, but if you're talking about offline mode as well on online games that is the case. It lags on both with high fps.
But listen here, I think I've done something, I made my performance max, turned off xbox game bar completely and I set acer trueharmony to movies and it's pretty smooth. But, whenever I made a sharp move it stutters sometimes it stutters for up to a second before it's back to normal. I think this is a case of settings but I don't know what the final thing causing this could be.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Online, but if you're talking about offline mode as well on online games that is the case. It lags on both with high fps.
But listen here, I think I've done something, I made my performance max, turned off xbox game bar completely and I set acer trueharmony to movies and it's pretty smooth. But, whenever I made a sharp move it stutters sometimes it stutters for up to a second before it's back to normal. I think this is a case of settings but I don't know what the final thing causing this could be.

Well...I am asking because sometimes that laggy feeling can be caused by packet losses in online gaming but if you don't have that problem in other high demanding off-line games then seems like something else is an issue......