The whole reason that I decided to the local recording thing is because syncing up a pov with mumble comms and making a video out of it is a -huge- pain in the rear. Call me lazy but I just want the convenience of a local recording.

I'm wondering if overclocking my gpu would help with this at all, even though it's most likely my cpu that can't take the load. My gpu happens to be oc'able and at the same time run cooler.

If my last sentence didn't make sense, check out the following link. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1142028

Maybe i'll try the msi thing that jp recommended, but it seems like more of a pain.

have you seen this http://teamfortress.tv/forum/thread/8143-steampipe-freezing#post-119832

I packed my hud into vpk files as well and I don't have this problem.

do you use an fps cap? (fps_max xx)

but I have this relentless urge to download this hud and try it right nowwwwwwwww :(

edit: it works now, yay!

I can't download the zip from any of the links. I get: "502: failure"

Giving the laptop a good thorough cleaning will most likely restore the performance he wants, and if that works and he's happy then he doesn't need to get a desktop.

I've only used game capture.

I tried lowering the quality all the way down to 7, and tried lowering the max bit rate, but I still get lower fps. I guess I'm either gonna have to make it look like crap or just forget about it period. :(

Thanks for the help anyway.

I highly recommend that you take some time to research your computer model, and learn how to open it up properly. With a little perseverance, and the right tools, I guarantee that you could become proficient enough to open your baby up and get a good look inside.

The suggestion to create an airflow under the laptop with a fan is good, and should be done. However, if you have dust bunnies living inside your portable, you'll never get the performance you want out of it.

Check out this picture below. This is what I found in my computer before I replaced my thermal paste. I cleaned out this dust days before the thermal paste repair, and with that alone I had a significant increase in performance. Just saying, I know it's scary diving into the unknown with electronics you don't want to ruin, but the ends justify the means.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43946806/mac4.jpg

Hey Kirby, I read this whole thread and I know that this is a really deep issue that probably won't be fixed by anything short and simple, but I just wanted to say a couple of things that have helped me recently.

Besides cleaning out my computer and putting new thermal paste on my cpu and gpu, I've also started using an fps cap via MSI afterburner.

It may sound silly but capping my fps at 132 makes my cpu more consistent and keeps my frames right where they need to be. The tf2 fps cap sucks and that's why I started using the MSI one.

This is a long shot I know, but I also know how desperate you are at this point. Maybe you'll give it a shot. Good luck anyhow.

I'm trying to do local recordings with obs (internet too shitty to stream) to record my pov and comms during scrims.

I found a guide on youtube from last year that showed how to set up local recordings, and set it up that way. I've tried a few common sense tweaks here and there but nothing seems to make too big of a difference.

My problem is that in game, my frames stay around 70-90 instead of the normal 132 (I use msi afterburner fps cap)

I did some research and I couldn't find any comprehensive guides on how to make this better, and I'm not well versed in OBS.

Here are my obs settings:

Quality: 10
Max bit rate: 5000
Base res: Custom (my ext monitors native res of 1600x900)
Res downscale: 1.25 (720p)
FPS: 30
Filter: Bilinear

My Computer Specs

cpu: i7-2820qm @2.1>3.1
gpu: AMD radeon 6750m 1gb
8gb ram
windows 7 64bit

Yes, I play on a laptop and I know it sucks, but I think that I should be able to squeeze out enough juice to not drop frames with just local recordings.

This may sound stupid, but I was wondering if recording pov demos at the same time as local recording has any effect on this, since all I have is a crappy HDD.

If anyone could help me I would appreciate it.

I could be wrong, but when you reset your modem (hold the reset button down for xx seconds) doesn't that also flush your dns?

Did you read the thread?

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I highly recommend Arctic mx-4, check out the link in my post #6

I used Arctic MX-4 which is considerably better than Arctic Silver

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186038

Also, I'm sure the factory paste they used on mine wasn't great, but what is really concerning for this particular situation, is the terrible job they did applying my thermal paste.

Those pics show how I found my heat sink. Notice that the cores surface is shiny because there is hardly any paste on them; notice the copper on the heat sink, it's almost bare. Notice all the hard, crusty, excess and build-up around the copper on the heat sink and around the processor cores. It's like then just squirted a huge blob of paste on the cores, and then screwed the heatsink back on as tight as they could.