From b3fa6afd56aaa1a4b9c428b27a3ac9b502eed362 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dec05eba Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 17:02:41 +0200 Subject: Update README with info about nvfbc being slower --- README.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1d09c92..9eca5ad 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ If you are using a variable refresh rate monitor, then choose to record "screen- # Performance When recording Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild at 4k, fps drops from 30 to 7 when using OBS Studio + nvenc, however when using this screen recorder the fps remains at 30.\ When recording GTA V at 4k on highest settings, fps drops from 60 to 23 when using obs-nvfbc + nvenc, however when using this screen recorder the fps only drops to 55. The quality is also much better when using gpu-screen-recorder.\ -It is recommended to save the video to a SSD because of the large file size, which a slow HDD might not be fast enough to handle. +It is recommended to save the video to a SSD because of the large file size, which a slow HDD might not be fast enough to handle.\ +Using NvFBC (recording the monitor/screen) is not faster than not using NvFBC (recording a single window) with gpu screen recorder, in fact it might be a tiny bit slower. # Installation If you are running an Arch Linux based distro, then you can find gpu screen recorder on aur under the name gpu-screen-recorder-git (`yay -S gpu-screen-recorder-git`).\ If you are running an Ubuntu based distro then run `install_ubuntu.sh` as root: `sudo ./install_ubuntu.sh`.\ -- cgit v1.2.3