It stands to reason that the higher the resolution and FPS you broadcast on your streaming, the greater the performance impact on your PC, so if you have an older or less powerful processor and OBS CPU consumption or XSplit is “killing” your broadcast, one of the things you can do is reduce the output resolution or the FPS you broadcast to. What can you do if your PC is too slow when streaming?
If you fast forward to a high motion titan battle. During low/no motion scenes (lobby), they look exactly the same. Below are two streams from the same night, on the same Twitch server.
#XSPLIT PREMIUM VS OBS SOFTWARE#
In summary, OBS may be a better software for streaming if you have a mid-range CPU that is not very powerful and you notice slowdown in game performance On the other hand, XSplit even in its free version consumes more resources from the PC processor, but in return it is capable of emitting with an increase in quality that without being a huge leap, it is noticeable. The only real difference, that I can see, is XSplit offers a 'Strict CBR' setting, whereas OBS offers a 'CBR Padding' setting. When you start to add things to the “scene”, such as a webcam or a logo, the CPU consumption gradually increases and the difference becomes much more noticeable, reaching in our test case a 20% cap with OBS and up to 35% in XSplit, denoting that of course the consumption of this latest software is much higher, although it is also noted that the XSplit codec has better quality than with OBS, that is, the image is seen with better quality to the detriment of performance.