best bitrate for streaming streamlabs obs

However, I always use x264 encoding anyway. The only other difference apart from the settings is that I swapped my radeon vii for a 5700xt. Annoyingly, I didn't save my old settings or the single useful guide I found. It is possible my 4k60hz monitor is to blame because of freesync, and it is possible setting it to v-sync while switching off freesync could solve the problem, but that would ruin my gaming experience while streaming/recording and I could record with freesync enabled on a 1080p144hz monitor before, so I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.

I've also changed priority to above normal and have tried cpu set at anything from fast to veryfast. I've tried larger buffers, no buffers, different file types, different encoders, even auto settings and anything else I could think of like keyframes at 0, 1 and 2. I tried recording at 4k at anywhere from 6000 to 25000 bitrate, 1080p at 6000 and higher, 720p at 3500 to 6000, all with cbr and all at 60fps. Might try recording to a ssd anyway tomorrow. Click to expand.I'm recording to a hdd, though I don't remember that being a problem before.

Best bitrate for streaming streamlabs obs