I have used ShadowPlay for some time now and have no complaints, but after seeing people mention OBS and the latest driver referencing OBS noise removal, I decided to try it out. Not impressed with the outcome. Are there perhaps some settings that improve the encoding? I find the videos appear like playing a game at lower refresh rates, whereas the ShadowPlay recordings are very smooth. As far as I can tell I set everything I could to highest quality.

MrQueez
Is ShadowPlay easier to set up than OBS?  I use OBS to record occasionally and I find it just a little cumbersome.

Yes. For me it worked right out of the gate and I only made changes to recording directory. I bumped up the bitrate later. All pretty straight forward.

I don't know but Shadowplay crashed my COD game, so I disabled it now.

Shadowplay is the only capture software I use, despite GeForce Experience disabling it at random after an update. Lost a few good clips that way..

I was pretty against OBS when I first configured, but I dig it now that it's all setup and been used a few times. Shadowplay seems to get the job done if you just want recording though!

OBS was better once you crunk out your settings.

OBS shouldn't even be close in convenience.

OBS is great, but takes some time to learn. It's very customisable and does not hog resources. For noise removal, you can add filters to the mic input. I use the 'Noise suppression' (RNNoise), 'Compressor' and 'Limiter' mic filters. You need to tweak the individual settings to get best results.