It should be noted that when I record gameplay footage from the Elgato Capture Software itself (without OBS), the picture quality from the output is clean and not pixelated whatsoever (even in transitional scenes). Every time I raised the bitrate of the output the pixelated picture remained the same (heck, out of desperation I even set the bitrate to an extreme 999999, only for the output to remain pixelated). However, I was told recently by a couple of content creators (that apparently use OBS for recording) that they never had this issue, and that it required amplifying the bitrate of my output (which I tried to no avail). I remember reading a thread on these forums (that I believe was posted as far back as 2014) where it says that OBS cannot capture 1080p on the Elgato capture board, which is why it is blurry despite the output being set to 1080p. However, the one, and literally only, issue I have with this combination is that after every gameplay session I record with the Elgato on OBS, the output is seen to be slightly blurry and noticeably pixelated in many areas (particularly during transitions such as the Fade In or Fade Out effects that occur in the games that are recorded, and when there is a lot of movement in a cutscene). This allows you to connect capture devices such as the Elgato capture board to OBS for live-recording. Now, I am aware that OBS has a Game Capture source that you can add to any scene you create.

Laptop Specs - Intel i5 4200M 2.There's this glaring issue I've been having with OBS for the past couple of years, and I'm hoping that there's an explanation and solution for that issue here. My internet connection is also more than fast enough to be able to stream at TwitchTV's max, 3500 upload. I am streaming my gameplay onto my Laptop which i know is not the best specs, yet i should be able to get a decent picture from it. I have changed my setting on OBS and my Elgato to 1080p and still everything seems washed out and blurry. The problem i'm having is that my Elgato picture on OBS seems to be blurry and not as crisp as it is on the Game Capture software. I thought it's time that I finally start streaming properly and more often to pull some viewers in. I've had my Elgato for a while now and have been live streaming on and off.

Does elgato stream in 1080p or 720p