- Main Causes
- GPU scheduling often causes Discord stream lag due to game resource prioritization
- Disabled hardware acceleration in Discord settings can lead to lag
- Technical Solutions
- Run Discord as administrator to give it higher priority
- Limit in-game FPS to improve GPU scheduling
- Change channel region to minimize latency
- Enable hardware acceleration in Discord settings
- Enable Quality of Service for router priority
- Disable OpenH264 video codec if needed
- Disable Game Mode in Windows settings
- Disable NVIDIA ShadowPlay if applicable