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    Best gaming screen recorder?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Blueman101, May 12, 2009.

  1. Blueman101

    Blueman101 Notebook Evangelist

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    So im trying to record my games but almost all of the recorders that I have found eat my framerate. Any suggestions? I dont have a very good machine. i have tried fraps, xfire.
     
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  2. MrButterBiscuits

    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    ohhh lol well I really like fraps but I definitely see where you are coming from.... it does reduce the Fps noticeably, I do some game reviews so I use it...
     
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    MGS2392 NAND Cat!

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    GameCam ran great last time I tried, but it's been a few years since I've used it.
     
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    Try setting up a camcorder or digital camera (with video capability) with a tripod.

    Anything that records video directly on the PC will consume FPS. It's eating CPU and hard drive I/O.

    But this makes me wonder, if you had a dual or quad core, what would the performance hit be if you ran the recorder on one core, and the game on another (or two or three)?
     
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    You could hook it up to another pc with a video capture card. that would be a good way.
     
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  6. Blueman101

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    how do u assign programs to work on one core and another program to work on another?
     
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    Try this http://edgemeal.110mb.com/SetAffinity/

    This program can support up to 4 real cores so I will definitely be trying this on my Q9000.
     
    LaptopNut, May 13, 2009
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    You can do that through the Task Manager, but it doesn't save it.
     
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    Fraps is one of the most popular, but it's bad for videos showcasing performance because it eats up so many frames. I think all of them are like that though.
     
    Buhdahl, May 13, 2009
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    Is there anything that is like a replay recording?

    I know some games have replay, but I wonder if there is an actual app that does this? I guess that would be the same thing as recording it, but you never see replay slowing down ur fps lol

    Ive used fraps only to see fps, and if u record it does slow things down.
     
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  11. RickyC

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    Fraps is most likely the program that eats less of your cpu than any other program i've tried.

    When using it always set to the fps in fraps to that which the game is running at and i always normally aim for 30fps. Though this doesn't matter if you disable vsync.
    The HDD will be the bottleneck if you're trying to record 60fps at a high resolution even if you're saving to a different drive than the game is running on which you should try to do too. I normally won't record 60fps if the game is running at over 800x600.
    My videos will normally be 30fps at 1280x720 which is good enough and perfect size for youtube though i haven't recorded anything passed halo 2. You would just have to compromise with the resolution depending on your specs and you shouldnt generally have the game options set to the same as if you weren't recording.

    After fraps there is camtasia but thats a screen recorder and great for desktop recording with lots of still and smaller resolution but never found it give me smooth enough results otherwise.
     
    RickyC, May 13, 2009
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  12. Periklis_Pap

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    In my opinion FRAPS because it dosent consume alot of computing power.
     
    Periklis_Pap, May 27, 2009
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