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    Fraps Lag issues

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by miscolobo, Jul 10, 2008.

  1. miscolobo

    miscolobo Notebook Deity

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    Whenever i start recording with fraps, my fps drops drastically until the point where it gets unplayable.

    My specs are in sig...is it possible my computer cant handle fraps? WTF!
     
    miscolobo, Jul 10, 2008
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  2. KGann

    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    All computers drop in framerate when Fraps is recording. That's just how it works...
     
    KGann, Jul 10, 2008
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  3. miscolobo

    miscolobo Notebook Deity

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    But to the extent where it is unplayable? i dont think so...
     
    miscolobo, Jul 10, 2008
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    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    I do think so. The 8400m GT just isn't powerful enough. I have seen very few people that can run Fraps with a good framerate while recording, and they were on very high-end hardware. There may be some tweaking I don't know about, but I messed with Fraps on my Sony and could never get it playable while recording.
     
    KGann, Jul 10, 2008
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    I was running the devil may cry 4 benchmark earlier and with the half video size setting (the one that is fastest) I went from over 200fps to 30fps :p and I have a quad core at 3.6ghz and 2 4850's

    Some things just dont work well when recorded.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jul 10, 2008
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    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    For one, I believe the max framerate for Fraps is 30FPS, but if you are barely getting 30FPS, it's gonna cut that in half.
     
    KGann, Jul 10, 2008
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    AgeOfArkane Notebook Guru

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    Yeah some games are just better for it currently. I was just checking things out in LotRO, WAR, EQII, and Vanguard this morning with fraps. When it is on I register around 90 fps in LotRO for example, but when I record it goes down to 28. On EQII I got 55 fps, and when I recorded I went down to 30. When I was playing Vanguard I was at 34 fps, and when I was recording I went down to 28 so it wasn't much of a drop off.
     
    AgeOfArkane, Jul 10, 2008
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  8. ViciousXUSMC

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    That makes sense, was wondering why it droped from 200 to 30 as I knew my quad core had enough power ot keep up. It is set to record at 30fps on mine. I just didnt think that it would actually cap you at 30fps to do it.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jul 10, 2008
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    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    Yup, it caps the framerate. Kind of lame if you ask me...
     
    KGann, Jul 11, 2008
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    Thats ok for most games, but since I was trying to record how well the DMC4 benchmark runs on my system and how it looks at max settings that would kind of nulify the point :p
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jul 11, 2008
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  11. potentv

    potentv Notebook Evangelist

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    I find that FRAPS does peg your framerate but also another thing that it does it that I find it makes huge files, so if you do want to squeeze out as many frames as you can into the file or for benchmarking reasons you will need a very fast harddrive
     
    potentv, Jul 11, 2008
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    brainer Notebook Virtuoso

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    DMC4 recorded butter smooth, when i get the full version, i'm gonna flood the world with my vids :D i'm really good with it.
     
    brainer, Jul 11, 2008
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