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    Upgrading HD for Fraps Proformance +

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by paymon, Jun 7, 2009.

  1. paymon

    paymon Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys, I am currently using a Fujitsu MHV2120BH 5400 rpm 120gb hd in my sager 5760. I love to make videos using fraps but never can run on a full resolution and I somewhat blame my HD recording speed. I have oc my cpu to about 2.3~ and did everything possible to make gameplay (WoW) as smooth as possible using fraps but just no luck. I was thinking about saving some money and buy a new computer entirely but figured this may be a decent solution. My Laptop specs should be in my Sig.

    Any thoughts or suggestions on the best laptop HD i can buy would be great if that is a option. Thanks :p
     
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  2. garetjax

    garetjax NBR Freelance Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    I am not sure a hard drive will be the answer to your problem. If you are wanting to run at full resolution while using FRAPs, I would think that this is more dependant on your GPU than your hard drive.
     
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  3. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    If your hard drive light is on solid while recording, then it probably is the hard drive that is holding you back.

    Your computer is still decent; a hard drive upgrade can't hurt your performance so I would go for it. Also, you can always take the hard drive out and put it in a new computer should you decide to do that in the future.
     
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