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Its An Arty Party Jun 17, 2015 @ 4:48pm
Fraps Causes Lag?
When I try to record intense games that I can normally play fraps will begin to lag a little while into the recording. I have a good GPU and CPU so what could cause this?
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vadim Jun 17, 2015 @ 5:28pm 
Probably your hardware isn't as good as you think.
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[☥] - CJ - Jun 17, 2015 @ 5:44pm 
a Lacking hard drive could be the cause.

But as stated, your PC may not be as good as you think it is.
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Bad 💀 Motha Jun 17, 2015 @ 6:23pm 
- U could try other software
- have the recording go to another drive
- try recording at full-frame at 30 FPS

Other software to consider; OBS, BandiCam, MSI Afterburner, NVIDIA ShadowPlay.
Last edited by Bad 💀 Motha; Jun 17, 2015 @ 6:24pm
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The Grapist Jun 17, 2015 @ 6:29pm 
Alot of it depends on the codec that's used to record. The better the Codec (Size, encryption, compression) the less strain it put on the whole system. The standard fraps codec ends up being like ~1GB Per minute of record time. While others will get it down to ~200MB.

It puts alot of stress on both CPU and GPU, but I believe the biggest factor is the GPU when recording as that will give you the frame drops.

If you're serious about recording, don't use software. IT's bulky, and inefficient.
Professional game streamers use capture devices that steal the frames directly from the HDMI/DVI cable, without any impact on the system.
Last edited by The Grapist; Jun 17, 2015 @ 6:30pm
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