Why are people still using Fraps?

[Tom]

I had been a Fraps user for years before I swiched to Shadowplay a year ago, and I've never looked back. I think it's safe to say that, in its current state, Shadowplay beats Fraps in every single way.

Still, a quick search on Youtube shows that a lot of poeple with supported hardwares are still using fraps, even some obvious hardware enthusiasts with top-end graphics card.

So, there must be something good about Fraps where no substittute exists. What is it, then, I wonder.

[Amble]

Same reason that so many people stuck with Windows XP for so long. Some people just use one program for so long and get so used to it that it becomes hard to change to something else. Even if it is better.

[Eludium]

-lots of people with AMD cards;
-lots of people with XP and Vista;
-lots of people with low-end Nvidia GPUs (they record only Super Mario or PACMAN, so...)

[Pantheon]

Shadowplay is far superior to Fraps in every way possible, but you do need a Nvidia card to use it, which not everyone has.
I still use Fraps for taking screenshots though, but recording videos, no matter if using the normal or the shadow recording is so much smoother with Shadowplay than with Fraps. I have absolutely no noticable performance loss while recording, which is absolutely amazing.

[Perquisitore]

Because the videos I make are 2-3 each 4 months or so and mostly just for fun. My videos are usually silly, and why would I record myself playing a game anyway?

[Tom]

İlk olarak Asteo600 tarafından gönderildi:

-lots of people with AMD cards;
-lots of people with XP and Vista;
-lots of people with low-end Nvidia GPUs (they record only Super Mario or PACMAN, so...)

Like I said, there's lots of people who meet the requirement using Fraps on Youtube. They often state in the description something like "with Fraps: 4X fps; without Fraps 6X fps". Some even apologize for rugged framerate caused by Fraps. So I am like "Why not just use Shadowplay which has almost zero impact on performance?"

I guess it's what others have said. Fraps have been out there for too long. Some people perfer what they are familiar with.

[Vox]

or use MSI afterburner which is just as good and doesn't require Nvidia's newest cards

[Plaid]

Afterburner

[gleofrocga]

I find shadowplay as annoying as "UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM!"

[Pantheon]

İlk olarak Keyes tarafından gönderildi:

I find shadowplay as annoying as "UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM!"

And why is that?

[Littlefoot]

İlk olarak Radiant Malevolence tarafından gönderildi:

Same reason that so many people stuck with Windows XP for so long. Some people just use one program for so long and get so used to it that it becomes hard to change to something else. Even if it is better.

Pretty much what this guy said.

I myself is interested in recording gameplay, but i'll be getting Playclaw instead. Have used FRAPS before, and i didn't like it that much.

[gleofrocga]

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İlk olarak Keyes tarafından gönderildi:

I find shadowplay as annoying as "UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM!"

And why is that?

I don't know really, I just like how Fraps gives me a nice raw AVI file, and all I have to do is open it and press the hotkey. With Shadowplay you have to into some odd settings with the garbage geforce experience which in most of the time fails to install drivers, and you have to press some odd buttons to get it to record.

[Fork_Q2]

Because Geforce Experience is a PITA.

[Doctor Evil (My Deep Trap)]

OBS blows every recording software out of the water and it's free, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[PyroPanda]

I replaced fraps with shadow play. Really liking shadow play with how I can record with zero effects to my fps. And it can stream to twitch.

[Rubik748]

I wonder if it was always called "fraps"? Or if they added the "r" for obvious reasons.