How to stop FRAPS lag?

reubenno

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Hello,
I have been trying to record some TF2 gameplay with fraps but it has become to laggy to play. In game I am getting about 300fps however when i start to record the game stutters and struggles to run at even 20fps. My system specs:
i5 3570k at 4.2ghz
sapphire vapor x 7950
8gb corsair ram

Any ideas?
Thanks
 

nukemaster

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Fraps lowers the frame rate to your set recording rate. If you are set to record at 20 it will drop to 20. higher frame rates will make larger files.

Due to the very low compression fraps also works best on a dedicated drive(fast hard drive[sequential writes are still fine for a hard drive] or ssd[should not NEED to be an ssd, but ssds do not trip up and drop frames :) ] JUST for fraps recordings.).
 

Karl731

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Why not try a program that writes less data to your drive, such as Bandicam? It encodes the video and therefore saves much smaller files, writing less data to your drive as a result and therefore causes less lag.