Recording with Fraps/Action! lagging

[fignewtons]

So I've been trying to record Minecraft fullscreen using Action! and Fraps, but both make my FPS drop from ~600 to 40. Interestingly, both softwares max out at exactly 43 fps* for me. Windowed helps bring the fps up but I don't want to record without fullscreen.

Note - I have used shadowplay and it works fine, but I want to use Action to record 120fps.

My rig:

i5-4590 (stock cooler)
Asus Strix GTX970 - OC'd (stable)
Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3-1600
PNY CS1111 240GB SSD
EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold
(Running windows 8.1, with latest graphics drivers)

If you need logs, I'll post; I just don't want to make the post unorganized and they might not be needed.

Update - Tried recording with MSI Afterburner; the FPS maxed out at 50.
*Update 2 - Tried going with dual channel for my ram, Action! is recording at a whopping 55fps for 720p 60fps video. Shadowplay's settings would be far superior but I want to be able to record 120fps video. Afterburner's running at 60fps.

 

[TechyInAZ]

Fraps I've had nothing but trouble with. I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend the MSI Afterburner video capture in their software. VERY GOOD! Very flexible and lots of stuff to change too so take time to learn it.

 

[Kenneth Barker]

Also look into ShadowPlay from Nvidia.

 

[fignewtons]

Fraps I've had nothing but trouble with. I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend the MSI Afterburner video capture in their software. VERY GOOD! Very flexible and lots of stuff to change too so take time to learn it.

Just tried it. FPS was capped at 50fps, even though I'd set the max fps to 240 and the max video fps to 120

 

[fignewtons]

Also look into ShadowPlay from Nvidia.

I would, but as I said, it doesn't record at 120fps. Otherwise, it's amazing.

 

[Kenneth Barker]

Also look into ShadowPlay from Nvidia.

I would, but as I said, it doesn't record at 120fps. Otherwise, it's amazing.

I apologize for not reading entirely. Beyond that, I am not too familiar with recording software. My apologies

 

[fignewtons]

Also look into ShadowPlay from Nvidia.

I would, but as I said, it doesn't record at 120fps. Otherwise, it's amazing.

I apologize for not reading entirely. Beyond that, I am not too familiar with recording software. My apologies

It's fine, also, I'm going to try and run my ram in dual channel (something I shouldve done long ago) and see if there's improvement.

Update: went from single to dual channel and I'm now getting a whopping 55fps while recording at 720p 60fps. :c