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Eraser · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:50 am Post subject: Fraps

Hey i wonder do fraps use RAM or video card when capturing? Cuz it's lagging when i capture and i wonder should i add more ram or buy new video card?

I have 8500GT and 2GB ram.

zyndr0m · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:54 am Post subject:

It should run smoothly depending on what you are trying to fraps. Are you sure you have the right settings?

Eraser · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:55 pm Post subject:

Well, in most games i have no problem capturing with fraps, but in other good games like crysis or other games that have good graphics it kinda drops fps alot Sad

(but i can play it smoothly ;D

zyndr0m · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:09 pm Post subject:

I believe its ram that you're lacking. I didn't even know you were able to run crysis with 2gig ram.

Jesper · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:10 pm Post subject:

It does depend on what graphics card you are playing. It will lag if the game requires alot of processing etc.

Eraser · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:56 pm Post subject:

so fraps uses RAM or video card??

Chidori · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:26 pm Post subject:

i'm guessing video card

Jesper · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:24 am Post subject:

I think it relies most on CPU or graphics card. But it does need RAM too.

Honda · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:31 am Post subject:

I think it uses both.

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:01 am Post subject:

FRAPS spends most of it's time saving the screen to disk.

It's probably more HD bound followed by CPU

Saifallofjmr · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:04 am Post subject:

It would work like this:

Your graphics card is having to render the frames followed by your cpu having to calculate physics, explosions, and other particle effects, then the frames (.avi) would be saved to the hard drive and then the cycle starts back over.

So it heavily depends on your I/O speed of your HDD and your graphics card.

Pepsiguy · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject:

set the FPS to 30 in fraps and record while it's lagging. When the video is done, it will be smooth because of the frame setting, works for me.

angerist · Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:09 am Post subject:

If you have 2 HDD's available then you should save your files to the other hdd. This takes stress of your local drive. If not maybe you should buy a small hdd dedicated to fraps. Not expensive at all. Or just take one from a shit box computer.

And chuck two new 2x2gig ram in there for the sake you computer will run so much smoother with it.