Fps lag while recording

[B0rkehh]

While playing minecraft, I usually run 200 fps on far fancy setting, but while recording I get around 60 fps on any setting even tiny. This is really irritating and want to know how I can get better fps while recording?

 

[vmN]

So you dont have a dedicated GPU.
There is the reason, recording require a stronger CPU and more memory.
Advice save up for an additional 4GB and get a dedicated GPU.

 

[BnG]

First you can record to your hdd eith os on, it should not give worse performance.

Try reconfigure your record settings and please list your specs.

It will give less performance in terms of "fps drop while recording". You will always loose a few FPS when recording... Also, if you record to the HDD with OS, you will experience 1sec laggspikes (fps drop to 3/4). This causes the gameplay you want to record to not look smooth + it is just very annoying to play with laggspikes every few seconds =).

 

[vmN]

I meant, it should not be worse to record to the same drive as your OS is installed on.

Also, please come with a technical reason why it would be bad, as then you would need an entire drive for the only purpose is to record to it.
Why would you experience 1sec laggspike for recording to the HDD with the OS, that doesn't make sense.

 

[B0rkehh]

@BnG my recording is smooth. I just want to record at higher fps.

@vmN how much $$ should I drop on more gigs?

 

[vmN]

Dont know, you generally want to get some with the same specs as the one you already have.

 

[B0rkehh]

How much do you think ill record at with 8 gigs?

Do I buy another 4 gigs and place that in or just buy 8 gigs alone?

 

[BnG]

How much do you think ill record at with 8 gigs?

Do I buy another 4 gigs and place that in or just buy 8 gigs alone?

For an APU, the 4 extra gigs will benefit you =)
And for the extra FPS, youtube will show a max of 30 FPS. People won't see the difference between recording at 30 fps or 120 fps =).
You say that you are recording at 60 fps? What is your screens refresh rate? If its 60Hz, you won't see more than 60 FPS anyway, even it its over 200.

You could use:
- Optifine (very common for MC, you probably already know)
- Tune down your system look settings depending on your OP (I can help if it's W7)
- You could use something like GameFire... but this is a download... It worked for me though...
- You can add RAM to MC (look it up on google). I increased my FPS with about 20 by doing this (I have 8GB RAM though).

 

[B0rkehh]

With what I do on YouTube, 60 and 120 fps is a difference. Nobody would watch my videos if they were at 30 fps. Definitely not.

If I were to buy 8 gigs of ram and I already have 4, would I have to replace the 4 gigabytes or can I add the 8 and have 12 gigabytes?

 

[BnG]

I meant, it should not be worse to record to the same drive as your OS is installed on.

Also, please come with a technical reason why it would be bad, as then you would need an entire drive for the only purpose is to record to it.
Why would you experience 1sec laggspike for recording to the HDD with the OS, that doesn't make sense.

The program (in this case Fraps) will be running on your HDD, and at the same time read from and write to the HDD. This can cause minor errors (laggspikes) and slow down system performance.

Edit: 1 sec laggspikes where more of an example... They can be longer /(shorter). I was just trying to make the point clear.

 

[vmN]

I meant, it should not be worse to record to the same drive as your OS is installed on.

Also, please come with a technical reason why it would be bad, as then you would need an entire drive for the only purpose is to record to it.
Why would you experience 1sec laggspike for recording to the HDD with the OS, that doesn't make sense.

The program (in this case Fraps) will be running on your HDD, and at the same time read from and write to the HDD. This can cause minor errors (laggspikes) and slow down system performance.

Edit: 1 sec laggspikes where more of an example... They can be longer /(shorter). I was just trying to make the point clear.

You have to be way more specific, what does it matter where fraps is lying?

It still doesn't make sense for me.

 

[B0rkehh]

VmN how much fps do you think I'll go up with 8'gigs?

 

[BnG]

I meant, it should not be worse to record to the same drive as your OS is installed on.

Also, please come with a technical reason why it would be bad, as then you would need an entire drive for the only purpose is to record to it.
Why would you experience 1sec laggspike for recording to the HDD with the OS, that doesn't make sense.

The program (in this case Fraps) will be running on your HDD, and at the same time read from and write to the HDD. This can cause minor errors (laggspikes) and slow down system performance.

Edit: 1 sec laggspikes where more of an example... They can be longer /(shorter). I was just trying to make the point clear.

You have to be way more specific, what does it matter where fraps is lying?

It still doesn't make sense for me.

I'm afraid I might not fully understand your question. I am not a computer wizard who knows the setup for a HDD and how much it will exactly decrease performance, I know that what I stated above is quite a common rule though.

It doesn't matter where the programm fraps is installed, but it does matter to which folder the video's are being written to, as saving them to the same HDD as your operating system is on will cause the effects shown above.

 

[vmN]

To be honest I dont know, it would be a wild shot in the dark.

I do now general recording can be memory-intensive and as you dont have a dedicated GPU there will be some which are dedicated for the IGP.

 

[B0rkehh]

So the best way to increase fps while recording would be by getting more ram?

 

[vmN]

It could be one of the solutions, another one would be a better CPU, but that might require much more $$.

 

[BnG]

Or a GPU?? Apu = CPU + GPU in one. Most games (MC is not one of them) require a strong GPU compared to a strong CPU.
If you want to get higher FPS, try adding a compatible (not all GPU's are compatible to run CF with APU) with the APU. It won't be a mayor investment (max 100$) + it will increase.

 

[Cazalan]

No I just borrowed my friend's flash drive and tested it out, and it lagged out.

Is it possible to get the same FPS when recording when not?

I get 120-200 not recording. Is it possible to get that while recording? If so, please tell me. I want to know if buying a hard drive will do what I want

You'll never get the same FPS while recording with a processor like the A10-6800k. It is CPU limited already playing the game. You may be able to get better FPS if you fraps to an uncompressed image format, as that uses little CPU time. The files will be huge though.

You'd need a 6-8 core CPU like the 8350 or i7 to do both well at the same time.