Fraps lag: i can get over 300fps in a game like minecraft, but the second i start recording it goes to 12.

[LordFluffeh]

Hi there! recently i have experiencing an issue when i try to record ANY game with fraps, it is not my graphics card that is the issue or not good enough, i have just upgraded it and runs most games excellently (at 2560x1440)
I can even record my desktop and it will go from 60 to 12, i have framerate lock off, and set it to record at 30fps, i have tryed recording from and to an external harddrive and barely makes any difference.

Specs:
Windows 7 professional
MSI Nvidia GTX 760 Twin frozr OC
8GB Ram
i5 @ 3.10GHz

 

[joshyboy82]

Well your processor has to process the video, while playing the game, so that might be a slow point. But your Hard Drive has to write the new video file while reading the game information, so I'm guessing that your Hard Drive is the problem. It could have a slow write because of low spindle speed. or you are clogging up the drive controller. Post HDD specs.

 

[LordFluffeh]

Well your processor has to process the video, while playing the game, so that might be a slow point. But your Hard Drive has to write the new video file while reading the game information, so I'm guessing that your Hard Drive is the problem. It could have a slow write because of low spindle speed. or you are clogging up the drive controller. Post HDD specs.

How does one know one's HDD specs?

 

[joshyboy82]

If you can see it. It should have a label like Seagate or Western Digital. From there, you should see the model. Just google it. You don't need a specific part number to see specs. For example: if your Hard Drive is spinning at 5400rpm, that might be your bottleneck.

 

[LordFluffeh]

If you can see it. It should have a label like Seagate or Western Digital. From there, you should see the model. Just google it. You don't need a specific part number to see specs. For example: if your Hard Drive is spinning at 5400rpm, that might be your bottleneck.

My pc is in a VERY small (not universal) case and i cannot see the model number of my ssd/hdd (Im not sure if its a hdd or an ssd, but it has lasted for years so im assuming its an ssd, i have my pc's in depth specs and dimensions printed out but it does not say which ssd i have, just says the ones its compatible with)

 

[joshyboy82]

Without knowing exactly, the next piece of "generic" advice I can offer is: Everyone that I know records to a "Scratch Disk". Do you have access to a small, older HDD, maybe from an old laptop? If so, can you put it in your svelt case? Set the fraps save location to the new disk and try playing your game again. That would at least let us know if the HDD was the problem. If it was, problem solved. If not, your processor might be the bottleneck.

 

[LordFluffeh]

Without knowing exactly, the next piece of "generic" advice I can offer is: Everyone that I know records to a "Scratch Disk". Do you have access to a small, older HDD, maybe from an old laptop? If so, can you put it in your svelt case? Set the fraps save location to the new disk and try playing your game again. That would at least let us know if the HDD was the problem. If it was, problem solved. If not, your processor might be the bottleneck.

hi there, I have tryed it on 2 external hdds, same issue and I don't think it is my processor as I have checked it while gaming and its nowhere near bottlenecking.

 

[Vhasegawa]

You could try checking on your device manager (you know, control panel/system/device manager), and look for disk drives (I think that's how it shows up in english, my Windows is in another language so translation is kind of troublesome). I have both SSD and HD in my system, and they both show up there.

Back to the topic, some time ago I recorded a little bit of gameplay on Mass Effect 3, at 1920x1080. I can't recall how long I recorded, but the file was quite large, and you're running at a higher resolution. Since using external hd's didn't do the trick, your system drive is likely too slow, but you could check this other thread, the chosen answer is from blackrose42:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1810845/fraps-runs-slow-cpu-ssd.html

 

[joshyboy82]

That's what I get for helping. Denied best answer because I didn't link to another forum.

 

[jimmyh234]

That's what I get for helping. Denied best answer because I didn't link to another forum.

some people just need a hand to hold man xD