in my oppinion FRAPS is the best. these are some other recording programs: ZD Soft Screen Recorder, D3DGear, Dxtory,
Reread the opening post. He was asking about checking on temps/fps/etc during gaming, not recording.
he wants to run test and see fps as well..... so read it again.
I thought he meant run tests as in testing if he can put a few settings higher while still being (for instance) under his Vram limit or something and still get an acceptable FPS.