Is it possible to record CS:GO at 1080p 60fps with my setup?

[vaconcamp]

Hello, I'm just looking to record some CS:GO surf videos to help some people out who are new to surfing. Hopefully some of the more avid Youtubers out there can help me out with this. My specs are:

i5-4590 (3.6 Ghz)
R9 280X Toxic
8GB HyperX RAM
and the videos will be saved on my WD 1TB drive, which has a read/write speed of roughly 175MBps.

My question is, can my rig handle recording 1080p at 60fps? I have used Dxtory with the MagicYUV lossless video codec and the other default codecs, and the file sizes are *huge*. 1 minute of recording amounts to ~10 GB of space. I am worried that my HDD will have a rough time keeping up. So I am looking for some tips:

a) What is the best codec in terms of performance and minimal file size? Is Dxtory the best/lightest software I can use?
b) I assume that people don't just upload ~30GB of raw footage to YT, so is there any specific software you would recommend to compress the videos?
c) Is there any way to record using my GPU? I know Nvidia GPUs have some sort of recording software which apparently doesn't result in a large FPS hit.

 

[Vynavill]

The system is more than fine, specs wise, so don't worry. Besides, CS:GO isn't that heavy in terms of requirements...

About your questions:

1) Don't know much about recording myself, so I can't help on the codec front, but I can tell you Dxtory is good. Another very fine, free software, albeit a bit hard to use at start, would be Open Broadcaster software; when correctly configured, it can reach DXtory quality levels while keeping relatively small file sizes. I've never used it personally, but there's not a single negative comment I've read about it, except from people who were looking for a 1-key-hit off the bat recording.

2) If you just need to compress it, any video converting utility will do. Once again, open source comes in your aid and gives out one very fine software, which is, again, a bit hard to use at start, Handbrake.
If you need to add up stuff, such as opening clips, you need an editing software too.

3) Yes, Nvidia has a recording solution, called Shadowplay, but AMD has one too called GVR, and it's a shame so little is known about it...
They're not the absolute best in terms of quality, but they're literally no-brainers compared to OBS or other recording softwares.
OBS also has the option of using your GPU encoder, AFAIK.

 

[Danielexe]

CSGO is a fairly undemanding game to begin with, with your 280x you must be hitting beyond 100fps throughout the game, recording shouldn't impact your performance too much.

Any way why are you asking us? go try it yourself and see if it performs as you want