Massive FPS drops when recording with fraps

[WMJ1234]

Hello!

I have a bit of a problem with fraps when recording gameplay. Usually I can play with up to 400fps , but as soon as I start recording it drops to 5-10.

i5-2320
GeForce GTX 550 ti

Also I have 0 knowledge of PC stuff so please bear with me.

Appreciate the help!

 

[James Mason]

don't use fraps, it's garbage. It also caps your FPS.

You can try OBS since it's free:
https://obsproject.com/
And here's how to set it up for local recordings, start at the recommended crf 15, and lower it for higher quality and higher file size recordings.
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.16/
And to set it up for twitch:
http://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1262922-open-broadcaster-software

How much ram you have will also affect recording, you can get by with 8gbs, but 16 would be better.
Also recording to a hard drive that you're not playing the game off of helps alot, as having to read and write to/from the same drive is really hard for the computer.