PC gaming recording

[Stannojj]

So im in the middle of buying myself a gaming rig for Recording lets plays and so on
At the moment ive got myself the following:
MSI 980ti 6GB
INTEL I7 4790K
ASUS Z97-A
8GB RAM

And i also have
2TB HDD Drive
1 TB HDD Drive
1 TB HDD Drive

would this be good enough to effectiverly record in 720-1080p videos such as Lets plays which could be a 15-30 min Long video, is there anything you guys can recommend?

 

[utroz]

Maybe get a SSD and 16GB of RAM.. The SSD to save the video to faster and more RAM because gaming + recording will eat up loads of RAM and you do not want disk caching during gaming to cause slow and dropped frames. The cpu should be powerful enough, you may even be able to use the quick sync encode the video (anyone do this?).

 

[Stannojj]

Maybe get a SSD and 16GB of RAM..

I kind of want to avoid using an SSD, as they get quite expensive and offer barely any space compared to a HDD, would a 7200 RPM HDD pump out good quality videos?

 

[utroz]

As long as you have Windows and the Games on a different drive than you are recording the video to then there should be no issue. More RAM will also help as well. As you already want to have a couple of hard drives it should be just fine..

 

[Frag Maniac]

Nvidia's ShadowPlay will let you record 1080p 20 minute videos without even keeping the record process running. You just turn it on after you complete a 20 min gameplay segment you know you want, and it captures it lag free. ShadowPlay uses H.264 hardware built into the GPU.

You can also use it to record manually in the background if you want to do segments longer than 20. I mentioned ShadowPlay first because it's the most convenient and least time consuming. It also yields fairly small file sizes that are easy to store and quick to compress.

If you want something more feature rich that has way more setup options, including dual audio track recording, there's DxTory. Your spec will easily handle recording most any game at 1080p, but if you run into FPS issues at all with DxTory, you have the perfect setup to tweak it for zero lag.

With DxTory you can designate more than one HDD to write the capture file (Distribution Writing). It stores the video as "RawCap" files, sorta like RAID striping. After the file is captured you use the built in RawCapConvert tool to build the RawCap files into a single AVI file. Using DW requires setting output mode to RawCap instead of AVI, and using the DxTory codec.

That said, I highly recommend a fast 120-128GB SSD drive for OS and programs. With Windows, DxTory, and any compression software you may be using like Sony Vegas, etc, it will help speed up the process. All the better if you can afford a larger SSD to install the game/games you're capturing on.

[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0KqsTa_HpM"][/video]

 

[Stannojj]

As long as you have Windows and the Games on a different drive than you are recording the video to then there should be no issue. More RAM will also help that not to happen.

Great so it would be like 3 Hard drives, A - B -C im playing from Hard drive A and recording and it all goes onto Hard Drive C for example? hope i understand that correctly 😛

 

[utroz]

As long as you have Windows and the Games on a different drive than you are recording the video to then there should be no issue. More RAM will also help that not to happen.

Great so it would be like 3 Hard drives, A - B -C im playing from Hard drive A and recording and it all goes onto Hard Drive C for example? hope i understand that correctly 😛

You got it man!!

 

[maddogfargo]

NVidia ShadowPlay is easily capable of capturing 1080p video @ 60 FPS with minimal performance hit. Far better performance than MSI AB, DXtory or any CPU based recording software. I've just found it a little buggy and doesn't like to play nice with MSI Afterburner when I use AB for overclocking/monitoring my GPU.

I just recommend you use the big HDD for the captured videos, and nothing else. this will make sure the read/write workload is light. You will avoid a lot of stuttering that way.

 

[Stannojj]

Nvidia's ShadowPlay will let you record 1080p 20 minute videos without even keeping the record process running. You just turn it on after you complete a 20 min gameplay segment you know you want, and it captures it lag free. ShadowPlay uses H.264 hardware built into the GPU.

You can also use it to record manually in the background if you want to do segments longer than 20. I mentioned ShadowPlay first because it's the most convenient and least time consuming. It also yields fairly small file sizes that are easy to store and quick to compress.

If you want something more feature rich that has way more setup options, including dual audio track recording, there's DxTory. Your spec will easily handle recording most any game at 1080p, but if you run into FPS issues at all with DxTory, you have the perfect setup to tweak it for zero lag.

With DxTory you can designate more than one HDD to write the capture file (Distribution Writing). It stores the video as "RawCap" files, sorta like RAID striping. After the file is captured you use the built in RawCapConvert tool to build the RawCap files into a single AVI file. Using DW requires setting output mode to RawCap instead of AVI, and using the DxTory codec.

That said, I highly recommend a fast 120-128GB SSD drive for OS and programs. With Windows, DxTory, and any compression software you may be using like Sony Vegas, etc, it will help speed up the process. All the better if you can afford a larger SSD to install the game/games you're capturing on.

[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0KqsTa_HpM"][/video]

Wow i didn't realise the MSI 980TI was compatible with Shadowplay! thats Awesome! thank you very much

 

[utroz]

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