Recording Minecraft w/ (Action & Fraps)

[LighterNeedsHelp]

Hey guys so I got a new graphics card last week and I got around 170fps while recording then randomly I get around almost always 44 fps while recording. I want you to keep in mind that I used to get 170fps but then now I get 44. Not recording I get like 300-400 but that is the problem.

 

[LighterNeedsHelp]

I know there is shadowplay but I have an error with that the box is greyed out and im running Aero.

 

[joshyboy82]

How many cores is your Processor, and are you recording to a different Hard Drive than you are playing from?

 

[LighterNeedsHelp]

4 Cores, but remember that I was recording with same program to same hard drive with same processor and I got 170fps, next day I get 44.

 

[joshyboy82]

On the top right of the start screen of the 'Geforce Experience" is the shadowplay tab. Is this grayed out? If so, which card are you using, must be before the 650. If that's true, then what "new" card did you get. If it's false, then click the shadowplay tab and flip the switch in the little window that pops up. Shadowplay will NOT hurt your fps, no matter the game, but it's always a good idea to write to a different disk than you read from. Most pros use a scratch disk with a fast write speed and decent capacity, at least a 7200rpm 500Gb drive. Those cost about $40. If you can't use shadowplay, because you bought a AMD card, then I'd get a different HDD and tell fraps to record to it. That should solve all problems.

 

[joshyboy82]

Shadowplay duplicates the signal, each frame rendered, and sends one to your monitor, and one to your HDD. However, if your setting are too high, too flawless, you might overload your HDD trying to write frames. But it's very good with what you can do. My settings are, as show above the 'switch'

Recording 1080p HD resolution, 60FPS, 40Mbps, using H.264

EDIT: One last thing to add, you cannot use these setting to upload to twitch.tv. Twitch has a max of 3.5 Mbps, and Shadowplay is unusable at those settings. I personally use OBS.