Suprised I can't record games

[iBlok]

I recently purchased an EVGA GTX 780 SC in the hopes of being able to record BF4 in tandem with a fx-6300, but when I try, T max out at about 50 frames (I don't have it locked) and get major stuttering.I also am using the new Samsung 850 PRO SSD. Help?

 

[VincentP]

What program are you using to record?
Your CPU is weak and I expect this is causing your performance issues if using something like fraps.
Nvidia ShadowPlay should significantly assist with this by utilizing the GPU rather than the CPU.

 

[iBlok]

What program are you using to record?

Fraps

 

[iBlok]

What program are you using to record?
Your CPU is weak and I expect this is causing your performance issues if using something like fraps.
Nvidia ShadowPlay should significantly assist with this by utilizing the GPU rather than the CPU.

yeah I switched to fraps because shadowplay was even worse, I suspect the gpu is bottlenecking

 

[VincentP]

The GPU should be fine, it is very easy to tell if this is your problem though.
Drop the detail settings in the game, if this helps then your gpu is the bottleneck.
If it doesn't help, then the gpu is not the problem.
It would be worthwhile to monitor cpu utilization with no recording vs fraps vs ShadowPlay. Look to see if any core is reaching 100%. Overall CPU usage is not valuable because a single thread running on a single core is more likely the issue.