FRAPs & Gaming with the X2 Processor

[Coldkilla]

If I bought a X2 4200 from my current 3000+, would I be able to somehow set FRAPS to record off games on the one hand while playing the game without sacrificing game speed on the other?

 

[lamere]

You sacrifice some speed no matter what, it's just not that evident on a dual core. While playing, it has to write to the hard disk, killing some performance. There's nothing that can be done about it until hard drives become *really* fast.
I do it all the time in oblivion, but it's only like a few frames/sec hit, maybe 5-8 frames, depending on the game.

 

[Coldkilla]

Say the games installed in C drive, the fraps application and save folder is in D drive. would that help some preformance issues?

 

[INM8]

Originally posted by: Coldkilla
Say the games installed in C drive, the fraps application and save folder is in D drive. would that help some preformance issues?

If partition C: and partitione D: are actually located on different hard drives within your system, then yes. However, if they are simply just partitions on the same hard disk there will be no performance gains.

 

[Coldkilla]

Why cant one core do the recording process and the other run the game?

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: Coldkilla
Why cant one core do the recording process and the other run the game?

The hard drive is the limitation here, not the CPU.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

in reply to ColdKilla's post, i just tried that scenario:
CS:Source located on C drive (150gb Raptor)
Fraps Movies saved to D drive (160gb 7200.7)

i tried to play the game and record at the same time and my video becomes very jagged, impossible to watch.
(this is my first time using fraps)

 

[lamere]

Yes, definetly, the hard disk is the bottleneck here, like Aflac said.


Louisss have you tried recording it to your raptor drive or were you just experimenting?

 

[Coldkilla]

Hmm, well alright. Hey I was wondering, is there any better preforming video/game recorder out there that doesnt put as much stress on the system?

 

[lamere]

It's not putting stress on the system, it's stressing the hard disk. It has to write the data AS you're playing. There's nothing you can do about it, that's just the way it is. I don't know how much clearer I can be.
FRAPS is the best game play recorder out there right now, if not the only. It tells you on thier site, your performance will drop and why.

 

[Coldkilla]

Yea I've registered with Fraps and have their final version. Meh, i was just wondering is all.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

no i have not tried saving my movies onto my raptor drive, but wouldn't it be worse? my cs:source is installed on my raptor drive...