Originally posted by: mechBgon
Camtasia looks hawt 😀 but it's $400, isn't it?
Given enough CPU horsepower, Windows Media Encoder 9 Series might be worth a try. I did a quick test with it capturing FarCry and it's a performance disaster on single-core, but dual-core might be able to handle it. However, it does capture what's on the screen even in a Direct3D full-screen situation.