Computer Help

[Elijah]

I have a question, I'd say I have a 'better' computer and when I record in fraps i jump from 30-60 fps and lags a lot, I can't figure out why. I know a decent amount about fraps. Here is my computer specs and fraps settings.

Computer:

intel I7 Quad core 2.4 ghz
8 gb of ram
ATI raedon 5770 1 gb of ram

Fraps settings:

fullsize
60 fps
Record Audio


thanks in advance.

[Cilraaz]

So you're recording full-size @ 60fps with audio. What resolution? If you're talking anything larger than a postage stamp, you're probably choking on I/O (ie hard drive slowing you down).

[Adappy]

Do you just have one hard drive that everything is running off of and Fraps is recording to? If so, that sometimes tends to be hard for the drive to keep up at times. Using a secondary drive to record fraps videos to can help.

[Yohassakura]

You mention nothing of your hard drive(s).

The main "problem"(?) with video recording WoW, you read and write at the same time, on the same disc is really screws with performance. If you save your FRAPS video on another hard drive, it should be a lot better.

[Baki021]

I just want to understand this correctly. If I purchase an external hard drive and make it so FRAPS saves the files in the external hard drive while I record on the hard drive that is running windows, I should be fine? Does it work the same for Live Streaming?

[Elijah]

Sorry. I have a 1tb HD and a 1tb external. I record fraps, store it, and play wow all on the same HD.

[Yohassakura]

I just want to understand this correctly. If I purchase an external hard drive and make it so FRAPS saves the files in the external hard drive while I record on the hard drive that is running windows, I should be fine?

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173804 - An internal is much better than an external (unless you absolutely NEED it to be mobile).

Yes, if you run WoW from your main drive, and save FRAPS recordings to the new drive, you should see an improvement.

[Elijah]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173804 - An internal is much better than an external (unless you absolutely NEED it to be mobile).

Yes, if you run WoW from your main drive, and save FRAPS recordings to the new drive, you should see an improvement.

I have a 1tb internal and external. Sorry if I didn't make that clear. And should I install fraps the the external as well?

[Yohassakura]

I have a 1tb internal and external. Sorry if I didn't make that clear. And should I install fraps the the external as well?

I don't think that having FRAPS on one or the other would make a difference, but saving the recordings themselves to drive 2 while playing WoW on drive 1 definitely will.

[Elijah]

I don't think that having FRAPS on one or the other would make a difference, but saving the recordings themselves to drive 2 while playing WoW on drive 1 definitely will.

Anything else? Should my computer be dropping FPS like this? I'll definitely do that though, thanks. And thanks for other replies. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.