- Jan 4, 2012
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Ok so first my specs:
Sapphire 7850 2gb
i5 2500k
8gb G. Skill DDR3 ram
Gigabyte Z77-D3H mobo
CM Hyper 212+ cooler
Antec BP550 psu
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Now, for the question. I posted a few places and I keep getting different answers. Some people say just to use FRAPS, while others say Dxtory, and others say MSI Afterburner, But nobody lists the hardware alternatives. I know people use them. I know people spend good money on them. I have trouble with FRAPS, Bandicam, and I've never used the others. But I always seem to take a big hit in performance with the other programs, so I wanted to try to see if there is an alternative route.
Now, I need to say I built this in August and since haven't actually installed the programs, which I will in a bit to test. I've mostly been focused on playing instead of recording, and now I'd like to get back into my Youtube channel full of various gameplay footage. I ran a 5770 with and AMD Athlon II X4 620 before, so that might be why I took the fps hits.
But why do people with really nice systems resort to expensive or mid-range priced cards and device if FRAPS is so amazing?
The other thing is, I always had to jump through hoops to edit videos. I had to use Windows Live Movie Maker to compress the raw footage from FRAPS and Bandicam, and then convert it in AVS for Youtube. I would like to learn better ways to do this, and it seems like people have their trade secrets that they don't want to share.
I don't want to stream, I just want to capture footage, make cool videos, perhaps montages and stuff, and I don't really care about 1080p. It's be nice, but 720p or 1080i is fine.
If FRAPS really is better, then fine. But I really would like any kind of info on the devices, and maybe see what the difference is, if any. Are there benefits to FRAPS, besides no hardware? Are there benefits to the devices?
Any help would be great, thank you.
Sapphire 7850 2gb
i5 2500k
8gb G. Skill DDR3 ram
Gigabyte Z77-D3H mobo
CM Hyper 212+ cooler
Antec BP550 psu
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Now, for the question. I posted a few places and I keep getting different answers. Some people say just to use FRAPS, while others say Dxtory, and others say MSI Afterburner, But nobody lists the hardware alternatives. I know people use them. I know people spend good money on them. I have trouble with FRAPS, Bandicam, and I've never used the others. But I always seem to take a big hit in performance with the other programs, so I wanted to try to see if there is an alternative route.
Now, I need to say I built this in August and since haven't actually installed the programs, which I will in a bit to test. I've mostly been focused on playing instead of recording, and now I'd like to get back into my Youtube channel full of various gameplay footage. I ran a 5770 with and AMD Athlon II X4 620 before, so that might be why I took the fps hits.
But why do people with really nice systems resort to expensive or mid-range priced cards and device if FRAPS is so amazing?
The other thing is, I always had to jump through hoops to edit videos. I had to use Windows Live Movie Maker to compress the raw footage from FRAPS and Bandicam, and then convert it in AVS for Youtube. I would like to learn better ways to do this, and it seems like people have their trade secrets that they don't want to share.
I don't want to stream, I just want to capture footage, make cool videos, perhaps montages and stuff, and I don't really care about 1080p. It's be nice, but 720p or 1080i is fine.
If FRAPS really is better, then fine. But I really would like any kind of info on the devices, and maybe see what the difference is, if any. Are there benefits to FRAPS, besides no hardware? Are there benefits to the devices?
Any help would be great, thank you.
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