Extreme drop while recording bf3 with gtx 770

Ali Mumal

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Hello guys, So im having a problem with recording bf3 on my pc, Im recording on a gtx 770 oced to 1290 on the core and 8100 on the memory. I can play maxed out at 100+ fps, but when recording, boom 40 fps.
Using a i5 3570k oced to 4.2 ghz
8 gigs ram
1tb hdd 7200 rpm.
Tried using fraps, dxtory, msi afterbuner, etc. Thanks :)
 
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This is because you need to dedicate a hard drive to your recording software. When you record, it puts a lot of stress on the drive. You are easily be writing more than 50MB/s to the drive. Now on top of that, the drive has to juggle Windows, and BF3. So you are basically getting a bandwidth bottleneck. If you grab a second 1tb hard drive, and just use it for recording, everything will be much smoother.
This is because you need to dedicate a hard drive to your recording software. When you record, it puts a lot of stress on the drive. You are easily be writing more than 50MB/s to the drive. Now on top of that, the drive has to juggle Windows, and BF3. So you are basically getting a bandwidth bottleneck. If you grab a second 1tb hard drive, and just use it for recording, everything will be much smoother.
 
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Ali Mumal

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Thanks man, I thoush that my system was messed up XD
 

Joao Santos

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You are wrong!

I have the same system as he!

But i have 3 hard drives!

1 SSD where battlefield is
1 HDD for programs
1 HDD for recs

BF3 lags when im recording too...

It was a cpu problem!

BF3 is an intensive CPU game !

Screenrecorders use CPU + RAM + HDD!

You can see in any other game that you will record with no problems. Using the same HDD for gaming and recording!
Example : Grid 2!

It is a problem with the game
It eats so much CPU that is impossible do Record with a i5 !

I have a MSI gtx 770 gaming ed
i5 3570k @ 4.6 Ghz, and still get insane fps drop when recording!

Hope you can understand my engrish x)
 
I know how recording works, and i record BF3 quite frequently. That seems like an error in your system. You are likely using a slow recording drive, as the i5 3570k is more than powerful enough, especially at 4.6GHz. The most CPU intensive part about BF3 is the Mesh quality graphics setting, which again, should be no issue for an i5. Lastly, you may not have a very good recording software, or you are using non-optimal settings for recording gameplay.