- Sep 7, 2012
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First and foremost, I hope that this in the right section. If not please advise, and I'll move to the correct forum/topic. Ok, So I started up Shadowplay after a new build, since I heard it was a non-resource hog, way of recording gameplay. Sadly I've immediately run into a problem. I cannot seem to change the Save location for recordings. The default for recordings is to my C: drive which is an SSD and "Temporary Files location" is also on the C drive. I don't(in fact I'm sure many don't) want to have that many writes to the ssd. I've tried clicking on the button, that's usually where I'd be able to change save location but it give me an infinite mouse-pointer-blue-loading-circle(for lack of better description).
http://minus.com/i/brmWqKGKpRdPW
So I've looked up many topics on the matter and I found many similar posts like this one:
http://forums.evga.com/ShadowPlay-continuously-writes-to-SSD-m2047662.aspx
Many other users on different sites have recommended to move the temp folder in "advanced options" in Change environment variables and Change both the location of the TMP and TEMP folders. I have done this, and have restarted Windows, but sadly the they still save to the same location on the C Drive even after changing. I even wrote the location identical but for a different, much larger HDD ( E:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Local\Temp), no dice.
If it matters I'm the only user on the machine, and have administrative privileges/rights. I've also updated all drivers and Geforce Experience. Would I need to uninstall Geforce and try to change environment variable again, than re-install GFE? I'm hitting a wall on this one( unless I just answered my own question above). I'll post results on that solution.
My System Specs:
MSI z87-g45
Intel I7 4770k
Nvidia GTX 980
16gb DDR 3
Corsair Neutron 240gb SSD
Western Digital 1.5TB x2 HDD
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I did one Shadowplay recording in 2560 x 1440 and a 5 minute clip took only 1.5 gb, at 60FPS. May seem a lot, but I have Fraps and a clip at the same resolution at only 30 frames, took up 14gbs for 4 minutes 30 seconds... See why I want Shadowplay to work as intended? I tried DXtory, but the minute I hit record it makes any game crash, using any codec. Still frustrated on that one, Might make another topic later on that issue.
http://minus.com/i/brmWqKGKpRdPW
So I've looked up many topics on the matter and I found many similar posts like this one:
http://forums.evga.com/ShadowPlay-continuously-writes-to-SSD-m2047662.aspx
Many other users on different sites have recommended to move the temp folder in "advanced options" in Change environment variables and Change both the location of the TMP and TEMP folders. I have done this, and have restarted Windows, but sadly the they still save to the same location on the C Drive even after changing. I even wrote the location identical but for a different, much larger HDD ( E:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Local\Temp), no dice.
If it matters I'm the only user on the machine, and have administrative privileges/rights. I've also updated all drivers and Geforce Experience. Would I need to uninstall Geforce and try to change environment variable again, than re-install GFE? I'm hitting a wall on this one( unless I just answered my own question above). I'll post results on that solution.
My System Specs:
MSI z87-g45
Intel I7 4770k
Nvidia GTX 980
16gb DDR 3
Corsair Neutron 240gb SSD
Western Digital 1.5TB x2 HDD
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I did one Shadowplay recording in 2560 x 1440 and a 5 minute clip took only 1.5 gb, at 60FPS. May seem a lot, but I have Fraps and a clip at the same resolution at only 30 frames, took up 14gbs for 4 minutes 30 seconds... See why I want Shadowplay to work as intended? I tried DXtory, but the minute I hit record it makes any game crash, using any codec. Still frustrated on that one, Might make another topic later on that issue.
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