I lag when recording, have a laptop Lenovo Y500, specs inside thread, help me out!

[alexistheboss15]

I have a Lenovo Y500. Specs are:
SLI 650M
I7 3630QM
16 GB RAM
1 TB HDD
Windows 8.1

I want to record games at around 30fps if possible and not have to go on minimum settings, any idea on how to optimize/upgrade my laptop without paying too much? I am thinking of switching the HDD for a 256GB SSD and then using the 1TB hdd as an external maybe? Help me out!

I want to fix it up and be able to record, what recording software should I use? seems like Mirillis Action gives me best performance, any better softwares?

 

[Abmario]

Try get FRAPS (trial version) and measure fps while you are in gaming.. Most of games with intensive graphics (Far Cry 3, BF3, COD-BO, AC$) will get you less than 20-35fps on ultra/high... this means your system may able to handle these games at these preset unless you lower down to med preset, then try screen recording.

Monitor memory usage (Task Manager> Details), and CPU / GPU temp is getting high while doing this, just to make sure you it is not software issue that makes it lag... CoreTemp / Real Temp for CPU monitoring, GPU-Z (Sensors).. or you may any monitoring programs you know.

 

[Mandula]

What kind of HDD do you have, exactly? It may be that your HDD is slow, or has low data rates.