What's a good screen recorder for gaming?

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Mike3k24

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Hello everyone. Today I'm trying to find out a good screen recorder for PC gaming. I've tried OBS with my laptop before but the recordings never came out right I don't know why. I would get action but I don't know which version to buy (home or commercial). Fraps I heard is pretty good but makes huge files. And I've tried the trial of bandicam and I kinda like it but it has that annoying watermark. What should I go for? If needed these are my PC specs: I already have an SSD btw.
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CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($57.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($57.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Other: RX 480 ($199.00)
Total: $698.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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James Mason


They're all gonna be annoying to setup, and if they aren't they'll record poorly or use a ton of a system resources. Recording is very CPU, Ram, and HDD intensive.

You can try OBS since it's free:
https://obsproject.com/
And here's how to set it up for local recordings, start at the recommended crf 15, and lower the number for higher quality and higher file size recordings, or raise it for slightly lower quality and smaller file sizes...
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OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is great for screen recording. You can use it to record or stream games. A link can be found here: https://obsproject.com/
 
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There are many options available.

There is

SmartPixel

Movavi Game Capture

MSI Afterburner

Nvidia ShadowPlay if you have an Nvidia GPU

AMD Gaming Evolved Powered by Raptr or just the Raptr client. Both let you stream on Twitch or record gameplay for save to Plays.TV. Plays.TV is also a standalone client that let's you do the recording if you don't want to use an app like Raptr.

There is also the Razer Cortex: Gamecaster, the free version records up to 720p and 30 fps without a watermark. 1080p 30 fps will have a watermark. The paid version removes that limitation and ups fps to 60 fps.

It all comes down to what you want and what works best for you and your hardware.
 
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I've tried OBS and it's really annoying to set up. But that may be because I was doing it on my laptop.
 
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They're all gonna be annoying to setup, and if they aren't they'll record poorly or use a ton of a system resources. Recording is very CPU, Ram, and HDD intensive.

You can try OBS since it's free:
https://obsproject.com/
And here's how to set it up for local recordings, start at the recommended crf 15, and lower the number for higher quality and higher file size recordings, or raise it for slightly lower quality and smaller file sizes.
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.16/
And to set it up for twitch:
http://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1262922-open-broadcaster-software

If you have an Nvidia GPU, you can use that to reduce the load on your CPU:
To set it up for recordings:
1. go to settings
2. go to encoding
3. click the Nvidia NVENC button
4. Make sure Use CBR is turned on
5. Make sure Enable CBR Padding is turned off
6. Set your Max Bitrate (Kb/s) to your upload max upload speed. You'll want like 8000 or more though, this affects the visual quality of the video partly. (1mbps = 1000 kbps, www.speedtest.net)
7. go to Video and set the FPS to 60
8. Go to Advanced
9. Turn Use Multithreaded Optimizations on
10. Set NVENC Preset to High Quality
11. Set Encoding Profile to Main
12. Turn Use CFR on.

To capture your game:
1. Right click in the white area of the Scenes: box and choose add scene, name it after the game you're gonna play.
2. Start the game you're gonna play.
3. right click in the Sources: box and choose Game Capture (for full screen games) or Window Capture (for windowed games whether borderless or not) or Monitor (to capture whatever is display one your monitor including your desktop/webbrowser/OBS)
4. Start recording.

To add a webcam:
1. Right click in the Sources: box and choose Video Capture Device.
2. Choose your webcam from the dropdown list at the top. Press Okay.
3. Click Preview Stream
4. Click the Video Capture in the sources list, go to Order and choose Move to Top.
5. Press the Edit Scene button
 
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Try this free online computer game recorder (https://showmore.com/). You could capture anything including gameplay that goes on your PC. Gameplay BGM would be recorded via system sound. And also you could capture audio from microphone if you want. Btw, this application allows you to add marks and works while recording. It’s really a great one as I never met any problems since I use it.
 
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