How important are GPUs in screen capture?

[James14198]

I was wondering if I would get better perfromance from my recording software (Bandicam) if I upgraded my graphics card (currently a ATI Radeon HD 5400 series)... I'm no sure how much of a part a GPU plays when it come to screen caputre - moreover, would it be better to upgrade my CPU instead (currently an AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz)?

Thanks all,
James

PS.
Just to clarify, by "screen capture", I mean recording what's happening on screen (ie. while playing a game).. and I'm afraid i don't know if Bandicam is hardware accelerated :/

 

[jimbopops]

You definetley could benefit by upgrading your GPU (cpu is pretty good for now) but just to be sure what games will you be recording?

 

[James14198]

Mostly Minecraft, but occationally other games like Skyrim, XCom and Dishonored

 

[jimbopops]

Well if you would like to upgrade your GPU what is your price range?

 

[James14198]

:| Haven't got a fortune to spend i'll be honest, but anything up to £150 ($241) is plausable.. at that price what would you recomend? Would you go AMD or NVidia at that price?

 

[jimbopops]

Before I make any reccommendations could you post your full System Specifications please?