Fraps Problems!

jng · 05-03-2009, 11:31 PM

Firstly, I have read the sticky and its a great thread, but it doesnt really help me with my problem - so if its ok I thought I would make my own post.

I used to fraps 2-3 years ago on a terrible terrible 250mb gfx card pc, and really enjoyed it and had hardly any issues (except managing the huge file size pre-render ofc). And recently I have the urge to make films for my guild again, which I thought would be great having a good knowledge of vegas and a very powerful pc - but im having all kinds of issues.

Im running at 200-250 fps in raids in combat on max 'ultra' settings, and yet when I fraps Im dropping to 10-20 fps and unplayable lag. I cant comprehend that my pc is struggling to run fraps when my pc's that cost 1/5th of the price 3 years ago could manage it fine.

Im guessing the problem is my resolution - im playing at 1900x1200 on 24" widescreen, I have tried setting the resolution to ~1200x800 dimensions and im still getting sub 20 fps and massive lag even when doing something simple like walking in an empty-ish zone. Then when i stop recording its straight back to 250+ fps.

I have the latest fraps and everything, is there anything I can do to fix this issue? i wouldnt mind playing at 30 fps at all, but to be on sub 20 with massive lag is not good enough to record on, let alone play on.

Any help would be really appreciated.

lordrushx1 · 05-04-2009, 12:44 AM

How much memory is on this "powerful" computer

jng · 05-04-2009, 11:22 AM

6 gb ram

lordrushx1 · 05-04-2009, 04:32 PM

might as well give your full specs while your at it because, that just doesnt make sense

konobar · 05-08-2009, 12:30 AM

If you save your frapsed content to the same hard disk of your system or wow, that will happen, because hard drive isn't fast enough. Simple solution is to record on another hard drive which doesn't have windows or wow on it.

Heineken · 05-09-2009, 09:15 PM

Did you know when you do fraps you must play at the same FPS that you record with.

If you start fraps with 30fps then you will play the game with 30fps until u stop record. It's not ur ultra computer that lags.
To sum it up a little extra, when you start record with your fraps program, your computer will have the FPS as the fraps program. If Fraps is set on 30fps then you will play on 30fps ingame until u stop ur recording. When fraps is idle, then you will play with like 250fps.

It's not a bug, and it wont change with another program.

Jiv7119 · 05-12-2009, 02:14 PM

I think i have the same problem as you, i didn't encounter it straight away though. I recorded some footage on high quality with no problems playing in game, and i then rendered the footage into a movie, but after that when i was recording my fps would drop very low and chunk up alot and be unplayable. After reading this i redownloaded fraps and saved it to the other hard drive (hope it helps, fingers crossed) and set frapsing fps to 60 which is what i get in game (with absolutely no problems with lag or slowness) on 4 gigs of ram, and 2x512MB video cards

Jiv7119 · 05-13-2009, 12:25 AM

THANKS HEAPS having fraps on the other harddrive fixed it completely
thanks!

05-03-2009, 11:31 PM	#1
jng Initiate Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3	Fraps Problems! Firstly, I have read the sticky and its a great thread, but it doesnt really help me with my problem - so if its ok I thought I would make my own post. I used to fraps 2-3 years ago on a terrible terrible 250mb gfx card pc, and really enjoyed it and had hardly any issues (except managing the huge file size pre-render ofc). And recently I have the urge to make films for my guild again, which I thought would be great having a good knowledge of vegas and a very powerful pc - but im having all kinds of issues. Im running at 200-250 fps in raids in combat on max 'ultra' settings, and yet when I fraps Im dropping to 10-20 fps and unplayable lag. I cant comprehend that my pc is struggling to run fraps when my pc's that cost 1/5th of the price 3 years ago could manage it fine. Im guessing the problem is my resolution - im playing at 1900x1200 on 24" widescreen, I have tried setting the resolution to ~1200x800 dimensions and im still getting sub 20 fps and massive lag even when doing something simple like walking in an empty-ish zone. Then when i stop recording its straight back to 250+ fps. I have the latest fraps and everything, is there anything I can do to fix this issue? i wouldnt mind playing at 30 fps at all, but to be on sub 20 with massive lag is not good enough to record on, let alone play on. Any help would be really appreciated.

05-09-2009, 09:15 PM	#6
Heineken Initiate Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1	Did you know when you do fraps you must play at the same FPS that you record with. If you start fraps with 30fps then you will play the game with 30fps until u stop record. It's not ur ultra computer that lags. To sum it up a little extra, when you start record with your fraps program, your computer will have the FPS as the fraps program. If Fraps is set on 30fps then you will play on 30fps ingame until u stop ur recording. When fraps is idle, then you will play with like 250fps. It's not a bug, and it wont change with another program. Last edited by Heineken : 05-09-2009 at 09:18 PM.

05-04-2009, 12:44 AM	#2
lordrushx1 Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 75	How much memory is on this "powerful" computer

05-04-2009, 11:22 AM	#3
jng Initiate Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3	6 gb ram

05-04-2009, 04:32 PM	#4
lordrushx1 Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 75	might as well give your full specs while your at it because, that just doesnt make sense

05-08-2009, 12:30 AM	#5
konobar Initiate Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1	If you save your frapsed content to the same hard disk of your system or wow, that will happen, because hard drive isn't fast enough. Simple solution is to record on another hard drive which doesn't have windows or wow on it.

05-12-2009, 02:14 PM	#7
Jiv7119 Initiate Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 7	I think i have the same problem as you, i didn't encounter it straight away though. I recorded some footage on high quality with no problems playing in game, and i then rendered the footage into a movie, but after that when i was recording my fps would drop very low and chunk up alot and be unplayable. After reading this i redownloaded fraps and saved it to the other hard drive (hope it helps, fingers crossed) and set frapsing fps to 60 which is what i get in game (with absolutely no problems with lag or slowness) on 4 gigs of ram, and 2x512MB video cards

05-13-2009, 12:25 AM	#8
Jiv7119 Initiate Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 7	THANKS HEAPS having fraps on the other harddrive fixed it completely thanks!