Do I have realistic expectations (Recording with FRAPs)

antiy4ho0 · 09-11-2008, 05:51 AM

I thought I'd be fine recording with my PC but today I tried recording and after about 3-4 minutes of recording my FPS would plummet to an unplayable level (from 30-40 to 1-5)

my specs:

AMD X2 6000+
Nvidia 7600 GT (256 MB)
2 GB RAM

I usually play with almost everything max at 1280x1024 resolution, when I recorded I put everything at medium-ish and tried recording at half screen at 25 FPS. Like I said, it would record fine for about 3 minutes then my FPS just completely drops and I'm not sure why. Any ideas on what I can do to actually be able to record my videos?

09-11-2008, 05:51 AM	#1
antiy4ho0 Initiate Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3	Do I have realistic expectations (Recording with FRAPs) I thought I'd be fine recording with my PC but today I tried recording and after about 3-4 minutes of recording my FPS would plummet to an unplayable level (from 30-40 to 1-5) my specs: AMD X2 6000+ Nvidia 7600 GT (256 MB) 2 GB RAM I usually play with almost everything max at 1280x1024 resolution, when I recorded I put everything at medium-ish and tried recording at half screen at 25 FPS. Like I said, it would record fine for about 3 minutes then my FPS just completely drops and I'm not sure why. Any ideas on what I can do to actually be able to record my videos?