Fraps questions - Page 2

Xavis · 11-30-2007, 01:23 AM

Well I have a dual core 4600+ 2.4? gig processor and 2 gigs of OCZ 800 MHz Reaper Ram. So as far as I know I shouldn't be having any problems.

Would playing in windowed mode and recording in that help reduce lag?

Also in WoW itself what resolutions should I be running it at?

kiahann · 11-30-2007, 03:07 AM

The only thing I could say is maybe your resolution is to high. maximum resolution for "fullscreen" fraps is 1152x864 go any higher and you might experience lag.

1280x800 for widescreen comps.

Windows mode wouldn't help at all with lag.

Xavis · 11-30-2007, 03:19 AM

Hmm I'll try it out and see how it works.

If you make movies what are your Fraps settings?

kiahann · 11-30-2007, 01:00 PM

I personally use 50 fps on "fullsize" I sacrifice quality for smoothness since my computer isn't the best, but that is settings for BF2. For WoW I use 30.

Here is an example of 50fps if your curious, here is a test clip I made for bf2 of 50fps settings http://files.filefront.com/BF2+vidfu.../fileinfo.html

you can just use the stream if you want I wouldn't bother downloaded it.

It's not that bad but the lowest fps your computer can handle the better.

Xavis · 12-08-2007, 10:22 AM

Hmm I'll try changing some in game settings and see if I get better results.

intothefame · 03-25-2008, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by kiahann

This is how it works the more fps is kinda like resolution in away. the higher the fps pretty much the more "pixels you have" therefor higher quality most people run it on 30 because it looks great and plays well (with a lot of the newer computers)

Fps uses cpu to run it and ram got a lot of both of those and your pretty much set.

Okay so is it true that there shouldn't be any FPS problems (like FPS limited to 30) if I set my Fraps settings to 30FPS on a high performance pc...generally? I have experienced FPS issues when I have used this settings and I couldn't play smoothly. The only way was to raise the FPS in the Fraps settings and I could play how I am used to.

playing on 1680x1050 and recorded fullsize <- is this really a problem? because I don't want to record half-size, my videos shouldn't be only 840x525 .

Any other possibilities to avoid this?

kiahann · 03-26-2008, 11:14 AM

Well the higher the resolution the more footage fraps has to record = the more laggier it is. If your computer can handle it 1680x1050 at 30fps would be good but if it's laggy I would record at 800x600 or somthing smaller. It would help your fps out.

so yeah try lowering your resolution that should help out a ton

11-30-2007, 03:07 AM	#12
kiahann Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 900	The only thing I could say is maybe your resolution is to high. maximum resolution for "fullscreen" fraps is 1152x864 go any higher and you might experience lag. 1280x800 for widescreen comps. Windows mode wouldn't help at all with lag. __________________ ModSquad Warcraftmovies.com

11-30-2007, 01:00 PM	#14
kiahann Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 900	I personally use 50 fps on "fullsize" I sacrifice quality for smoothness since my computer isn't the best, but that is settings for BF2. For WoW I use 30. Here is an example of 50fps if your curious, here is a test clip I made for bf2 of 50fps settings http://files.filefront.com/BF2+vidfu.../fileinfo.html you can just use the stream if you want I wouldn't bother downloaded it. It's not that bad but the lowest fps your computer can handle the better. __________________ ModSquad Warcraftmovies.com

03-26-2008, 11:14 AM	#17
kiahann Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 900	Well the higher the resolution the more footage fraps has to record = the more laggier it is. If your computer can handle it 1680x1050 at 30fps would be good but if it's laggy I would record at 800x600 or somthing smaller. It would help your fps out. so yeah try lowering your resolution that should help out a ton __________________ ModSquad Warcraftmovies.com

11-30-2007, 01:23 AM	#11
Xavis Initiate Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 9	Well I have a dual core 4600+ 2.4? gig processor and 2 gigs of OCZ 800 MHz Reaper Ram. So as far as I know I shouldn't be having any problems. Would playing in windowed mode and recording in that help reduce lag? Also in WoW itself what resolutions should I be running it at?

11-30-2007, 03:19 AM	#13
Xavis Initiate Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 9	Hmm I'll try it out and see how it works. If you make movies what are your Fraps settings?

12-08-2007, 10:22 AM	#15
Xavis Initiate Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 9	Hmm I'll try changing some in game settings and see if I get better results.