FRAPS causing stuttering

[MeMeMeMe]

I have been trying to record gameplay videos using FRAPS, but it frequently causes drops in frame rate and stuttering. This happens only when I'm recording, not when playing the game.

My OS is on an SSD, my games are on Drive G (a Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB), and I have FRAPS set to record videos to drive D (a Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB)

The games I'm having problem with are
Dirt 2
Race Driver GRID
Need for Speed SHIFT

Any idea on how to set things up to avoid this?

 

[MeMeMeMe]

You could try setting the capture rate to 30fps and lowering the resolution. But this can make some games hard to play. But it should be ok if your just recording replays.

Oh yes, forgot to mention:

I already have it set to save at half resolution, and capture at 30 fps.

I have heard recording the video to a external usb drive helps but i dont know if its true or not.

I think the fact I'm recording to a separate internal drive, not used by the OS or the game, should accomplish the same thing - only better. It's frustrating.

 

[MeMeMeMe]

You really want to be writing to an SSD if you insist on doing this. Writing video realtime while playing is inherently bad because you are accessing a drive.

The funny thing is, it worked fine before I installed my SSD. It's really weird. Maybe an update to FRAPS has messed things up.

Isn't writing to an SSD slow? I thought their advantage was in the fast read speeds.

When i record on fraps sometimes i get lag and it stutters but the videos them selfs come out ok.

I've noticed that too. The problem is, the stuttering in driving games causes me to lose control of my cars, to overaccelerate or break at the wrong time, etc.

I may have to use the replay function as suggested above, byut that won't help when I want to do it in non-driving games.

 

[MeMeMeMe]

That IS quite a bit better