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My computer sucks at it!

Recording is one of the problems. I get 11 to 20 FPS when I'm recording in GTA IV, which is barely playable. Normally I average 25-30.

Minecraft is a similar story. I get a massive 150+ FPS not recording, even with setting maxed out, but as soon as I turn Fraps on (even with no frame limit), it drops down to below 20. I record to a 1TB Western Digital external drive.

Then comes another problem. The fact that a raw video recording with Fraps is anywhere from 800 MB to 2.5 GB a minute makes it impossible to upload directly, so I have to encode. I tried to encode a 3 minute Minecraft video, raw file was 8.5 GB... It was going to take an hour to encode. I tried to do a .wmv, quality vbr audio and video, 50% quality. No go. I also tried Sony AVC internet 16:9 HD setting.. No go. I'm using Vegas to encode, btw. At one time I tried a 24 minute GTA IV, and it took nearly 20 minutes to get 1 percent done, so I naturally canceled.

I know, for one, my processor is junk. Pentium D 925 3.0 GHz Dual Core. I can't OC' it at all, I've tried before. I can't even go up to 3.01 GHz. That's the biggest bottleneck in my system. My motherboard's chipset can take a Pentium D 960 3.6 GHz Dual Core, but the fastest dual-core it can accept from any other series is one of the 2.6 GHz E series processors. Nothing in the modern range, unfortunately.

I have 4 GB of PQI Turbo DDR2-667 memory (2x2GB), a HiS ATI Radeon HD3780 1 GB OC edition GPU (800mhz core clock) on PCI x16 2.0, a dedicated sound card (Creative X-Fi SoundBlaster xtreme gamer), my main drive is a 250 GB Western Digital on SATA, I got an internal 500 GB Western Digital for extra storage, and the external 1 TB Western Digital...

This computer, to me, is nothing short of amazing though. I can run FSX with 50+ FPS, regular settings high, very high, or max with shadows and reflections disabled.. Even in large cities like NYC, it doesn't drop below 40. When Crysis first came out, I was getting sick 100+ FPS on the highest settings (again, with shadows and reflections off).. Mass Effect (the first one) actually ran better for me with shadows on, but I managed only 35 to 40 there. Halo 2 PC also gives me incredible FPS, all setting max (even shadows and reflections.)

Long story short, this computer is a beast, but it's still not that great, and it makes me sad, especially knowing the only thing I can do is pretty much get a new one, which I'll probably never have the money for.. < I have higher priorities in life than an awesome computer, like keeping food on the table and the lights on.

Is there by chance anything I can do to make it possible for me to do this?

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Well, FRAPS tends to be a jerk when it comes to recording -_- In Fraps, you should have an option to pick a range of FPS or pick your own. I suggest picking your own and trying it at that. It MIGHT work, I usually play GTA IV and get 60 FPS, with Fraps I record at 40 FPS, that way if I get lower FPS that 60, my video won't lag.

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I decided to try out Mirillis Action. It's got a 30 day trial. It's actually really nice, doesn't kill my FPS too much, doesn't eat up too much HD space with the raw video (8 minutes = 1.6 GB, vs Fraps with 3 minutes = 8.5 GB).. It also has a built in encoder which works really fast and doesn't reduce quality at all. 1.6 GB down to 480 MB in about 20 minutes.

So, here's my first of hopefully many playthoughs. This was just one traffic stop and a little bit of a description of the mods I'm using. I might need some help updating the actual description, i.e. who made what mod and where to find it... Oh, and my YouTube name is WVgamerman.

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I decided to try out Mirillis Action. It's got a 30 day trial. It's actually really nice, doesn't kill my FPS too much, doesn't eat up too much HD space with the raw video (8 minutes = 1.6 GB, vs Fraps with 3 minutes = 8.5 GB).. It also has a built in encoder which works really fast and doesn't reduce quality at all. 1.6 GB down to 480 MB in about 20 minutes.

So, here's my first of hopefully many playthoughs. This was just one traffic stop and a little bit of a description of the mods I'm using. I might need some help updating the actual description, i.e. who made what mod and where to find it... Oh, and my YouTube name is WVgamerman.

Ohh....Is that ENB you're using? Or a custom Timecyc? That will also kill the FPS when recording as well :/

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I hate fraps, the reason why it takes so much FPS away is it tends to use allmost all your cores in your CPU. When I turn on fraps my CPU works at 93% with fraps off it works at around 25%.

I use bandicam but might be using that other guys because bandicam the sound is really crappy

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