Fraps

[-0MEGA-] · 08-23-2005, 01:18 AM

I just got FRAPS, and the program works and all, but do you know why it takes up so much cpu usage or whatever it does? my framerate on Halo drops from 30 (fixed rate) to around 19, and on Counter Strike: Source it goes from 40+ down to around 20 something. I have an AMD Sempron 2800+, is it because it takes up alot of cpu power to record video? it also happens when it takes a screenshot.

junglist_soldier · 08-24-2005, 01:17 AM

u need a better computer to use the software, try upgrading to make it more suitable for video editing

[-0MEGA-] · 08-24-2005, 01:06 PM

would u think after upgrading to an AMD Athlon 64 3700+ it would work good?

junglist_soldier · 08-24-2005, 03:41 PM

ye that'll do it, amd 64 are better for video and games. Just get som ram to go along with it

skidude · 08-24-2005, 04:21 PM

Ya, I have fraps, on my old PC my FPS dropped from like 30 to 10 in Halo, but that was with a P4 1.8 GHz. Now, with my new PC (an AMD 64 3000+), I can run fraps and Halo at the same time, with a FPS drop of only like 5 FPS.

08-23-2005, 01:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 27,027	Fraps I just got FRAPS, and the program works and all, but do you know why it takes up so much cpu usage or whatever it does? my framerate on Halo drops from 30 (fixed rate) to around 19, and on Counter Strike: Source it goes from 40+ down to around 20 something. I have an AMD Sempron 2800+, is it because it takes up alot of cpu power to record video? it also happens when it takes a screenshot. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

08-24-2005, 01:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 27,027	would u think after upgrading to an AMD Athlon 64 3700+ it would work good? __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

08-24-2005, 04:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
skidude Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orono, Maine Age: 18 Posts: 4,862	Ya, I have fraps, on my old PC my FPS dropped from like 30 to 10 in Halo, but that was with a P4 1.8 GHz. Now, with my new PC (an AMD 64 3000+), I can run fraps and Halo at the same time, with a FPS drop of only like 5 FPS. __________________ Desktop / Laptop CPU- AMD Athlon X2 6000+ 3.0 GHz / Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.8 GHz Video- ATI X1900XTX / 2x 8800M GTX SLI Memory- 2 GB A-Data DDR2800 / 4GB DDR2800 Hard Drives- 3x 160GB 7200RPM / 2x 320GB 5400RPM (RAID 0) Mobo- Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 Socket AM2 Motherboard / Sager NP9262 "In These Lowly Halls / No Moon Will Beam, No Sun Will Shine / In These Narrow Rooms / No Tears Are Seen, No Laughter Heard" --- Insomnium ---

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08-24-2005, 01:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
junglist_soldier Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: LOndon, Essex Age: 21 Posts: 118	u need a better computer to use the software, try upgrading to make it more suitable for video editing

08-24-2005, 03:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
junglist_soldier Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: LOndon, Essex Age: 21 Posts: 118	ye that'll do it, amd 64 are better for video and games. Just get som ram to go along with it