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AMAZING FRAPS DISCOVERY!!! Destroy's any lag!
- Thread starter Jacob Alsobrook
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Jacob Alsobrook
Yes, I have pants. Do I wear them? No.
I feel pretty dumb then xD I did just start recording but still.
ThatKayen
I've Got It
I tried recording with Fraps straight into my external HDD, oddly enough, the film was extremely laggy.
Luckily I tried to just record into my SSD in my computer which made it MUCH better. I am so happy I didn't buy an internal HDD instead of SSD because that would have ruined it all...
But yes I don't know why it doesn't work for me to record into my external HDD like it does for you guys.
Luckily I tried to just record into my SSD in my computer which made it MUCH better. I am so happy I didn't buy an internal HDD instead of SSD because that would have ruined it all...
But yes I don't know why it doesn't work for me to record into my external HDD like it does for you guys.
Tarmack
Rhetorical Porcupine
We're not using external HDDs. USB is a terribly slow interface for a FRAPS dump. We're talking about internal HDDs. Most motherboards can support at least 4 internal hard drives. When I said I run Windows on an SSD, my games on a 1 TB drive and have a 200GB fraps dump drive, I mean 3 hard drives inside my tower.
ThatKayen
I've Got It
Ahh, I was taking it as external harddrive for some reason... Remember to sleep kids. Anyhow, that was my guess in the beginning, that USB has such a slow speed that it bottlenecks Fraps when it's recording.
Sadly even though my SSD usually has enough to contain my footage I am afraid that it might get overloaded with space if I continue using it for heavier games so I might have to look into getting an internal HDD...
ThatKayen
I've Got It
Well, now I have issues... After reading this thread and then reading a lot of other things I have realised that I need a new HDD. SSDs have limited writes apparently and for heavier games the space on my SSD won't be enough...
Can you guys share what kind of HDDs you use? I plan on buying a
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 7200RPM SATA/600 16MB
Or something similiar, but as I said, tips?
Can you guys share what kind of HDDs you use? I plan on buying a
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 7200RPM SATA/600 16MB
Or something similiar, but as I said, tips?
AutosavingUnicorn
I've Got It
Doesn't work for me. 
I was recording some Blops 2 on PC, I got 90 fps when recording to my internal hard drive but 10fps when recording to my external hard drive... 
I was recording some Blops 2 on PC, I got 90 fps when recording to my internal hard drive but 10fps when recording to my external hard drive... Jacob Alsobrook
Yes, I have pants. Do I wear them? No.
I use a Seagate Freeagent Goflex, I am not sure honestly whether its hdd or sdd, because it was given to me, it has 500gb on it so recording is a breeze, I have so many files on it
No lag whatsoever playing Amnesia, so thats pretty good.
Andrew Flint
Adobe Certified Associate & Post Student
I have 2 HDD in my pc and always record video onto the normal one (I have a solid state with all my software on) and I've never had a problem with lagg either 
(2.66GHz dual core)
(2.66GHz dual core)
Tarmack
Rhetorical Porcupine
To blow past the write limit of most SSD's, you need to be writing multiple GB's per day every day for years. Do not be concerned about this.
As for drive to get, I swear by Seagate. Never had a drive fail yet and they're always good to me.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148767
If you think 500GB is enough, then go for it. Depends on how much you plan to record before you take time to encode and delete the raw video files. Other than size, you're right to choose 7200RPM. Don't go for a 5400RPM drive, and don't bother spending the $$ on a 10K RPM Raptor drive, it's unneeded.