[Haydn]

Hey guys, I wanted to record some gameplay of Mafia 2, GTA SA, Gmod, ect. I get around 100 FPS constant on SA (due to a limiter I think), Mafia 2 60 FPS (again a limiter) and Gmod I get around 200 fps. Now, whenever I try and record, GTA SA gets around 17 FPS. Mafia 2 around 20, and GMOD around 20. I'm really confused on why my frames drop so much. I'm currently doing a full virus scan to see if there are any viruses causing this issue, but I don't think that is the problem. I have recorded to my both 7200 RPM drives, but they both lag like that. I reinstalled fraps but it still lags.


My specs:


AMD Phenom x4 965 Black edition
AMD Radeon 6870 1 GB
4 GB Kensington ram
Seagate 7200 RPM 250 GB
Hitachi 7200 RPM 80gb (for my steam games and video)
Corsair CX500w power supply

I don't know why it is lagging. Help?

[Danyal]

[linuxthefish]

Setting it to half size lessens the lag, but you loose quality.

[Haydn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxthefish Setting it to half size lessens the lag, but you loose quality.

Yeah, still laggy.

I did put it at 60, 50, 40, and 30 FPS, they all lag.

[Epic_Mickey]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haydn Yeah, still laggy. I did put it at 60, 50, 40, and 30 FPS, they all lag.

buy yourself a better computer...

[Haydn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Epic_Mickey buy yourself a better computer...

I just made this thing. It is perfectly capable of recording. My uncles 550ti and almost EXACTLY the same specs can do it.

[Epic_Mickey]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haydn I just made this thing. It is perfectly capable of recording. My uncles 550ti and almost EXACTLY the same specs can do it.

I hope you didn't put the wrong parts on the wrong places ... XD

Nah just kidding but what kinda pc specs do you have?

[playbox12]

Always record to a different harddrive. If you record on the same harddrive the game is located you can experience a huge framedrop. Except when you have an SSD though.

[Haydn]

"Always record to a different harddrive. If you record on the same harddrive the game is located you can experience a huge framedrop. Except when you have an SSD though."


I did, I am downloading L.A. Noire though, that could be causing the issue, but, I don't believe it would because I've done it before without downloading and it lags..


"I hope you didn't put the wrong parts on the wrong places ... XD

Nah just kidding but what kinda pc specs do you have?"

My specs:


AMD Phenom x4 965 Black edition
AMD Radeon 6870 1 GB
4 GB Kensington ram
Seagate 7200 RPM 250 GB
Hitachi 7200 RPM 80gb (for my steam games and video)
Corsair CX500w power supply

[DuelZ]

http://www.ehow.com/how_12195700_use...-loss-fps.html