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When using Fraps, it does take up a lot of system resources, it can also be used as benchmarking games finding out how many FPS or (Frames Per Second) a game can run at, but it will reduce the amount of FPS to some amount as Fraps will use a lot of system RAM.
For best results
Make sure you exit any programs that might be taking up RAM or memory on your computer, exit and quit everything you don’t need running, if your system is a slow computer, you may only be able to record in 10 FPS and in this case you will lose a lot of game play while recording.
Good settings for fraps
When i use fraps i use 25 FPS, for small games, but if i am recording a game that requires 3d and a lot of RAM i will use 10 FPS click.
Fraps setting below
For settings click on the Movies TAB then select 25 FPS now if your trying to record something and its very laggy this is due to a slower system, which means you need more RAM or a better 3D video Card, you can select 20 FPS or slower in the custom box but you wont be able to capture as many frames in the game.
Hard Drive Space
Fraps records in the best video capture quality AVI and a 5 min capture will take up about 5 GIGA BYTES at 30 FPS, this is a lot when you might want to record 30 Min’s or so, you will need a fair amount of HARD DRIVE SPACE lots of free space.
Recording a game
When you are ready to record a game start fraps then start your game you want to record, then when ready just press the F9 key to start recording when you have finished recording your game just press the F9 key again to stop.
Where are my saved videos
You can find the saved videos under C:\Program Files\Fraps but you can change this location in the movie options TAB to what ever you like.
Saving and compressing your video
You can use any type of video editor, but for a free version just use Windows movie maker if your running XP, keep the video at 800×600 or under when using Windows movie maker.
Screen capture
You can also take photos of anything in a game while playing by pressing F10 every time you press F10 you will have a new photo, photos are saved in the folder C:\Program Files\Fraps but you can change this location in the Screenshots options TAB to what ever you like, you can also set the file type .BMP .JPG PNG and .TGA there is a auto option of setting it to take a photo every 10 or 20 seconds or whatever you like.
