Fraps 3.4.5

Rated 30/50 by thartist at Nov 8, 2009

New interface looks horribly amateur, and unfortunately it doesn't record video in other format than the very bulky AVI, not even in the paid version... Besides, only bmp in free version? being almost 2010, bmp? Getting JPG is not a compelling reason to buy it as long as i can convert the bmps, just a silly nag. This should just be freeware

Rated 30/50 by thartist at Nov 18, 2009

and also, it defaults the installation directory to C:\Fraps ???? how INCREDIBLY cheap is that by these days? my god...

Rated 50/50 by Prospero424 at Dec 11, 2009

It records in a bulky avi format because it's recording uncompressed video and audio. Trust me, you do NOT want to be trying to play a game while your CPU is trying to compress a 30-, 50-, or even 60-fps video of your gameplay to XviD/DivX/AVC/whatever in REAL TIME. And since most MPEG2/AVC hardware acceleration is GPU-based, it can't be leveraged while playing a game, either. At least not without a serious performance hit. Basically, Fraps taxes your i/o subsystem during gameplay instead of your processor and video card. And that's how you want it. Trust me. Also, the way I use Fraps to record gameplay, I wind up with about a dozen files that are roughly 4GB a piece for about an hour of game time. I wouldn't want the capture program burying file sets THAT large deep in the directory structure, so slapping the Fraps folder right on the root directory (C:\) makes sense to me. But maybe that's just me. As for saying it should be freeware: well, why? As far as I'm aware, it really has no competition. I can't find any other program that performs this function, much less one for free. So why shouldn't they make money from their hard work? But yeah, the interface is still pug-ugly. Good thing it just sits in the system tray 99% of the time. Also, I HIGHLY suggest a quad-core processor or better if you're going to record at anything higher than 720p 30FPS.

Rated 40/50 by DudeBoyz at Feb 10, 2010

$37 USD seems high, and it's not "perfect" but it is pretty good at what it does. Record at 800x600 or 1280x960 and use VirtualDub and the XviD Codec to convert it to 640x480 for upload to YouTube and you are good to go.

Rated 50/50 by Somnambulator at Jun 15, 2010

if it were $10 or less i would have bought it years ago. As a program it is exceptional. As a product, it is hardly worth $40 for the average gamer. It has uses outside of gaming that might be worth the money, but not as an FPS viewer and screen recorder for someone who plays games and wants to share their play. cut the price to $5-15 and i'd buy it in a heartbeat. nothing else compares to it for ease of use, all-in-one capabilities, and amount of updates

Rated 30/50 by war593122 at Dec 3, 2010

"and also, it defaults the installation directory to C:\Fraps ???? how INCREDIBLY cheap is that by these days? my god..." Indeed, fix already!!

Rated 40/50 by DudeBoyz at Jan 23, 2011

This is a very good program, but it is expensive. I purchased it and use it, but wish it was a better value. If this program could record not only 3D games but the entire Windows desktop, sort of like CamStudio, then I think it would be more worth it. Still, it is pretty much the best at what it does on the Windows platform, and I can't deny the quality of the app. It has multi-core and multi-thread support and cooperates with games that also supports those technologies, and I believe it installs the 64 bit code if you have Windows 7 64 bit as your host, so recording at higher resolutions at 60 fps is more workable than ever.

Rated 50/50 by DKDude at Mar 10, 2011

@Raimondas Thanks for the links, will take a look at those programs, but cheaper is not all true ;) So far I stick with my beloved FRAPS, but I'll test those programs. EDIT: Now I did test those programs, and nope, they are no way near what FRAPS can do when it's about recording games. @Dudeboyz, yes FRAPS is a good investment, so far no program comes even close to FRAPS performance.

Rated 50/50 by midfingr at Mar 10, 2011

I purchased FRAPS a few years back. Great application and updated frequently.

Rated 40/50 by DudeBoyz at Mar 12, 2011

I've been googling and trying just about everything I can get my hands on, but for games, FRAPS is just the very best at what it does. Some of those apps that USED to be free are no longer free, and some are just not well developed at all any more. FRAPS is the most current, most flexible and most capable of anything I've found. It just flat out works for almost every game I have. For screen capture of the main interface, I use CamStudio also, and that is great for pretty much everything else. The new update gives us even more options to help find a compatible method of activation. Some games don't deal with the F9 thing well, and some don't do keypresses well at all, but these extra mouse button options are really useful. I can with FRAPS choose 29.97, 30, 59.94 or 60 fps no sweat, and lock the rate too, which means I can set it for 60, make sure VSYNC and Triple Buffering are on and my games play at 60 fps (lcd) and then my video software can export at a full 60 fps and then even upload to YouTube and get very smooth playback because all the settings matched, from system to FRAPS to game to video export, meaning no stuttering during playback on the YouTube. So for me, the investment is becoming more and more worth it, especially as I start playing more DX 11 games with all that tessellation. :) Well recommended.

Rated 40/50 by Ryusennin at Mar 12, 2011

GunCam is far poorer in terms of sheer performance. ZD Screen Recorder is just not made for capturing demanding apps like videos or games. The only thing really missing from Fraps is region capture and DirectDraw support, both of which are present in CamStudio (a decent and free alternative if you don't need any framerate-perfect solution).

Rated 40/50 by DudeBoyz at Mar 17, 2011

Nothing broken that I can tell. Still runs great, gives great results. Remember, when you install FRAPS, the codec is auto-installed, so on any system where FRAPS is installed, you can edit videos without any issues that I have been able to find.

Rated 40/50 by DudeBoyz at Apr 17, 2011

Workin' smooth, nothing broken. Street Fighter 4 at 1280x720 with 4xAA, 8xAF and all the goodies on locked at 60fps and records without a hiccup, for example. Very cool.

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