thats cool man.. id write down all settings ive tried. its more easy to skip what might not work and target whats best..
with xfire. its a free program and can do almost the exact same thing as a payed fraps.. you will have a few less options.. but for recording its about exact same. and no 30 second cap either. and it will auto convert them and upload to its site..after that you can do what you want with the mp4 videos and very small file size and delete stuff off of xfire if you want.or leave them there too.. but after converted to mp4. you can put them on any other video host site you care too..
the videos say for a 4 minute movie can be 100,s if not a gig file size made into less than a 10mb mp4 file..and saves space on your hdd too. and mp4 playback quality is really pretty dang good.. xfire sets up and record option dang near exact same as fraps.. but with fraps you have to edit and convert videos your self after you make them..hunt and find programs that will do it and or use wmm etc..
for free xfire is hard to beat.. the program gui what even has built in in game chat.. you can use it to download patches for your games-[ i dont use either of them parts.] .but xfire you can also send files to your buds that have xfire.. files of any size..giga bites etc..i like that a lot. email what ever you can only send what a 20mb file.. its fast too.. limited by your net speed only.. record using xfire and set up to half size and 25fps just like fraps.. after you stop gaming a pop up will say you have such and such or so many videos do you want to convert and upload to xfire say yes..bamb wait..after done you have nice small mp4 files ..oh ya. you can use xfire for in game screens too.. good to go..
fraps gives ya some bench marking options and osd stuff.. but for recording.. the only other options i know of it having over xfire is you can set record fps up to 100fps.. and few if any systems on earth can record games much above 30fps.. your eyes for sure cant see anything over 30fps.. so again and for free..xfire is hard to beat.. camstdio2 is a great lil desk top recorder..but thats not optimized for recording games.. and if you are going to buy a program id buy the zdsoft as said before..
after you find the sweet spot and what your system can do..you will be a video making fool..have tons of videos and fun too.. i use my vids for training just like in sports locker or war rooms..and see stuff i might have missed in game and learn maps faster and on and on..1 video is worth a million screen shots.. and is waiting for you and others to enjoy..
take care man..if ya need more help just let me know..i think i have screens and a basic video how to set up xfire..i just have to hunt for them..but i will go far and above what others will to help ya..and will type 1000x what others will.i will type a book and add screens and video and audio too if needed..so.if others cant help ya in 1 sentence most will not bother..thats just the way most folks are..
note: fraps and xfire both are system hogs.. takes lots of resources with limited options.. and i hate to tell ya..if recording a old game like gta vc and only can get 12fps well something is wrong..your res is too high . your record fps is to high and or your game settings quality is too high. you have to make adjustments..or get zdsoft game recorder 2.0.1.0 and have way more recording and performance options.. so..
see ya
