Dodgy fraps performance - Modern Warfare 2 Forum: Free Call of Duty MW2 Community

chaR · 02-26-2010, 09:31 PM

Short question, but it's really bugging me:

Sometimes I don't even notice fraps running, litterally giving me 0FPS loss.
Other days fraps just fails completly & I drop to 5-10FPS.

This seems to be completly random & unfortunatly I get more bad days than good ones. Since I want to record games on a more consistent base, I really want to get this sorted.
Any ideas what might be causing this?

**abc** · 02-27-2010, 06:47 AM

I'm curious how you know FRAPs is causing you to drop 5 - 10 frames?

chaR · 02-27-2010, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abc

I'm curious how you know FRAPs is causing you to drop 5 - 10 frames?

Feels like that, not the actual indication. My point is that it drops so low, it becomes completly unplayable.

BradTonks · 02-27-2010, 06:56 PM

Try using a program called Gamebooster. i use it on my laptop and it gives me a higher FPS on games my laptop can barely manage. just make sure FRAPS is unticked on the program so it dosnt close it.

BuuGh0st · 02-27-2010, 07:02 PM

Any chance you record with fraps that makes your FPS drops? Just to be sure.

Fraps will become red if you are recording, yellow if you are not. Just incase you didnt knew.

BradTonks · 02-27-2010, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BuuGh0st

Any chance you record with fraps that makes your FPS drops? Just to be sure.

Fraps will become red if you are recording, yellow if you are not. Just incase you didnt knew.

he means that he will be recording and he dosnt notice a FPS drop at all, not that hes just got fraps in background not recording.

chaR · 02-27-2010, 08:41 PM

what brad said ;p

BuuGh0st · 02-28-2010, 06:09 AM

Whats wrong with that. Thats just great.
I have never experienced that tough

chaR · 02-28-2010, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by BuuGh0st

Whats wrong with that. Thats just great.
I have never experienced that tough

Huh?

My issue is, when Im recording footage with fraps, sometimes it works really well & I don't even notice it being on. Though most of the time, it rapes my framerate badly, making it impossible to record & play.

BradTonks · 02-28-2010, 06:38 AM

oh and char, iv never had a problem with fraps like that on my home pc? ur pc is good spec yes?

chaR · 02-28-2010, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BradTonks

oh and char, iv never had a problem with fraps like that on my home pc? ur pc is good spec yes?

Yeh, short summary:

Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @2,4Ghz
3,00 GB DDR2 ram
8800GTX
My HD is at 7200RPM I believe.

Though I really have no idea what causes the problem. If it would be a pc-perfomance problem, I'd never be able to record anything. Yet I've recorded many times that I really notice no frameloss at all.

**Dante** · 02-28-2010, 09:14 AM

Could be to do with the map?

I find when I record on Estate I take a massive FPS hit but on Skidrow I don't even notice it.

chaR · 02-28-2010, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Dante

Could be to do with the map?

I find when I record on Estate I take a massive FPS hit but on Skidrow I don't even notice it.

Nope, tested that before to.
It just seems completely random.

I sent a mail to fraps self now, hopefully they'll reply >.>

BuuGh0st · 02-28-2010, 11:51 AM

Do you have the latest version of fraps?

chaR · 02-28-2010, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BuuGh0st

Do you have the latest version of fraps?

I believe so, not the very latest (the 3.1.1, got like 3.0.3 I think), but it's been an issue with every version I used so far >.>

chaR · 03-06-2010, 05:48 AM

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Hey,

Thanks alot for the swift response, though unfortunatly I've already tried everything that you mentioned

1. The problem occurs in every game I try. From ancient games like counter-strike 1.6 to World of Warcraft to Modern Warfare 2.

2. Using the latest release of fraps. I also tested it with older releases & it was the same. I tested 3.1.2 in the meantime already to btw.

3. Already had the latest drivers. I also had it with older versions of my driver.

4. My HD automaticly defrags every week, so that can't be the issue either.

5. I've tried both using the second hard drive in my computer & even an external one through USB. Neither changed anything.

6. I've just finished trying that. With the FPS marker ingame shown in modern warfare 2:

A/ At my normal settings I had 90FPS constantly (capped), when activating fraps it dropped to 10-15FPS.
B/ When I turned literally everything down to the lowest possible, lowest possible resolution, lowest detail, no AA, etc.. I had the exact same performance. Normal FPS 90, when frapsing 10-15 again.
I also doubt that it is a performance issue, as I have a pretty good system & the issue occurs both in the most recent games like MW2 & ancient games like CS 1.6.

Also I'd like to stress again that the weirdest thing is that sometimes my performance while frapsing is flawless. I barely even notice it being on. Yet 9 out the 10 times I try to turn fraps on, the framerate drops like a brick.

Not sure if this is an email adress that I can reply to, so I'll submit this through the website again to, just to be sure.

Thanks for your assistance so far, while it might not have solved alot yet, I appreciate that there are still company's out there who actually take the time to help out ;p

Regards

Ewald Gielen

> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:15:43 +1100
> From: help@beepa.com
> To: ewaldgielen@hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: (Case BPL70309) Fraps message: Ewald Gielen
>
> Dear Ewald,
>
> Thanks for your inquiry. Does this problem occur in every game you try or is it just this one particular title?
>
> You may want to make sure that you have the current release of Fraps installed. Fraps 3.1.1 can be downloaded from the following link:
>
> http://www2.fraps.com/setup.exe
>
> Also, I'd recommend making sure that your video drivers are up to date. Since you have a Geforce card you can get the 196.21 forceware drivers from NVIDIA at:
>
> Vista (32-bit): NVIDIA DRIVERS 196.21 WHQL
> Vista (64-bit): NVIDIA DRIVERS 196.21 WHQL
>
> It's also possible that the data has become fragmented on the hard drive you are using to save your captured videos to. In this case, I'd recommend that you try performing a full defrag on the drive to ensure that Fraps can write data as fast as possible.
>
> Also, if you have multiple hard drives installed in your machine, you may want to try configuring Fraps to save your captured videos to another drive. We recommend using an internal hard drive that is not used at all while playing games.
>
> Finally, you could try experimenting with lower in-game video resolutions and disabling anti-aliasing if you have it enabled. Also, try using the half-size option, setting the capture framerate to 30 FPS and make sure that the Lock Framerate options is not enabled under the Movies tab in Fraps.
>
>
> Regards,
> Chris Van Graas
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ewaldgielen@hotmail.com
> Date: 28 Feb 2010 14:38:56 -0000
> To: help@beepa.com
> Subject: Fraps message: Ewald Gielen
>
> >
> >Greetings,
> >
> >I've been trying the latest version of Fraps a bit lately & consider buying it to record Modern Warfare 2 movies with.
> >Yet, I've got the problem that my performance while running fraps seems to be completly random.
> >I feel like I have a very good system:
> >Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @2,4Ghz
> >3,00 GB DDR2 ram
> >8800GTX
> >HD@ 7200RPM
> >Windows Vista
> >
> >The thing is, on certain days, fraps would be working perfect. I'd record with barely any noticable frameloss.
> >Yet most days, my framerate drops to unplayable depths, like 5-10, when I try to use fraps.
> >This seems to be completly random & I have no clue what is causing it. I tried shutting down all background apps & downloaded Gamebooster to further enhance my performance, yet it didn't change anything at all. Sometimes i'd record fine, other moments i'd be hovering around 5FPS again.
> >I've tested this all on the same map, thus it wouldn't be that I'd be losing more FPS on say a map that requires a better system to run.
> >
> >Anyhow, the thing is, I really can't be arsed getting the full version if it'll just be like this. The free version is fine for now to just record game winning killcams, though I wouldn't mind doing full movies for a change.
> >I tried alternative recording software like WeGame, which gave me a consistent, stable performance every time I use it, yet it caps out 30FPS, which is why I prefer to use fraps if possible.
> >
> >
> >

Is my communication so far with the fraps helpdesk. Anybody got anymore suggestions what I could possible do :[? I srsly want to record games on an everyday base >.<

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