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Fraps vs Bandicam vs Dxtory?

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Tobuscus
Tobuscus Original post #1
Jul 29, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Hey,dudes & dudettes



I'm wondering what the best game recording program you guys recommend.. I use fraps a lot,but it has a really big performance hit and ginormous file sizes.:shock: ( solved by compressing)

I've heard of bandicam a lot. Does it use less system resources?
thetechfreak
Jul 29, 2012 at 10:15 AM
I use Fraps. Does the job easily for me. Can record videos on almost all games without much trouble.
kisame
kisame #3
Jul 29, 2012 at 10:20 AM
lol at dudettes
OnTopic:I myself use fraps.But it seriously eats up resources and produces large uncompressed files.Sometimes my game stutters while using it.
Will try Bandicam and Dxtory.
S
Jul 29, 2012 at 4:04 PM
Fraps is the best out there. As it captures uncompressed videos thats why produced file size is that large. Try using any video compressor or video editing software to compress the video using any suitable codec.
Tobuscus
Jul 29, 2012 at 9:33 PM
But fraps costs money,unless you're not paying for it :twisted::twisted:


Bandicam is open source and free. Any bandicam users here?
S
Jul 29, 2012 at 10:16 PM
Well you said that you are using fraps... Right?
gameranand
Jul 30, 2012 at 12:06 AM
Will give bandicam a shot for sure.
R
Aug 1, 2012 at 11:23 PM
XFire is better.
gameranand
Aug 2, 2012 at 1:38 AM
Because Xfire also gives you facility to capture sceenshots or videos.
ithehappy
ithehappy #10
Aug 2, 2012 at 1:40 AM
I know fraps. I use it always. I like it. Maybe it's pushy on resources. But I am a man who doesn't look for better things when I've found one which works, and works well. Still I might give the others a try.
Alight, but what is dudette? A lady dude? :lol: :rofl:
Anorion
Anorion #11
Aug 2, 2012 at 1:41 AM
fraps has the right options, wouldnt even considering recording with any other software if games are being recorded, esp if the recording has to be even close to professional
second option is camstudio