GameOver wrote:
BTW can I have a question? I always wanted to ask you about that: How the hell can you play and record in such high quality at the same time (you don't use Battlerecorder demos but first person view). How is it possible? Sure, I can record in high quality as well, but I don't enjoy the game while recording because the FPS dops drastically. Not to mention that it hinders me at playing, my skill level drops significantly if I am recording while playing. And I have tried everything: more rams, faster HDD, various versions of Fraps, various settings of Fraps, even TV tuner card, and none of them worked well. I would like to record without the FPS drops, without the feeling that I am recording. Doesn't recording hinder you at playing? If so, how can you record in high quality while playing? I would be really happy and grateful if you could answer my question. Thanks in advance!
I use fraps to record (2.9.4 currently), capture at full resolution that I play at (1280x1024), and the fps is set at 40. Without fraps I'll get anywhere from 60-80 fps, but when capturing it drops to 30-40fps. The drop in frame rate is noticeable, and may hinder me a little bit (mainly when gunning) but it's not that much for flying.
My system is:
AMD opteron 165 @ 2.2ghz
2 gigs of pc-3200 ram
7800gt video card
74 gig raptor hdd for OS and programs
640 gig hdd for storage
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music sound card
Not much else to say, I run Windows XP, the system itself is about 3 years old since I last upgraded anything. I run bf2 at full max settings for video and audio.
Only thing I should note is that whenever I'm going to capture anything I do a fresh restart of my computer. The longer I have it running since a restart the lower fps I get. After a fresh restart the frame rate is higher in general and it runs better.