I'm buying a new HDD for fraps

2008-06-09 08:50:32

#1

Hakei: Banned; +295|6265

Some advice please.

The HDD is JUST going to be raw fraps recordings and nothing else, I'm going to be buying a WD drive, however I am not sure if the size makes a difference on write speed? Price is not a problem, but would a drive of 160 GB be better than a drive of 720? Or is there no difference?

Also, is there any setting I can change or any tweaks I can give that would make the drive give me more FPS whilst recording? When I record at the moment I get around 30 FPS, I was hoping to increase that to 40-50 FPS.

Thanks in advance.

2008-06-09 08:55:31

#2

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6723|The Twilight Zone

It think you will be fine buying an ordinary 500gb 7200rpm WD or Samsung HDD.

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2008-06-09 09:01:16

#3

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6763|N. Ireland

I'd look at a Samsung drive with 32MB Cache (any 500GB version should fulfill those requirements)

2008-06-09 09:12:27

#4

Sup3r_Dr4gon: Boat sig is not there anymore; +214|6597|Australia

I have a 160GB drive for fraps myself, though I am wanting to upgrade it - it will only take a few rounds of footage before it gets full, a 500GB drive would be more suitable.

I don't think you'll get a massive increase in frames by putting fraps on another drive. What are the specs of your comp? My E6400/X1900XT/2GB system can record full screen video and sound on high settings in BF2 and keeps a smooth framerate.

2008-06-09 09:15:49

#5

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6763|N. Ireland

Sup3r_Dr4gon wrote:
I have a 160GB drive for fraps myself, though I am wanting to upgrade it - it will only take a few rounds of footage before it gets full, a 500GB drive would be more suitable.

I don't think you'll get a massive increase in frames by putting fraps on another drive. What are the specs of your comp? My E6400/X1900XT/2GB system can record full screen video and sound on high settings in BF2 and keeps a smooth framerate.

I have the exact same specs. Scary!

2008-06-09 09:21:04

#6

Hakei: Banned; +295|6265

Athlon 6000+
8600 GT (Might be getting an 8800)
4 GB

I think my current HDD isn't working how it should be, every time I do chkdsk /r I get several errors, so I'm hoping that's why fraps sometimes randomly freezes.

I can record to an external HDD, but it only hits 25 FPS max (I'm assuming this is because of the USB connection)

2008-06-09 09:46:40

#7

killer21: Because f*ck you that's why.; +400|6861|Reisterstown, MD

.Sup wrote:
It think you will be fine buying an ordinary 500gb 7200rpm WD or Samsung HDD.

2008-06-09 09:52:34

#8

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6723|The Twilight Zone

kylef wrote:
kylef wrote:
I have a 160GB drive for fraps myself, though I am wanting to upgrade it - it will only take a few rounds of footage before it gets full, a 500GB drive would be more suitable.

I don't think you'll get a massive increase in frames by putting fraps on another drive. What are the specs of your comp? My E6400/X1900XT/2GB system can record full screen video and sound on high settings in BF2 and keeps a smooth framerate.
I have the exact same specs. Scary!

umm what?

2008-06-09 10:55:45

#9

tkoi: Utahraptor!; +148|6417|Texas

Hakei wrote:
Also, is there any setting I can change or any tweaks I can give that would make the drive give me more FPS whilst recording? When I record at the moment I get around 30 FPS, I was hoping to increase that to 40-50 FPS.

Open fraps and under the movies tab, click the radio button next to 60 fps.

2008-06-09 11:00:21

#10

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6792|...

I have a regular sata drive II (no raid) and can dump 60fps in a titan on bf2142. No issues.

2008-06-09 11:36:23

#11

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6582

GGF0RCE wrote:
Hakei wrote:
Also, is there any setting I can change or any tweaks I can give that would make the drive give me more FPS whilst recording? When I record at the moment I get around 30 FPS, I was hoping to increase that to 40-50 FPS.
Open fraps and under the movies tab, click the radio button next to 60 fps.

Qft, your game will gear down to whatever FPS you're recording at. Try half-size with 60fps.

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2008-06-09 13:38:26

#12

aimless: Member; +166|6395|Texas

I can easily fill up a 160GB while recording at 1280x1024 @ 60fps. The higher fps and higher resolution you record at will obviously require a lot more space.

2008-06-09 14:00:54

#13

tkoi: Utahraptor!; +148|6417|Texas

aimless wrote:
I can easily fill up a 160GB while recording at 1280x1024 @ 60fps. The higher fps and higher resolution you record at will obviously require a lot more space.

Yeah but if you record at 30fps you might as well not record at all, it'll be unplayable.

I record at 60fps, 720x450, with sound. Ends up being ~15mb per second.

2008-06-09 14:02:00

#14

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6902

.Sup wrote:
kylef wrote:
kylef wrote:
I have a 160GB drive for fraps myself, though I am wanting to upgrade it - it will only take a few rounds of footage before it gets full, a 500GB drive would be more suitable.

I don't think you'll get a massive increase in frames by putting fraps on another drive. What are the specs of your comp? My E6400/X1900XT/2GB system can record full screen video and sound on high settings in BF2 and keeps a smooth framerate.
I have the exact same specs. Scary!
umm what?

Bolded.

Sup you Penis.

2008-06-09 14:22:55

#15

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6723|The Twilight Zone

Gooners wrote:
.Sup wrote:
kylef wrote:

I have the exact same specs. Scary!
umm what?

Bolded.

Sup you Penis.

I have one and you don't. Donut.

2008-06-09 17:26:04

#16

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6961|Devon, England

Gooners wrote:
.Sup wrote:
kylef wrote:

I have the exact same specs. Scary!
umm what?

Bolded.

Sup you Penis.

Did you not see that he edited the names?

You penis, you

2008-06-10 01:44:04

#17

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6723|The Twilight Zone

FFLink13 wrote:
Gooners wrote:
.Sup wrote:

umm what?

Bolded.

Sup you Penis.
Did you not see that he edited the names?

You penis, you

Just for fun, i'm sure kyle knows that.

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