CS:GO & Fraps (For my vids and possibly yours)

[Sym]

So, recently ive been toying with settings trying to get smooth recordings of CS:GO, but i wasnt having any luck. as soon as i started recording, my fps would drop by 1/3 or more. (For instance, my last videos average at about 29-31 fps) I started toying with some settings and ive managed tocome to these conclusions:

-Multicore Rendering is a thing i MUST have on, I have a 8 core CPU and without it fraps hogs the cores that are running CSGO.
- I can record in 50 while i play in 60 fps
-Motion Blur actually stutters recordings rather than smoothing them due to the streaking effect- it forces more unsteady pixel to be captured.
-Shaders High and Very High make no difference on my recording
-Shadows murder recordings
-MSAA is not recommended unless you have a beefy gpu/cpu
-FXAA has a very light load I can afford to have it on
-Effect has a starngely large load and i actually have it on Low because of the frame stutters it was causing while recording (not while not recordiing)
-Custom skins do not affect FPS as far as i am aware, do not take my word on this.

I have a AMD 6670 as a GPU and I plan on buying a beefier card soon. I hope this helps if you want to record CS:GO, it definitely was a bit eye opening for me.

[Sirex]

if you've not payed for it yet, have a look at bandicam.
its smother, smaller file output, and still the same quality.

[Lulzor]

I doubt anyone would want to pay bandicam to smother them.

[Sirex]

Well paying someone to smother you is never a good idea anyway

[K PhaNTOM]

Well paying someone to smother you is never a good idea anyway

Tell that to my wife!

Bara bing!

[Sirex]

Reminds me KP, I only take cash now

[Sym]

if you've not payed for it yet, have a look at bandicam.
its smother, smaller file output, and still the same quality.

On my end, bandicam has worse quality and isn't smoother.

I suggest either fraps or dxtory , but that's just my experience.

[Sirex]

fraps runs horrible for me, always has.
just shows every PC is different lol