ArmA and FRAPS

[Espectro (DayZ) 0]

Hi there

I just recieved my czech version of ArmA in the mail, and to my surprise it actually works in Vista .

Anyway, the game is great, and I love the graphics, but for some reason the game crashes whenever I use FRAPS. I don't know if it is Vista related, trackir related or anything. I would hate to install winXP just for fraps :/

Is there any alternatives to fraps btw? Something less demanding. I have found that whenever I use fraps (for the few seconds it actually works), my FPS drops to around 15 fps and sometimes 10 fps .

My system is:

AMD64 3800+ X2

2 gig dual ram

2 * 7600GT SLI (Although SLI is currently not supported in Vista, so only one of these cards is used)

The game runs at best at around 60 fps, and at worst around 30 fps WITHOUT fraps.

So any1 got an idea?

Cheers

[PaMe 0]

arma and fraps works fine for me. but im a xp-user

an alternative for fraps is "gamecam". i used this aswell und it works much better than fraps. u havent got any performance lost like fraps when u making a vid.

Pame

[Espectro (DayZ) 0]

arma and fraps works fine for me. but im a xp-user

an alternative for fraps is "gamecam". i used this aswell und it works much better than fraps. u havent got any performance lost like fraps when u making a vid.

Pame

Thanks alot mate... I'll try that one, hopefully I can make some nice trackir vids for ya

[PaMe 0]

i hope so

[troop 0]

As an alternative, you can also use 3D-Analyze 2.36b as well.

No recording, no performance hit; just 'counters' (FPS)

[klamacz 448]

try 'gamecam' - its less demanding than fraps and have some nice features

[BigWolf 0]

Thx for the Game Cam suggestion, definitely going to try it out

For everyone else, their webpage is planetgamecam.com

[kayz 0]

"RivaTuner Statistics Server" also a good software for view FPS

[Espectro (DayZ) 0]

Thanks, but I don't wanna see my fps - just my videos

[icebreakr 3157]

Fraps works great in Arma. I use VirtualDub (free) to put it in mp3/xvid format. My videos are in the "Videos" topic.

[crashdome 3]

Espectro,

Your FRAPs problem is Vista related. I own both FRAPS and GameCam (I prefer FRAPS btw) and could never get either to work for any game on my Vista machines. Probably due to the 3D desktop.

Anyways, try disabling 3d desktop feature and you *might* be able to get one to work.

[Skunk Monkey 0]

Fraps works fine for me, XP user.