XhrisShan Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I'm using Bandicam right now but it devours my CPU. When I start recording my framerate instantly halves. Anyone know an alternative that's easier on the PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starleash Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I'm assuming you mean recording software, try mirillis action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmird Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 OBS Welcome to the 21st century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlrikFassbauer Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I don't know ... Maybe Fraps ? But I have only very fragmentary experience with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalRavenx Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 OBS and XSplit have always worked well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossei Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 If you have an Nvidia GeForce GPU I would suggest using the built-in ShadowPlay function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karudan Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I haven't tried any video capturing software, but the current windows 10 have xbox game capture built in it. Press win + G to activate and win + alt + R to record videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessara Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 The last time I tried using the Windows 10 built in XBox feature, it would not record sound if you had your sound going to your headset. I have no idea if they fixed that or not. I usually use NVidia's Shadowplay since I already have that and it seems to work fine for me. Keep in mind I don't do a lot of recording so it may not have the functions you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focusangel Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 - Shadowplay for Nvidia is great. - AMD Gaming Evolved for AMD GPUs. - OBS is also great, if you got the right hardware. - DxTory with the Matrox MPEG-2 HD codec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediQuaker Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I'm using Bandicam right now but it devours my CPU. When I start recording my framerate instantly halves. Any recording software is going to require some CPU power to run. It's possible that your current CPU can only barely handle SWTOR and doesn't have enough leftover cycles (or cores) to handle recording without serious fps loss. What CPU are you running (and how much RAM do you have)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XhrisShan Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 What CPU are you running (and how much RAM do you have)? Processor: AMD FX-7600P Radeon R7, 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz Memory: 8192MB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeTone Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Before I used Nvidia Shadow Play, I used to use MSI Afterburner which records with better quality. https://gaming.msi.com/features/afterburner The side effect of the high quality was the large file sizes and I don't have an external drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savej Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 If you have an Nvidia GeForce GPU I would suggest using the built-in ShadowPlay function. This uses the graphics card to do the heavy lifting and doesn't use cpu much if at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul_of_Flames Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 If you have an Nvidia GeForce GPU I would suggest using the built-in ShadowPlay function. Was gonna say this. It's always nice to just press a button at any time and have it save your last X amount of minutes of activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TX_Angel Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) Processor: AMD FX-7600P Radeon R7, 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz Memory: 8192MB RAM To be blunt, you aren't going to be doing much game recording with that, in my opinion. It isn't that great of a CPU for SWTOR to start with, due to its poor overall single core performance. You could try to run the AMD Gaming Evolved software and record though that, but the GPU built into that chip may simply not be able to do it, not being a dedicated card. What would work, but costs money, is this: Elgato Systems Game Capture HD - http://amzn.to/1Re7YO7 $135 at the moment on Amazon, but it will record anything you can put into it via HDMI at 1080p @ 30 fps. The 60 fps version is $20 more: Game Capture HD60 http://amzn.to/1Re7YgV Yes, both cost money, but both produce zero impact on your system, being external. You can't use this below, but it is what I use to capture and stream: Game Capture HD60 Pro http://amzn.to/1pE8mim ^ This is an internal card that removes almost all latency for live streaming, but of course wouldn't work for you since you have a laptop (unless you have a desktop to put it in, but then if you did, you'd be playing SWTOR on it!) Edited March 21, 2016 by TX_Angel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediQuaker Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Processor: AMD FX-7600P Radeon R7, 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz Memory: 8192MB RAM Well .... you have enough RAM. But I'd forget about trying to record your gameplay with that rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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