Bandicam vs FRAPS for PCSX2

[StriFe]

Did you tried putting PCSX2 manually in your gamelist? Cause aslong it's in there you can mostly use that. I'll have to figure some stuff out, cause I thought you can add games you have, but the detection file doesn't have the content, I mean as an example Raptr doesn't even recognize my Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Complete Edition.

[Ryudo]

Told ya. Bandicam rocks. The custom GPU solutions(shadowplay/raptr) have even less performance hit. But they don't support a lot of things, including PCSX2(shadowplay does in desktop record mode, at least).

They should've come up a tool like this before for recording. But I guess back then it was due to lack of strong graphic cards.

[Blyss Sarania]

Bandicam has been around quite a while. It uses GPGPU type stuff, so it works on older cards than Shadowplay/Raptr.

@Strife - Back when I tried Raptr, you couldn't manually add games. I'll give it a try some time.

[ssakash]

In no way is this relevant to the thread.

well you mentioned there are certain limitations to members who are not registered so, i asked it in hopes to clarify whether the loss in performance is corresponding to the un-registered version...

[nintendo85]

If you have an nVidia GPU, I recommend using Shadowplay instead, it has no performance impact, can record videos up to 50 mbps in MP4 format (so none of that RAW format BS to deal with) and it's very easy to use. You can even stream it to YouTube. Way better than FRAPS or Bandicam. Just saying.

[Ryudo]

well you mentioned there are certain limitations to members who are not registered so, i asked it in hopes to clarify whether the loss in performance is corresponding to the un-registered version...

There's a watermark in the free version and a limit of 10 minute recording. That's all.


@nintendo85: Better than Bandicam in the case of nVidia cards yeah, but not for the people with ATI cards most likely then. Better than Fraps by default though, CPU recording is a pain unless you have a beastly overclocked CPU.

[Blyss Sarania]

If you have an nVidia GPU, I recommend using Shadowplay instead, it has no performance impact, can record videos up to 50 mbps in MP4 format (so none of that RAW format BS to deal with) and it's very easy to use. You can even stream it to YouTube. Way better than FRAPS or Bandicam. Just saying.

Bandicam (with gpu recording) records in (up to) 50 mbps MP4 too.

Shadowplay/Ratpr both have slightly less performance hit, but still neither support PCSX2 completely natively.

[planetps2]

I'm a registered Bandicam user. Free Bandicam has some function restrictions. What I can remember about them are:
1. Bandicam logo is always shown and recorded.
2. The maximum recording time is 10 mins.

Yeah I'm a registered Bandicam user as well. I was impressed with it being able to record at 60 FPS and not lose performance, that I was inspired to buy the full version. I am able to record PCSX2 very smooth, however in some graphically rich games on PCSX2 while recording on bandicam it slows the game down slightly, like 1-2 FPS, but even in those cases playing the game and recording it remains very smooth and very playable.

The reason for the slowdown on certain PCSX2 games is likely due to the fact that I am recording at 60 FPS (instead the default 30) and am already upscaling in PCSX2 to like 3X or 4X. Overall I am very satisfied with bandicam, there are some tricks I've learned to get the most out of it. I haven't updated the version of bandicam in a while, the last time I updated it I think was early 2014. But they seem to continue to make it run even better. Bandicam has allowed me to record some amazing 60 FPS gameplay videos and I plan on using it a lot in the future.

[StriFe]

also you mean 50 mbit/s or 50 MByte/s

[nintendo85]

Bandicam (with gpu recording) records in (up to) 50 mbps MP4 too.

Shadowplay/Ratpr both have slightly less performance hit, but still neither support PCSX2 completely natively.

But I can record PCSX2 just fine with it, that's the thing, and Bandicam has a 10 min limit and watermark unless you pay, which I refuse to do. Shadowplay wins by virtue of being completely free. Watermarks be damned. The internal recorder is too bloody slow and intensive on my CPU, plus, I have to manually compress and merge audio with the video, too time-consuming.

also you mean 50 mbit/s or 50 MByte/s

50 Mbit (6.25 MB/second), not MBytes. Yeah, 1 Mb is 128 KB, if it was MB (1024 KB), that'd be insane XD