How does Fraps effect FPS?

loser

I'm thinking about using it for Oblivion and some other games but I'm worried that it'll negatively affect my frame rate. I don't have a great computer and I get lag in any game if I don't use low to mild settings. I'm just wondering how much Fraps (used for taking pictures and videos in games) slows down gameplay.

Update:

Any suggestions/tips about the program?

quietstorm

Well, I ran it just fine on an old Pentium 4 CPU 3.40 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Nvidia Geforce 7600 GS Video Card, and WinXP Pro.

If you already own it just try it. If not, try to rent/borrow it, for cost too much to take chances (if you rent/borrow, don't forget to uninstall it BEFORE you return the disk). Obviously, the better the computer, the better it will run.

More game info than you ever wanted to know:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Oblivion

Here are Minimum (and I do mean Minimum) requirements for the game:

* Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows XP 64-bit

* 512MB System RAM

* 2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor

* 128MB Direct3D compatible video card

* and DirectX 9.0 compatible driver;

* 8x DVD-ROM drive

* 4.6 GB free hard disk space

* DirectX 9.0c (included)

* DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card

* Keyboard, Mouse

Supported Video Card Chipsets:

* ATI X1900 series

* ATI X1800 series

* ATI X1600 series

* ATI X1300 series

* ATI X850 series

* ATI x800 series

* ATI x700 series

* ATI x600 series

* ATI Radeon 9800 series

* ATI Radeon 9700 series

* ATI Radeon 9600 series

* ATI Radeon 9500 series

* NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series

* NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series

* NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series

* NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series

* NVIDIA GeForce FX series

Good Luck

pdizzle

Depends on the computer. You will have to test it out to see.