Help me!

[L33s2good]

Ok, 2 question's here, Firstly after i recieved my pc from pc specialist i had a trial windows 7 installed i then entered my product key to activate full version, when i go to c:// i have 2 program file folders one says (Program Files) the other says (Programe files x86) should i delete the (programe files folder?) im worried its taking up space with no need,


Second question, if anyone is used to the programe (FRAPS) is there a way to run on a seperate Hdd if i say split my 1tb in order to run fraps with more fps, i will be getting an ssd top improve this eventually but untill then an y tips to get it running with more fps while recording in game!

Cheers

 

[pengipete]

You get those two program files folders because you are using a 64 bit version of Windows - it's supposed to be like that so don't delete them. You should never - ever - consider randomly deleting stuff from your operating system.

FRAPS - no idea except to say that it only monitors frame rates. FRAPS does not "run with more fps" no matter what you do - that's like saying that changing a spark-plug will make your speedometer work better. If anything, running a program to check the fps of a game will slow the game down - it's an extra process. Don't worry about hitting some target with frame rates - just enjoy the game. Any "improvements" you make that you can only spot by measuring frame rates weren't worth the effort.

 

[Randomthom]

I think I understand the FRAPS question differently so I'll add my 2c.
FRAPS has 2 functions, 1 is putting up an FPS overlay, the other is recording what is visible on your screen. Doing this is quite system intensive as is playing games, doing both together can bring a system to it's knees.

If I understand your question, you're asking if you were to record onto a different hard drive to the one you're playing the game from would you see some overall performance increase?

Well, the answer is, pleh... If you were recording onto a different PHYSICAL hard drive then yes, it would probably help matters. If you split-partition a hard-drive then no, that won't help performance. An SSD would drastically improve performance.

All this is dependent on the assumption that hard-drive access is the bottleneck which may not be the case.

Hope that was helpful!

 

[Sleinous]

generally, fraps isnt affected by the HDD spin speed, because fraps does zero compression (CPU too busy) so it just dumps it in a very uncompressed format to your hDD). You will experience lag if your video card cant record and play the game.

I'd suggest enabling vsync to cap the fps at 60 on a 60hz screen to prevent wasting GPU performance there, then you can set fraps to record at around 40fps and get a good capture.

Next, buy and download badaboom (fermi support coming soon) and sleect the fraps conversion, it will convert from fraps to something mroe friendly like xvid or something,for HD Youtube vids etc.

Alternatively you can do teh same thing by using your CPU and teh free software called Virtual-DUB thatw ill convert fraps files to xvid etc etc, just alot slower becaue Badaboom uses your GPU's UCDA cores (if Nvidia) to convert alot faster.

If youre using an AMD crad, use the built-in AMD video converter

 

[L33s2good]

Dont understand my random fps with my setup

This is my spec




Case
ANTEC NINE HUNDRED TWO - UK, The Ultimate Gaming Case, Evolved

Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X6 1090T (3.20GHz/9MB CACHE/AM3/) - BLACK EDITION

Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, R.O GAMERS

Memory (RAM)
4GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 2GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD 6850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable

Change to: 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6870 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

3rd Graphics Card
NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

Change to: 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

2nd Hard Disk
NONE

RAID
NONE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NONE

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£76)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
Sound Blaster® Audigy™ SE (£19)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD




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Memory (RAM) 4GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 2GB KIT) 4GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD 6850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD 6870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm) 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE


I thought this would be overkill for wow, but when i have Ultra settings on my video settings i only get 60 fps that then randomly drops to <30 and back up all the time, its verry random and jumps rapidly, also when using fraps i get lag spikes! i dont understand when thinking this system would be flawless for wow, any tips on why my fps is random?


Any fellow wow players would be aof great help ocourse! also im thinking of buying an SSD for my os and games! i heard to wait till intell release the new models!? any ideas fo when this may be and how i can check?

 

[L33s2good]

Also i have 8g ddr3 1600 now!