Computer Recording Lag (UPDATED)

I have Just bought a new GPU. Its the HD 7870, When i play bf3 on ultra i get 70+ fps But when i record with fraps i get like 25 And it jumps to 60 back to 25. It has its own HDD. What i think he problem is that i have the GPU plugged in to the PSU 6 pin connector. if i bought a 2 IDE to 6 pin would that fix it? I have had this problem before but i don't remember how i fixed it. I also Recored with fraps. (UPDATE) I sent the card back.

lag sucks amd

asked Aug 23 '12 at 02:10

Maysen
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edited Aug 28 '12 at 23:23

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Technically, the 6 pin would work better, but it doesn't matter, What are the specs of your pc, and what do you mean you have a separate hard drive?

answered Aug 23 '12 at 02:36

pjob797
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Fraps as its own hard drive.

(Aug 27 '12 at 22:37) Maysen

oh you're saving the video to a separate HDD, correct? and that honestly wouldn't help much since most entities are loaded before you would start recording

(Aug 27 '12 at 22:47) pjob797

It's likely that the computer is not powerful enough to record at this quality.

What are your specs and I'll be able to answer you more accurately on this?

answered Aug 23 '12 at 03:57

Tim Fontana
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Yeah, I think that his CPU is underpowered for this task.

(Aug 23 '12 at 15:31) catchatyou

Amd Fx8120 4.0ghz 8gb DDr3 1600mhz 1 tb Harddrive 500Gb for fraps 800w Psu H60 water cooling HD 7870 2Gb With overclock. All of my temps are not to high, but i did go out and buy the power cable but it still recoreds at a very low fps. I put my old Nividia 550 ti in and i can recored at a better fps. Anyhelp?

(Aug 27 '12 at 22:35) Maysen

AMD cards take advantage of your CPU when rendering. Monitor your system and ATI overdrive and see if it's all on your processor. You should be able to lock in a clock and memory speed and save it as a recording profile. When I render composites my 5450 maxes out my CPU and my GPU does very little. I'm pretty sure it's the same with southern islands cards.

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When Overdrive isn't enabled the clock and memory settings are dynamic.Here's mine bottomed out at idle.

answered Aug 28 '12 at 01:08

ClosetFuturist
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edited Aug 28 '12 at 06:40

Ok i did. I maxed out just Cause 2 and without recording i got 60fps And when recording it stayed at 60 then went down to 20 then back up then down again. Looking at the Gpu activity i was lag spiking when the frames dropped. and the CPU activity seemed to jump a bit. i think you were right, but if so how do i fix it?

(Aug 28 '12 at 01:25) Maysen

Can you set a clock and memory speed in ATI Overdrive?

(Aug 28 '12 at 02:46) ClosetFuturist

Yes, i can.

(Aug 28 '12 at 05:06) Maysen

It may still use the CPU but then at least the soft clock wouldn't have to ramp up.

(Aug 28 '12 at 06:46) ClosetFuturist

So what do i do ?

(Aug 28 '12 at 12:52) Maysen

Enable Overdrive and Auto-Tune.

(Aug 28 '12 at 19:02) ClosetFuturist

Sorry didnt work but thanks for trying!

(Aug 28 '12 at 21:50) Maysen

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