fraps

[viper38]

what is a good frame rate?

[ACE]

Depends

[ImADot]

If you're talking about frame rate to capture video, I'd say 30fps.  My game is V-Sync'd at 60fps, but when I record with Fraps, I have Fraps force it down to 30fps.  Rock solid and still plenty good for fighting, and recording video more than 30fps in my opinion is a waste of processing and hard drive space.

[Kermit de frog]

The new version of fraps allows the game to not have to reduce it's frame rate down to your recorded frame rate.  For example, you can still fly AH @ 60fps while recording at 30fps.
At least, that is what it is supposed to do.  If true, I will need a bigger hard drive as I'll be using Fraps more frequently. 

[ACE]

Yeah, I run about mid 50s with a laptop

[Denholm]

I want your laptop.

[ACE]

But, that's with every possible thing turned down. Eyecandy doesn't mean much to me.