I went from Fraps to DxTory and that helped me a bit. I have more control over the settings (which I love). Another thing is recording to a separate harddrive than where the game runs from (if you have this option). But the cheapest and most efficient way is tweaking the graphics settings of the game. Sometimes finding the balance is a pain thou. First person shooters I record in 60fps (this is only so I can make slowmotion to 50% with out frame loss). Other games in 30fps since the render after…