Fraps for Windows

Name: Fraps
Rating: 3.6 (81 reviews)
Author: Beepa

By Beepa
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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffJuly 12, 2024

Fraps records and benchmarks video in real time from DirectX and OpenGL games and applications. It captures onscreen video and audio, adds timestamps and counters, and benchmarks frames per second, frame times, and minimum-maximum average. It can save screenshots as BMP, JPG, PNG, or TGA files, with optional frame rate overlays and repeat screen capture. Updates include support for AVI files larger than 4GB.

Pros

Screen Capture settings: We could add frame rate overlays to screenshots and set Fraps to capture screenshots at specific intervals until the Screen Capture hotkey is pressed, making Fraps a serviceable security or monitoring app.

Hotkeys: Fraps includes many hotkey options, such as Benchmarking and Overlay hotkeys. We could set the software to stop benchmarking after a specific number of seconds, hide overlays, and configure other options.

Movies: Video capture settings include common and custom frame rates, full and half size frames, loop buffer length, and the option to split movies every 4GB of recording capacity -- just enough for a DVD. Movies can record Windows, stereo, or multichannel sound, as well as external inputs.

Cons

Trial limitations: The free trial limits recording time to 30 seconds, disables loop recording, saves screenshots in BMP format, and adds a watermark.

Bottom Line

Fraps is a useful tool in the hands of serious gamers or anyone who wants to capture onscreen video or benchmark their video performance. It's not expensive, and the free trial reveals enough to help you make up your mind.

Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of Fraps 3.5.99.

What’s new in version 3.5.99.20150108

Version 3.5.99 is a bug fixing release.

Fraps for Windows

By Beepa
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GENERAL

Release: November 21, 2014

Latest update: July 12, 2024

Version: 3.5.99.20150108

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 2003
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 7

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 580,989

Downloads Last Week: 10

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3.6/5

81 User Votes

I bought this S"#5
AsummerSunJanuary 30, 2017
Pros
It does not work!
Cons
i do not recommend this.
Summary
:-(
Really good recorder!
weegee2899January 4, 2015
Pros
HD screen capture. screenshot taker. Framerate options.
Cons
It's not free. Videos can require a lot of disk space. You can only record 30 seconds with the trial version.
Summary
Awesome recorder other than the cons. I highly recommend you download it from the official fraps site.
multiple windows with differing fps + this = dead ram.
niceerApril 10, 2014
Pros
There are search engines for better alternatives.
Cons
This tries to display total fps, which is bad if you have multiple windows on screen.
Summary
Had to buy 2 sets of ram because this trashed the old ones.
This product gave me a malware! Do not download this!
A3ianJanuary 7, 2014
Pros
None- it won't even work.
Cons
Won't work.
Summary
Hate it badly
yellowwinnerMay 11, 2013
Pros
Ummm I don't really think anything unless you count making low quality vids
Cons
FPS 30Sec??????? bad layout dose not detect any microphone even though windows reads it slow bad-quality 500 more Cons
Summary
Don't get it
I love it An it works well
weirdodude101May 11, 2013
Pros
It works really well no lag in filming. Alos how you can choose the fps to record in on it
Cons
Nothing at all
Summary
Its great I use it for my youtube vids it records quite nice for youtube!
Not bad, but could use some work
Tsunami_sundeaMarch 28, 2013
Pros
1- not very lag inflictive 2-easy hot keys 3-easy to use 4-crisp sound
Cons
1-must do who knows what to upload to YouTube 2-HUGE file space taken up 3-no 1 on 1 customer support
Summary
I say that this isn't bad for beginners, but experts should try something else.
Please stop.
goldfinger79December 9, 2012
Pros
Don't know
Cons
Packaged with IncrediBar Hijacked browser Reset homepage Pissed me off and I erased it before trying it out
Summary
I don't know if it is cnet or the software maker who includes IncreDibar with the downloads. This is the second download packaged with this crap. Without even giving you the option, the IB installs and proceeds to change your homepage--basically hijacking your browser. If we wanted to change our browser settings, we know how to do it. This is annoying. I can't tell you if Fraps is any good because I erased it completely before using it after the addons altered my browser settings. I'll try to download it directly from the developer's website.
"Great software"
mb9nt1February 18, 2012
Pros
Easy to record game's videos with good quality.
Cons
Large save video files.
Summary
Great tool for capture game's videos.
Conflicts in newer versions
oldthinkerDecember 8, 2011
Pros
Strong game footage recorder
Cons
Has some conflicts that cause certain games to lag even when you're NOT recording. Unregistered version has a 30-second recording time limit.
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Developer’s Description

By Beepa

Perform video-game benchmark tests or take screenshots and video of DirectX and OpenGL games.

Fraps is a universal Windows application that can be used with games using DirectX or OpenGL graphic technology. In its current form, it performs many tasks, including benchmarking screen capturing (take a screenshot with the press of one key, with no need to paste into a paint program every time you want to capture; your screen captures also are automatically named and time-stamped) and real-time video capturing (record audio and video while playing your favorite game at up to 1,024x768 resolution at 30 frames per second).

Fraps for Windows

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What’s new in version 3.5.99.20150108

Fraps for Windows

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User Reviews

I bought this S"#5

Really good recorder!

multiple windows with differing fps + this = dead ram.

This product gave me a malware! Do not download this!

Hate it badly

I love it An it works well

Not bad, but could use some work

Please stop.

"Great software"

Conflicts in newer versions

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