Does running FRAPS reduce frame rates?

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United Kingdom Brue Computing
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41,400
Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx27KUi8vi4


Game:
Batman: Arkham City (2011)
Duration: 2:45
1,055 views
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A video looking in to the claims that running FRAPS to measure frame rates reduces performance.

Note that as with all of our videos the captures were taken with an external capture device in another system, FRAPS was only being used to display frame rate overlays.



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Frame-rate
FPS
Fraps (Software)
Performance
Benchmark
Overhead
ASUS
Transformer Book
T100


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