fraps recording 10-15fps

None of them. Are you using the latest version? Are you using the lossless RGB switch (don't)?

P.S. This should be in the Other Software section.

Yes, im using the latest version 2.99, and what is the RGB switch. Oh and sorry, i didn't know about where to post this lol, i figured it would have to do with graphics?

If at all possible, record to a different drive. More RAM may help if you are experiencing any swapping.

Also, latest version is 3.0.2. 3.x.x includes a lossless option, which while nice, dramatically increases file size and write throughput needed.

how can i tell if i am expierencing page file swapping?

Use a faster Hard drive a raid 0 preferably

hows the 2tb 'cuda LP sound. It is low power, but it gets very high results in filecopy and sequential tests.
http://techreport.com/articles.x/17708/1

yeah hard drive is definitely would help. Especially if its just a data drive. Lets say if you had one application drive which has everything like firefox, windows, LFDII etc. And then the data drive which had music and such. If you recorded to the data drive I believe it would be faster

I also hear of someone that records Flight Sim with that So I know it works. More ram probably wouldn't hurt.

okay, but one mroe quetion, does htat mean i should have my games on the non-data drive?

You don't want the drive you are recording to be in use by anything else.

For 720P, a 1TB drive is many many times faster than what's required. It's not a harddrive bottleneck. I can record 720P @ 60FPS on my (nearly full) 250GB C:/ drive.

@OP, you typically get a 30-50% FPS loss when you start recording, if you're only at 35 or 40 to start with, you'll be in the 20's afterwards.

Also, since you're using Windows 7, I'd recommend switching to Fraps 3.x.x where it's officially supported.

so why is it lagging? btw im usign vista for now, home premium won't upgrade to pro =(

You will get a hefty % loss in fps just due to the recording/encoding process itself with fraps or any other recording software. I get 70+ fsp in Flight Sim9 normally, when I start recording, it instantly goes down to 40ish and sometimes less. The only thing I can give for advice is make sure you have fraps and where it stores the videos on a different partition(preferably whole separate physical drive if possible) that isn't in use when playing the game. Another thing you could do is set the CPU affinity to only 3 cores for the game and 1 core just for Fraps. Or 2 for each, play around and see if you gain anything like that. I always put fraps on it's own Core alone and the game on other cores when I am recording. I think 90% of the stuttering and frame loss comes from cpu encoding the video. So it would make since to give fraps a core(s) to itself while recording only.