I have found Fraps to be one o the best programs to record.
Yes, with a very few games Fraps does not seem to work at its best, however, with most it does fine. At the end of the review above it said that Fraps records into .avi files that are to large to upload to YouTube. As a YouTube myself I do not find this a problem. Just let it sit overnight uploading. Also the best free screen records to .avi too... Fraps is best for recording. No one can argue with that.
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