Should I get Fraps, BandiCam, Camtasia, or other?

[Airbornehurdle]

I'm getting my Asus g750 so I'm going back on making videos and tutorials. Which screen recorder should I buy?

 

[PeggleFrank]

I've heard that Fraps is the best, although it's pricey.

 

[Airbornehurdle]

I've heard that Fraps is the best, although it's pricey.

$37? Um..... I am gonna think about that but what about BandiCam? Since Asus g750 is gonna run modern games, does the BandiCam recorder handle modern games?

 

[Airbornehurdle]

Oh yeah, guys, Fraps and Bandicam doesn't have a built in video maker like Camtasia so any suggestion for a free video editing software?

 

[Dr. Oshawott]

For screen-recorder, I would highly recommend DxTory. It costs a bit more than Fraps, but it's definitely worth it. It has A LOT of configuration to make your recorded videos amazing! I haven't had any problems with it so far.
As for video editing, can't help you there. Maybe try some of the predownloaded ones on your computer? I had Adobe Premiere Elements 8 downloaded on my computer, later bought Elements 11. I think you could only get these if you bought a built a computer though.

 

[SonOfABirch]

I like bandicam, it is the least RAM hoggy of the ones you've listed

 

[Flipz]

I personally use BBFlashBack Express--the free version is very limited as far as the editor/exporter goes, but the software itself plays nicely with Minecraft for the most part. The framerate's not the best, though.

 

[PeggleFrank]

I just found this yesterday. Open Broadcasting Software (The most generic of all names possible) is for streaming, but you should be able to set it up so that it saves the video in a folder and doesn't actually stream to your real account.

 

[Airbornehurdle]

I just found this yesterday. Open Broadcasting Software (The most generic of all names possible) is for streaming, but you should be able to set it up so that it saves the video in a folder and doesn't actually stream to your real account.

I heard about that. Bacon_donut use it for streaming

 

[VikeStep]

I just found this yesterday. Open Broadcasting Software (The most generic of all names possible) is for streaming, but you should be able to set it up so that it saves the video in a folder and doesn't actually stream to your real account.

I found this and showed you*. But yes, I have been using this for streaming and there is a method for it to save to file. I'm sure there is a feature in there to just record though without streaming

 

[PeggleFrank]

I heard about that. Bacon_donut use it for streaming

Be warned the quality isn't that great. It works fine on 360p, but if you go to 1080p, it looks horrid.