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Fraps is a universal Windows application that can be used with games using DirectX or OpenGL graphic technology. In its current form Fraps performs many tasks and can best be described as:

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Fraps is a universal Windows application that can be used with games using DirectX or OpenGL graphic technology. In its current form Fraps performs many tasks and can best be described as:

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Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/18/2021

"Used for checking FPS and short clips"

3.5/5

What do you like best about FRAPS?

I really like the in game FPS Counter for computers that don't support GeForce experience and it also has a feature for recording clips.Best part is most of it is free to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FRAPS?

There is some issue with fps counter with some games. Sometime it does display proper FPS if multiple applications are open another problem with this is that it provides basic video recording Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jonatan T.

Diseñador gráfico

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/4/2022

"the best software when you want to record something basic without paying"

5/5

What do you like best about FRAPS?

it is free and feature limited since it has to be easy and fast to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FRAPS?

Since it is free, it puts you a watermark in some place of the scene. At least when I used it, it was like that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ron B.

Technical Sales Specialist

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/9/2021

"Great Quality with Low Resource Utilization"

5/5

What do you like best about FRAPS?

Low resource impact compared to other recording software, with a straightforward interface while in use. Great control of settings in terms of FPS capture rate and sound settings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FRAPS?

The interface for settings looks a bit outdated and the hot-key functions can be confusing. No control for what Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Toral N.

Facilitator

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/23/2021

"Fraps Review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about FRAPS?

Fraps helps you to show the fps and stats while playing a game or broadcasting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FRAPS?

It is paid and only records for 30 seconds in the free trial Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/30/2021

"Very Lightweight Program"

4.5/5

What do you like best about FRAPS?

It works in the background with out using a lot of resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FRAPS?

I had a few issues trying to get it installed. I also wish there was a Mac version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Renny G.

Manager - Social Media

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/15/2020

"Lightweight app to measure FPS on your computer"

4.5/5

What do you like best about FRAPS?

FRAPS is lighweight and very low on the system resources. It runs silently in the background and does the job, which is what people expect out of any software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FRAPS?

FRAPS does not work with DX12 games. The frame counter does not show, which is a problem since most modern games take advantage of DX12. So in order to get FRAPS to work on such games, you have to manually start the game in DX11. This is an inconvenience, and FRAPS has not fixed it yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering FRAPS:

FRAPS is lightweight and simple. I cannot comment on the paid version, but if your use-case is to measure the FPS of a game or another program, then this does the job fairly well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FRAPS solving and how is that benefiting you?

My only use of FRAPS is to measure the FPS of a game I play. I want to have games locked at a stable framerate all the time, so having the FRAPS counter at all times allows me to tweak settings and play games the way I want to. FRAPS barely takes up any system resources, so it does not impact gameplay at all. I used FRAPS as part of a game review process, where I had to play games and write reviews for them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Julio Cesar R.

ingeniero en sistemas

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/28/2019

"An excellent program for capturing the screen"

4.5/5

What do you like best about FRAPS?

It is a program that we sometimes use in the company to take screenshots and videos. It turns out to be very good and easy to use because of its predefined options where we can adjust the video quality. We can apply a shortcut to a single key so we don't have to look at the program all the time, thus using a quick key to start and another to stop. It is a very intuitive and practical program, but very good for what it is made for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FRAPS?

You need some options to measure the quality and size of the videos as well as the file completion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering FRAPS:

This program is quite good for what it is made for, it doesn't require much experience but I recommend reading the user guide so you know what features it has and how to make the configurations so that the captures and videos are according to what you need in the projects you are going to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FRAPS solving and how is that benefiting you?

When we are going to do some work for the company, we need to check our results, either by taking a screenshot or recording a video. This is also used a lot when we work with remote servers, which helps us know what we are doing to reapply it and reduce errors. Due to the simplicity of the program, it has helped us a lot in saving development time and speeding up work in the company. Similarly, when we need to present samples in meetings, we take many screenshots and videos using Fraps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Arthur K.

Sales Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/12/2019

"One of the best tools I have found"

4/5

What do you like best about FRAPS?

I really like this system because it allows me to evaluate the level of performance of my computer and that of my team. It also has a very friendly interface that allows us to use this system without much knowledge. I also like the way how this system lives in constant updating, in order to provide an excellent service.

Also this system has a function to edit large videos in order that they do not get to take many resources from computers. It should be noted that this system is excellent for screen printing quickly and easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FRAPS?

At the moment I have no complaints or any negative opinion related to this system, however if there are things that can be improved to the system, this is reported to the technical support team and they thanked me for my opinion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering FRAPS:

Without a doubt, I highly recommend this system, if you are one of those who seek to create and record excellent quality content with few resources, definitely FRAPS is your option to choose, due to its versatility and everything previously mentioned. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FRAPS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Thanks to this system we have been able to improve the performance of the entire work team, achieving in turn to measure the FPS in order to create gifs that we use in our marketing campaigns in our social networks, achieving with this an excellent acceptance of the public that translates into a direct and continuous contact of potential customers, following this chain until it has an increase in sales. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anthony L.

Sales Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/14/2019

"FRAPS, a simple app to record and measure FPS"

4/5

What do you like best about FRAPS?

FRAPS is an excellent and simple application that allows you to make video and audio recordings on your computer among other things. It also allows you to take screenshots and measure the FPS of the applications rendered on our computer.

The interface of the program is very simple and minimalist since we are hardly presented with a table with some options such as the assignment of a shortcut and the path where to save the videos or screenshots. Both the quality of the videos and the screenshot can be modified to suit the user so that they occupy less space on our hard drive. In general FRAPS is a very popular application used mostly among gamers to show how many FPS (frames per seconds) are displayed on the screen and thus measure the performance of their computers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FRAPS?

-The FRAPS interface is very outdated and takes a long time in this way, apparently the developers are not interested in improving this aspect of the application.

- There are not too many options to configure, I personally miss an option to regulate the quality of the video when we record in full screen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering FRAPS:

If you are looking for an application to record video, capture screen or perform performance measurements on 3D renderings, I recommend FRAPS because it is one of the oldest applications in this area that exist so it is very tested and does not have any bug, personally I have never had crash with this application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FRAPS solving and how is that benefiting you?

At work I use FRAPS to make measurements of FPS (frames per second) of applications but especially to record videos and then make gifs that we upload to our online store. We use FRAPS because among all the applications that we tested was the only one that worked without problems in our computer and also the price of the application is not very high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jude H.

Software Programmer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/28/2019

"Record your computer at the highest quality."

4/5

What do you like best about FRAPS?

The quality of the videos is very high, this is for me the most significant aspect of FRAPS that allows you to record your desktop at a very good quality so that no details are lost when viewing the video on our player (provided it is properly configured) .

The videos generated by FRAPS do not have any type of compression applied so their size is somewhat high and it is necessary to edit them using video editing applications to maintain the quality while also decreasing its size.

FRAPS also includes a tool to perform benchmarks and screenshots, these tools can be invoked through shortcuts that we can configure in the same application. The application of benchmarks can only be launched on a full-screen application or a video game. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FRAPS?

The generated files are of a huge size so it is essential to waste time later editing them to reduce their size, the application could include options in this sense so that compression can be applied while recording. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering FRAPS:

I recommend using the latest version of FRAPS and also buy the license as otherwise we will have a limited version of the application, plus the price of the application is not very high, I think any company can afford it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FRAPS solving and how is that benefiting you?

In the job that I use I use this application to take screen shots because of the nature of my activity I always need to do this type of tasks so it is very useful because by pressing a single button the application generates a capture of form totally transparent to the user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.