Fraps is a universal Windows application that can be
used with all games using DirectX or OpenGL
technology. In its current form Fraps performs many
tasks and can best be described as:
Benchmarking Software - See how many Frames Per
Second (FPS) you are getting in a corner of your
screen. Perform custom benchmarks and measure the
frame rate between any two points. Save the
statistics out to disk and use them for your own
reviews and applications.
Screen Capture Software - Take a
screenshot with the press of a key! There's no need
to paste into a paint program every time you want to
capture the screen. Your screen captures are also
automatically named and timestamped.
Realtime Video Capture Software - Have you
ever wanted to record video while playing your
favourite game? Come join the Machinima revolution!
Throw away the VCR, forget about using a DV cam,
game recording has never been this easy! Fraps can
capture audio and video up to 1152x864 and 100
frames per second! All movies are recorded in
outstanding quality.
Fraps has support for Vista and DirectX 10 games.
Since the Vista Desktop Window Manager (DWM) runs
through DirectX you can now take screenshots and
record video from the desktop just like any other
game or 3D application in Vista.