Trouble Recording CS 1.6

[Bango]

For some reason I cannot get about 7fps when recording in CS 1.6. It doesn't matter if my fps is 50 or 100, when I try to record it always drops to 5-7. In CS Source I can record at 30fps so I don't think it's totally a hardware issues. Any help would be appreciated.

[frapsforum.com]

Might be a driver issue, what videocard type are you running and have you updated its drivers recently?

I just downloaded 1.6 and tested it in both D3D and OpenGL mode and had no performance issues with either.

Windows 7, ATI 4850 w/ catalyst 9.7

[Bango]

Here comes the embarrassing part. It's running Windows XP, ATI RADEON XPRESS 200, old computer, old games :D. I never updated its drivers because the last time someone tried too the computer went into an infinite restart, which I fixed with system restore. The only games it has are CS 1.6 and CSS and Sins of a Solar Empire. All of them work fine on the current drivers. I don't know if you can answer this but I'll give it a shot. Why would I be able to record CSS at 30fps and 1.6 at only 7fps?

[frapsforum.com]

One thing I just noticed, 1.6 takes up much more CPU time than CS:source, which probably loads more stuff onto the graphics card. Since fraps is a CPU hog, that might be where your system is getting choked.

[Bango]

That's interesting. Thanks for your help!!