Faster Hard Drive = More FPS When Recording

[Camcognito]

Just a simple question, would a faster hard drive get me higher fps when recording? I was thinking about getting an SSD, and was wondering if this would help me getting better fps when I decided to record games.

[ThinkWithPortals]

2 minutes ago, Camcognito said:

Just a simple question, would a faster hard drive get me higher fps when recording? I was thinking about getting an SSD, and was wondering if this would help me getting better fps when I decided to record games.

Most probably not.

[DXMember]

do you use any kind of compression when recording?

 

usually a dedicated HDD for capture is enough even for uncompressed footage at 1440p,

if you run Windows and the game from the same hard drive then you can experience corrupted footage or frame drops (valid for uncompressed RAW recording only)

 

if you use compression it depends on what kind of compression and most likely on your CPU power

[SeanAngelo]

9 minutes ago, Camcognito said:

Just a simple question, would a faster hard drive get me higher fps when recording? I was thinking about getting an SSD, and was wondering if this would help me getting better fps when I decided to record games.

no, it doesnt really increase the fps

[l_zheng101]

No, the hard drive does not process the footage when recording. 

[Sauron]

No, it may help you achieve higher bitrates though.

[Captain_WD]

17 hours ago, Camcognito said:

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Hey there Camcognito

 

The storage, regardless if you are running the game off of it or recording your gameplay, doesn't affect the FPS in any way. The only effect that it may have is if your recording files is too big and the drive is struggling to record it while you play (this usually happens when you use older and slower drives to both run your games and record the drive on them). 

 

Even games that have intensive graphics loading in them (open-world games and MMOs) don't get higher FPS from faster storage, only smoother load of the surrounding world in the game. 

 

If you thing you should be getting higher FPS in your gaming or recording, I'd suggest checking the loads of your components while recording and gaming and see if anything is nearing or hitting 100% usage. That should give you an idea of what you should upgrade. 

 

Captain_WD.