What is a good program to record PC game footage?

I have FRAPS, but I don't like it. I was looking for a good program to record my in-game footage in 1080p. I don't mind paying for one if it is pretty good. I already have a video editor and plenty of room on my HDD for footage. Thanks.

FRAPS is generally the best, not sure why you don't like it. Some games have capture capabilities built in though.

Dxtory is the best DirectX/OpenGL recorder I've found.

You can record video at a framerate independent of your in-game framerate, and you can also set the resolution to anything you like. If you have multiple HDDs, you can use the "RawCap" feature to harness the combined write speed of all your capture HDDs (it splits the file and simultaneously writes different parts to each HDD. You combine them [with a utility built-in to Dxtory] when you're done recording.)

Another nice feature is that you can use 3rd party codecs. I personally use Lagarith, which is the best lossless codec to use if you have a nice processor (higher CPU use, but smaller file sizes.) The default Dxtory Video Codec is also pretty nice, but the default settings generate insane file sizes. (Best to check "compress" and use a YUV colorspace setting.)

It's one of the more expensive options out there, though. The price is $45-ish.

Something just dawned on me. Can you buy FRAPS and then have unlimited time to capture...I don't know why I just thought of this lolLordsLoss

FRAPS is generally the best, not sure why you don't like it. Some games have capture capabilities built in though.

ferret-gamer

Fraps is not the best to me. Its the most popular. The most indepth program is dxtory. If you want a great free program use hypercam 2.0 with divx codec. I would even put playclaw over Fraps. Until fraps learns you can untie in game FPS to video FPS, I find it hard to see Fraps as the best. Also, fully uncompressed videos is good but fraps def needs more options then that.