<s>
Fraps	B-Protocol
(	O
derived	O
from	O
frames	O
per	O
second	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
benchmarking	O
,	O
screen	B-Application
capture	I-Application
and	O
screen	B-Protocol
recording	I-Protocol
utility	O
for	O
Windows	O
developed	O
by	O
Beepa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
capture	O
from	O
software	O
that	O
uses	O
DirectX	B-Application
and	O
OpenGL	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
PC	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fraps	B-Protocol
is	O
proprietary	B-Application
and	O
commercial	O
software	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
free	O
to	O
use	O
for	O
frame	O
rate	O
display	O
and	O
benchmarking	O
,	O
and	O
free	O
to	O
use	O
with	O
limitations	O
for	O
video	B-General_Concept
capture	I-General_Concept
(	O
30	O
second	O
time	O
limit	O
,	O
watermark	O
)	O
and	O
screen	B-Application
capture	I-Application
(	O
BMP	O
format	O
only	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
frametimes	O
benchmark	O
feature	O
(	O
logging	O
of	O
individual	O
frame	O
render	O
times	O
)	O
gained	O
attention	O
in	O
2013	O
on	O
computer	O
review	O
sites	O
in	O
debate	O
about	O
micro	B-General_Concept
stuttering	I-General_Concept
in	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
the	O
desktop	O
can	O
be	O
captured	O
if	O
Windows	O
Aero	O
is	O
enabled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
game	O
capture	O
works	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
desktop	B-Protocol
capture	I-Protocol
as	O
of	O
version	O
3.5.99	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fraps	B-Protocol
records	O
video	O
at	O
high	O
resolution	O
if	O
the	O
computer	O
is	O
sufficiently	O
powerful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fraps	B-Protocol
uses	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
codec	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
playing	O
Fraps	B-Protocol
video	O
output	O
requires	O
Fraps	B-Protocol
or	O
ffdshow	B-Language
to	O
be	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compression	O
is	O
relatively	O
low	O
and	O
the	O
resulting	O
file	O
sizes	O
are	O
relatively	O
large	O
:	O
A	O
two-minutes-long	O
screencast	B-Protocol
of	O
a	O
full	O
HD	O
screen	O
(	O
1920×1080	O
)	O
may	O
take	O
up	O
3.95	O
GiB	O
on	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
3.5.0	O
,	O
Fraps	B-Protocol
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
store	O
the	O
entire	O
session	O
in	O
one	O
huge	O
video	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
this	O
update	O
,	O
all	O
Fraps	B-Protocol
footage	O
was	O
split	O
at	O
4GB	O
and	O
the	O
split	O
files	O
would	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
joined	O
at	O
the	O
transcoding	B-Device
stage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
3.0	O
,	O
Fraps	B-Protocol
supports	O
DirectX	B-Application
11	O
and	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fraps	B-Protocol
requires	O
a	O
CPU	O
with	O
SSE2	B-General_Concept
instructions	O
(	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
4	I-General_Concept
and	O
later	O
)	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fraps	B-Protocol
has	O
not	O
been	O
updated	O
since	O
February	O
26	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
trademark	O
on	O
Fraps	B-Protocol
expired	O
on	O
May	O
19	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
leaving	O
the	O
question	O
open	O
whether	O
Fraps	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
abandoned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Jim	O
Norris	O
from	O
pcadvisor.co.uk	O
praised	O
Fraps	B-Protocol
for	O
its	O
featureset	O
and	O
usability	O
,	O
by	O
stating	O
:	O
"	O
Video	B-General_Concept
capture	I-General_Concept
is	O
similarly	O
option-generous	O
with	O
hot	O
key	O
functions	O
,	O
capture	O
rates	O
and	O
sound	O
settings	O
that	O
are	O
all	O
easy	O
to	O
understand	O
and	O
set	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
