Hey guys, I recently tested out some of the Open Source / Free alternatives to FRAPS. Just when i was about to give up and decide nothing compares to FRAPS, I learned how to use XFIRE for video recording. It actually does an amazing job. The best part was I had no noticeable slowdown. I may have dropped 1 FPS. Here is a sample video I made. My Sys specs are
GeForce 8500 GT 1GB, WinXP, AMD Athlon64 x2 Dual Core 5400+, 4GB DDR2 Ram