> Ah, OK. So it only requires some pretty expensive software then? ;-)
>
> [Seriously, I thought running Far Cry was enough to make virtually any 
> computer malfunction under the extreme load. Is it really feasible to run 
> video recording software at the same time?]

I bought Fraps a year or two ago and it's a really cool piece of software. 
It uses a custom codec to compress the video stream that is optimised for 
in-game recording direct to disc.  The files are pretty large so you always 
should recompress afterwards to h264 or xvid or something.

Usually I see a FPS drop of about 30-40% while recording.  What I sometimes 
do (if it's possible) is to set the "game" to play back at 0.5 speed, then 
record at 15fps, then force it to 30fps when recompressing.  Works pretty 
well.

Here's a video I made that was made with a combination of POV (for the first 
part), Windows Movie Maker (for editing and the text) and Fraps (for the 
in-game videos):

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=6763259579742806316

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