Does Fraps Affect Game Performance?

No. Running fraps will no affect ur FPS. if you use the record or benchmark feature tho, u will see a sharp drop in FPS.

Is Fraps good for gaming?

Fraps® is a benchmarking, screen capture, and real-time video capture utility for DirectX and OpenGL applications. It is commonly used to determine a computer's performance with a game, as well as record gaming footage. We believe that Fraps was the best game recorder for over 10 years.

Does Fraps show fps?

Fraps is a universal Windows application that can be used with games using DirectX or OpenGL graphic technology. In its current form Fraps performs many tasks and can best be described as: Benchmarking Software - Show how many Frames Per Second (FPS) you are getting in a corner of your screen.