If you have a video out on your graphics card I think you can capture direct to an external device with no impact on cpu performance. Software capture such as fraps will always eat some processing power.

and there ya have it Geofa!i think the key to a lot of us, is to be careful with the addons!!i for one am not going to have many addons, oh yes, ill go for the scenery stuff, like new landclass, new textures, etc, but the big complicated planes,....mmmi think this version is going to rock for bush flyers like myselfciao!Brian S