Here is a fix for crashing soon as you hit record!

Uncheck "Use enhanced capture method (faster, only DirectX 9)" .
It's found under video > record settings > options tab, as of recent versions (2.0.3.674)

Thank you Bandisoft for helping figure this out back and forth in email.

Actually I get the same or similar bug. In Skyrim I limit FPS to 32 and it constantly jumps 32, 38, 32, 38, 32, 38, 32 while I stand still... it didn't happen on my past computer which had an older version of Bandicam (probably 1.8.6 or so). I have been using RivaTuner Statistics Server (RTSS) to li...

Just trying to think of a solution for you... maybe it's possible you can record it a higher resolution and then crop it in a video editor later?

I noticed the same thing on my laptop monitor which is that exact resolution. I think some recorders or codecs only work on sizes that are multiples of 8 or 16 or something like that, so maybe Bandicam has that limitation? But I'm curious, does it cut off the pixels, or squish the video by 6 pixels?

Yes, my Skyrim crashes for me soon as I hit record on Bandicam 2.0.2.655
Where can we try the older versions?

Yep I've reformatted/upgraded/downgraded quite a few times since buying Bandicam and the bug has always been there. I wasn't able to test Dxtory because Skyrim has an attitude about most programs recording it directly, and instantly drops the frame rate to half no matter what settings I choose! Alth...

Hey that's the easy way out, but I strongly believe in optimization, Lemonater47. ;) I cleaned up/optimized some 10 year old computers with XP and they turn on faster than some brand new Windows 8 computers with 20x the power. Yeah. Anyway, here is 3 recorders going at 100% gpu with unlimited FPS in...

Hi GameTipsAndMore :) Yes it does sound very correct. But if I am remembering right, Bandicam is the only recorder I've had this problem with, and it's been there at least since bought it in late 2011. I always had great luck with Dxtory myself, and I don't remember it (or any other recorder I've fo...

Hi again Bandisoft. :) I tried your suggestion, but changing priority did nothing because that is CPU related, which is not the problem I am describing. If you can, will you (and anyone willing to try) please try reproducing it by making the GPU (video card) usage max 100% on a game, and record at 3...

Here is the best demonstration I can come up with. I hope it makes it understandable now.
http://youtu.be/NGvx2I661ts