I am also recording Skyrim, and have had a few crashes like you describe. I found that if I record the main menu for just a few seconds, then stop and start again when I load the game it records with no problem. Try it

Thanks everyone.
I will certainly try to down the quality with h.264 codec.
Today I did alot of testing with different codecs, and found that lagarith lossless codec are recording very well, no frames skipped at all. And the quality are awesome as well. Now I will test dropping quality on h.264.

Weird, I have quite the same PC, with win8 and a little bit worse GTX. I'm using motion JPEG, 80 quality, and everything is fine (in most of games) I have to test motion JPEG then. How is the quality compared to h.264? I want my videos looking sharp and crisp. I always edit my files in vegas pro, a...

I am not sure how to use GSpot, but I tested the file and got 22.8 unneeded bytes at end of file.
Do this tell you anything?

Hello everyone. I tested the trail version of bandicam and was very pleased with how it recorded my heavy modded Skyrim. I test recorded with Fraps, DxTory or Bandicam. Bandicam blew the other programs out of the water with best FPS during recording, and I went and bought it. Sadly I did not test Ba...