I use the free version of Bandicam, only limitation is that it has the watermark on the top and a 10 min at a time recording limit, so you have to combine clips in WMM or something if they're longer than that.
Same, I got a pirated version of fraps and it sucks, the quality is horrible, it has NO way to change the quality, it sucks, the pirated version was the legit fraps but for free, so its not like they made a different version. Bandicam is good to report minges in game etc. I use CamStudio recorder for recording my desktop and other things that aren't games, it's quality is amazing.