I was looking for some good, least taxing, free video recording software. (For games)
I've downloaded the zdsoft free trial, but the obnoxious recording square that goes around your screen and its more obnoxious crosshair made me uninsall it. (Fruitlessly, as the square is still there) I am asking for some for PC, obviously.

I haven't tried it personally, but I've heard good things about http://camstudio.org/ and it's free.

Camstudio isn't good for recording games.

Besides Fraps there's http://taksi.sourceforge.net/, http://www.wegame.com/download/ (probably the best alternative), and http://www.xfire.com/

My problem with obnoxious, intrusive crosshairs has been fixed by a simple restart.