@Bootie ... Fraps is set at 30... tried 50 no difference. It appears to have worked OK in the past ... fear it maybe due MS 10 updating. @Vartuoosi ... will have to look into that one.
Will have to do some more meddling I think.
Wondered whether Fraps needed updating, somehow had missed it.
When my posted screen shots seemed to all of a sudden look fuzzy it turned out that at some point I changed my screen zoom and didn't quite go back to normal. Canadian Cat recommended hitting <ctrl> 0 to bring the monitor back to normal and it worked. Just thought I would throw that out there.