Increase Read/Write Speed of Macbook Pro?

Hey there,
Recently I've decided to purchase a BlackMagic Design Thunderbolt to use with my Late 2011 MacBook Pro in order to capture video game footage. I have test recorded and found that there is a lot of dropped frames and playback is nearly impossible.
I have run a disk speed test and it shows that my MacBook Pro is lacking the required read and write speeds that require me to capture my footage at the desired framerate.
How do I go about increasing those speeds? I know that I should replace the Solid-State Drive (SSD) but where do I start in terms of purchasing one?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I still think you should upgrade your HD and RAM as you have been advised.
However, you confirmed my suspicion that you are using Uncompressed video setup, and that's the primary cause of your issues. Uncompressed is unnecessarily huge and would not be used in a consumer setting such as PS3 or even an HDTV.
Before I recommend QT ProRes, however, what is the exact connection you are making ... are you going from your PS3 to your HDTV and then from there to your BlackMagic? Or directly from your PS3 to Blackmagic? What AV out are you using on the PS3? Is your PS3 a PAL version?
You mentioned it's a PAL HDTV and you are using 720p60. That doesn't make sense. 720p60 would be NTSC, not PAL. Mismatching PAL & NTSC video can cause all sorts of headaches; there's a big difference between the frame rates. This may be the cause of your apparently dropped frames. If this is truly PAL then then 720p50 or 1080i50 would be appropriate settings.

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