Capture Cards

[Samurai_TwoSeven]

I'm on a toss up on what capture card to invest in. Presently I'm looking at either the Avermedia Live Gamer Portable or the Avermedia Live Gamer HD.

Any suggestions as to which one to invest in. I have two more PCI-E 16x slots available and I have a 1x(?) slot still available. However the portability of the LGP appeals to me even though my laptop has recently refused to play battlefield.

 

[_Ace]

Have you considered the [url="https://www.elgato.com/en/gaming/game-capture-hd60]El Gato HD60?[/url] it's a pretty nice one, and records at 60fps

 

[Dr. Havok]

I own both the Avermedia Live Gamer Portable and El Gato HD. Go with El Gato. Best out of box capture device I have used.

 

[_Ace]

Or, you could go with one of [ame="http://www.amazon.com/EasyCAP-Capture-Surveillance-Dongle-AS-EZ-CAP1/dp/B000Z4AQFU"]Amazon.com: Hde EasyCAP USB 2.0 Audio/Video Capture/Surveillance Dongle (AS-EZ-CAP1): Computers & Accessories@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41lCTAqkKHL.@@AMEPARAM@@41lCTAqkKHL[/ame] just saying...

On a side note, is dongle is my new favorite word now...

 

[Snipeye]

Or, you could go with one of Amazon.com: Hde EasyCAP USB 2.0 Audio/Video Capture/Surveillance Dongle (AS-EZ-CAP1): Computers & Accessories just saying...

On a side note, is dongle is my new favorite word now...

Or not...

From a review:
"I recently bought one of these and I think I may know why so many people are having issues with getting theirs working. Many of the EasyCAP DC60s being distributed are cheap, poor-quality (and often broken) fakes. I purchased one of these video adapters as a belated birthday present for my son. The item I bought was listed as "new", but when he opened the package, he found that the CD that contained the software for the installation and operation of the adapter was a Mitsubishi brand blank disk with said software burned onto it. My son assumed that I had simply bought him a used EasyCAP, that the previous owner had lost the original CD and that he had burned a replacement CD before selling it back. After installing the software and plugging in the video adapter, my son found that his computer did not recognize that any drivers for the device had been installed. After researching drivers and fixes to the problem, my son eventually found the website of Shenzhen Forward Video, the supposed official manufacturer of the EasyCAP DC60+. Shenzhen Forward Video has given a statement ([...]) claiming that someone has been poorly reproducing and distributing EasyCAP products. In addition to that, it appears as though Shenzhen Forward Video never made an EasyCAP DC60 in the first place; the only model listed on their website with "DC60" in the name is their DC60+, of which production has been discontinued.

I am not the only person to have come to the conclusion that they were sold an imitation. During his search for a solution to the drivers problem, my son found a website ([...]) where someone else who had unwittingly bought two broken EasyCAPs and managed to get his hands on a third, working model posted photos comparing the real thing to the reproductions.

If you're looking to buy a video adapter, I would suggest that you stay clear of the "EasyCAP" brand altogether because you may not get what you paid for."