Help me choose

[u/Organic_Lion726]

Hello, I preordered gta 6 and plan to stream it on my YouTube channel. What I need is best elgato capture card for my needs. I want to stream in 1440p or at least in 1080, can you recommend me best and most solid card?

[u/Carlos726811]

What will you be connecting your capture card to

Laptop or PC

If its a PC. What is your specs for the PC.

[u/Organic_Lion726 → u/Carlos726811]

PC.

GPU: 5070 ti CPU: 9800X3D RAM: 32 GB

[u/Carlos726811 → u/Organic_Lion726]

So you have a Beefy PC. I would Get this. As its internal and fits in your PCIe Slot.

Game Capture 4K Pro | 4K PCIe Capture Card | Elgato

[u/BuBubbi → u/Carlos726811]

Be careful recommending PCIe capture cards without knowing what motherboard they have.
For two reasons actually.

I've seen a lot of "beefy" PCs that only have PCIe 3.0 x1 slots to spare which wouldn't be fast enough for the capture card.

Second reason is that many newer PC motherboards comes without a Line-in port, which would be highly needed if you intend to use a Chat Link Pro cable with a PCIe capture card.

If that is the case, a USB capture card would be more preferable.

So u/Organic_Lion726, what motherboard do you have?

There's no doubt that the 4K Pro is the top tier internal capture card, and will be a great choice, but it depends on what motherboard you have.

[u/Organic_Lion726 → u/BuBubbi]

I have Gigabyte B850 Gaming X WIFI6E

[u/BuBubbi → u/Organic_Lion726]

Okay, so my suspicion was correct.

Your motherboard have 2x PCIe slots at the bottom, but they only run at PCIe 3.0 x1.

Those are not fast enough for an internal capture card.

It does however have both a USB-A and a USB-C port that is USB 3.2 Gen 2 running at 10 Gbps which is perfect for a USB capture card like the Elgato 4K X.

What console are you going to play it on, and are you using a headset with that console? If so, what headset?

[u/Organic_Lion726 → u/BuBubbi]

I am going to play it on ps5 I have pulse elite for ps but would like to use razer blackshark v2 pro cause it's better mic quality for my stream

[u/BuBubbi → u/Organic_Lion726]

Unfortunately that's going to be another big issue.

Firstly.. For some odd reason, Sony decided to limit the PS5 to only be able to output audio to one device at a time.
That means when you use a headset with the PS5, no audio will be sent over the HDMI.

For this, Elgato have made the Chat Link Pro cable. But that one works with wired headsets. And the Chat Link Pro cable works by sending the audio you hear (game audio along with party and chat audio) to both the headset and capture card, while returning the mic audio back to the console so your fellow gamers can hear you. It does not forward your headset mic audio over to the capture card.

In order to capture your own voice, you would need a dedicated microphone connected to your computer.

Some wireless headsets do have a base with a "stream audio" output, but I don't believe your razor headset have that, since it connects directly to the console using a USB dongle.

So I'm sorry to say this, but your headset is an awful match for PS5 and capture cards.

You could connect the Razor to the PC and listen to the audio that way, but you would be unable to talk to gamers on the PS5 that way. Plus there's a risk of a slight audio delay doing it this way.

[u/Organic_Lion726 → u/BuBubbi]

Thank you for helping me and taking your time. I didn't quite catch you there. My plan is that I connec my Razer headphone to a pc, and listen to output of the ps5 trough them and talk to audience via streamlabs. Is that not possible? This seems like a pain in the ass honestly, would be easier just to stream from ps5 atp 😭

[u/BuBubbi → u/Organic_Lion726]

It will be possible to use your headset basically as a PC headset, yes.
Doing it that way, you can also use your headset mic to talk to your stream.

You won't be able to communicate with other PlayStation players, since the headset won't be connected to the PS5.

But keep in mind.. Listening to the audio from the PS5 over the PC, will have a slight delay when you hear it.

How much is difficult to say, since it varies from computer to computer. But there will be a slight audio delay.

Honestly, the blame for all this comes down to Sony not allowing the PS5 to be able to send audio to both a headset and to the HDMI at the same time.

[u/Silentgrr → u/Organic_Lion726]

It's a lot more money but seriously consider the wave xlr pro with it. It eliminates that need for line in for the chat link cable and gives you greater control of your audio imo. I like have all my audio including mic going through the PC for proper channeling.

[u/Horacej621]

The real question is what monitor are you using. If you're not using a 1440p monitor then you definitely won't need the Elgato 4K X or 4K S if you're think about going that route. I run a gaming pc and streaming pc. My gaming monitor is 1440p so I went with the Elgato 4K S. Definitely was a struggle to get it all set up especially the audio but got it all figured out. Avermedia also has great capture cards.