i cant get it, isnt capture card the thing that you plug to your computer, set it up in obs and you can just start recording without any performance impact on the cpu and gpu? Why does it need to have an input and output devices connected via the usb?
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What is a capture card?
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From what I've seen, a capture card is a box that is useful to record you screen, but I have never used that ngl.
Maybe you should get that?
Maybe you should get that?
A capture card takes a video input, usually HDMI, and then gives out to you back in a form that can easily be manipulated by software like OBS or a video editor. There are two types: external and internal. Internal capture cards connect via PCIe to the computer; external capture cards connect via USB to the computer.
The input is what you want to record. The output is for displaying what the capture card sees. They're usually used to record things like consoles, not really the computer, though I think you can make one record the computer as well.
The input is what you want to record. The output is for displaying what the capture card sees. They're usually used to record things like consoles, not really the computer, though I think you can make one record the computer as well.
Regarding to this, if you are using the capture card on the same PC you want to record the screen then this is counterintuitive that you are not freeing your performance on your CPU and GPU. You can still use OBS and record your screen without it.DREAM XENO wrote:
... set it up in obs and you can just start recording without any performance impact on the cpu and gpu?
You need to have another PC for streaming for you to have a benefit of having less performance impact on your gaming PC while the streaming PC is handling all that encoding power.
correct!Winnyace wrote:
A capture card takes a video input, usually HDMI, and then gives out to you back in a form that can easily be manipulated by software like OBS or a video editor. There are two types: external and internal. Internal capture cards connect via PCIe to the computer; external capture cards connect via USB to the computer.
The input is what you want to record. The output is for displaying what the capture card sees. They're usually used to record things like consoles, not really the computer, though I think you can make one record the computer as well.
Pretty much. You trade your PC performance with yet another PC. At that point just buy a new PC instead if all you want is to just record your replay.ShizuVoice wrote:
Regarding to this, if you are using the capture card on the same PC you want to record the screen then this is counterintuitive that you are not freeing your performance on your CPU and GPU. You can still use OBS and record your screen without it.DREAM XENO wrote:
... set it up in obs and you can just start recording without any performance impact on the cpu and gpu?
You need to have another PC for streaming for you to have a benefit of having less performance impact on your gaming PC while the streaming PC is handling all that encoding power.
Wrong capture card lolKarmine wrote:
It's what Yugi uses to capture pokémons
you capture a card by not getting hit once or using bombs gaining bonus scores when the boss use a spell car- oh wrong game 
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAEntropy21 wrote:
you capture a card by not getting hit once or using bombs gaining bonus scores when the boss use a spell car- oh wrong game