AVerMedia 4K60 Capture Card with HDMI 2.1, Low Latency, 4K144/4K120 Passthrough, Game Capture Device for PS5, PS5 Pro, Xbox, Switch, Streaming on Twitch, OBS on Mac & PC, GC553G2 Live Gamer Ultra 2.1

Best of the best. Definitely recommend for streaming. Works flawlessly. Twitch, YouTube, Kick, and OBS friendly. If you can afford it, get it!

My review will just be covering gameplay capture from the PS5. I don’t currently stream or anything so have no experience with that.I’ve been using the Elgato HD60S+ for several years to capture my game play from the PS5. It honestly worked great and capturing 1080p 60fps worked well. I didn’t use the pass through to play directly off the capture card (I have a HDMI splitter so play direct from the PS5 on a separate monitor), but when I tried it, there was a noticeable half a second to one second lag which made playing games bad anyway.But the main thing that made me want to try something new was that Elgato has this issue where the capture card gets used by another device in Windows and doesn’t show a signal. The only way to get it to work was restarting the PC. Trust me, I tried everything, even disabling all types of devices on Windows. Apparently anything that uses audio can cause the Elgato to see it as a source and then it doesn’t connect to your console. And it doesn’t have the ability to connect to more than one source.So I went with the Avermedia and so far everything has been working great. After connecting everything it got my PS5 signal right off the bat. I also have an XLR mic setup and was able to get that working during PS5 gameplay capture without too much trouble once I figured out I needed to download the RECentral program. I originally used their streaming software which didn’t work in capturing my voice during gameplay on the PS5. I’m sure it works fine or streaming but as I mentioned, I don’t have experience in streaming yet.The quality in gameplay capture is excellent. Everything looks great in 4K and the pass through virtually has no lag that I could play it off the capture card alone with no problem. I haven’t encountered any black screens or disconnects and so far it’s been a lot better than the Elgato I’ve used for so long.

Works as intended for all consoles as long as you set them up correctly (google is your best friend for this) my advice use the software for updating the device then use OBS for everything else like recording and such

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Just do it. I had the El gato before and i couldn’t stream in 2k at 240hz this card you can.

First of all, the good stuff. I got this card to supplement the video on my 32" 4k monitor, and it does a fabulous job of that. REALLY good, high res video. Installation was p&p, and the effect was instant. I'm very happy with the video. BUT.....I have not been able to get the front panel RGB display to vary or shut off, and it is RIDICULOUSLY bright. I have downloaded software updates, drivers, etc., from the company website, but no success with getting this part of the application to work. Digging deeper, I found reviewers elsewhere have noted this issue also. I like the video from the card, and I was probably not going to use the lighting anyway, so I ended up putting electrical tape over the display to cut it off entirely. It is absurd that this is an issue on this high quality of a product.To be clear, this does not seem to affect the video quality itself, but it is VERY annoying, and not something users should have to deal with.

I was not able to get this to work with ultrawide resolution (3440x1440) when using an Nvidia 4070. But it does work with my AMD RX 7900XT. Neither GPU had ultrawide as an option by default, and you need to force a custom resolution from the GPU. On Nvidia when forcing the resolution, the capture card would only send 1080p 120hz, resulting in a low resoution and stretched image. On AMD it worked fine.The software for this capture card also isn't super great. I wouldn't buy this again and would instead go for an El Gato or other option

If you stream on current consoles or on PC and want the best quality, you need this. I have used Avermedia for streaming since around 2011. I used the Live Gamer Portable, the LGP2 and the LGP2+. The ONLY downside of this model versus those is no PC-free mode (it does not have an SD card slot). For me, that is no longer an issue because I do not have the storage concerns I used to anymore. With the ultra, you get 4K streaming and 4K pass through with no lag. My PS5, Switch and XSX are connected to a TV but when I stream I look at the game on my monitor and there is no lag. I play the game as I stream as if I were looking at the original video. While it is pricey, it is worth it if it is within your budget. If it is not, put it on your streamer wishlist!

I replaced the Elgato 4k external with this. It costs more, but it's rock solid for long streams. Definitely an upgrade on the software and stability. Sony A7 III, OBS Streamlabs, Apollo paired with this, the video and audio is smoothly stable.