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AVerMedia Live Gamer ULTRA GC553 - 4K60 HDR Pass-Through, 4K30 Capture Card, Ultra-Low Latency, VRR Support, for Broadcasting and Recording Xbox Series X/S, PS5, Switch, Windows 11, and macOS 10.13

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Size: 4K30 Ultra-Low Latency


Features

  • AVerMedia GC553 Live Gamer Ultra: A portable capture card for anyone looking to record lag-free, 4Kp60 HDR gameplay with pass-through high refresh rates of up to 240Hz on a full HD signal
  • High frame rate: Capture every moment with the LGU's capture ability of up to 120 fps for Full HD signals, for smooth and crisp motion in recordings of both console and PC gameplay
  • VRR support for video capturing and pass-through: The Live Gamer ULTRA (LGU) now supports Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) through a firmware update, enabling Windows users to capture and pass-through video with VRR using the RECentral 4 software
  • Plug and play: Universal Video Class makes moving from a video device to a computer easy, simply plug your LGU into a PC or Mac and it's ready to go; an uncomplicated, user friendly option
  • Items delivered: 1 x Live Gamer ULTRA (GC553), 1 x HDMI 2.0 cable, 1 x Type C to Type A Cable, 1 x Quick guide, 1 x CyberLink PowerDirector 15 Product Key Card

Brand: AVerMedia


Hardware Interface: USB 3.1 Type C


Operating System: macOS 10.13, Windows 11


Special Feature: Portable


Series: Live Gamer ULTRA


Platform: Mac OS High Sierra 10.13, Windows 11


Item Weight: 0.26 Pounds


Included Components: Live Gamer Ultra (GC553), Quick guide, HDMI 2.0 cable, Type C to Type A Cable, CyberLink PowerDirector 15 Product Key Card See more


Compatible Devices: Xbox Series X/S, PS5


Item Dimensions LxWxH: 4.43 x 2.6 x 1.02 inches


Wireless Type: ‎802.11a


Brand: ‎AVerMedia


Series: ‎Live Gamer ULTRA


Item model number: ‎GC553


Hardware Platform: ‎xbox series x, xbox one


Operating System: ‎macOS 10.13, Windows 11


Item Weight: ‎4.2 ounces


Product Dimensions: ‎4.43 x 2.6 x 1.02 inches


Item Dimensions LxWxH: ‎4.43 x 2.6 x 1.02 inches


Color: ‎Live Gamer Ultra


Batteries: ‎1 Product Specific batteries required.


Manufacturer: ‎AVERMEDIA


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: ‎No


Date First Available: ‎June 4, 2018


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TL;DR: If you don't get hit by quality control issues, this card's not bad...But the out of the box performance is fairly poor,(Any fast motion on the screen blurs everything), and even minor problems will require HOURS to fix, as if you need help, support is hard to get. And when you add in my first card being DOA, and the encoding glitches I had with the software, I don't think it was worth the effort. But if you're the kinda person who just want to plug something in, and hit play, and you're not picky about image quality, this will be usable! ---- I'm not a big streamer, nor am I a pro gamer, but I do enjoy recording gameplay at time. I recently build (fairly decent) a brand-new PC, with a AMD 3600x, and rtx 2600s gpu, loaded with SSD's and it records PC games great! So I just wanted something that could record console games as well, I had some issues with Elgato's software in the past, so I decided to give avermedia a chance! 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Again, that should have been enough to send the card back, but instead, I reached out to avermedia support, I tried their support page, their support twitter account, and asked on their subreddit, I mainly asked about how to improve the image quality overall. After almost 5 days of waiting, I finally got a rep's response on how to improve the image quality. word-for-word, it said: "we cannot improve the video quality. If you want to get higher video quality, please choose our device GC553/ GC573/GC551 they belong to software decoding." Their solution was to just buy a more expensive capture card, and to a point that makes sense, the higher end cards will generally look better, but I'm not looking for top of the line quality, but something actually watchable. 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