You may not even need that, as not everyone plays games at high resolutions or refresh rates.
Thankfully, there is a whole range of budget-friendly capture cards available to choose from.
They wont be as cheap as the budget 1080p60 models of course, but not outrageously priced either.
It supports streaming and passthrough of 1080p60 content and simply requires a USB 3.0 port.
Of course, your setup will have to be powerful enough to encode a 1080p60 video feed.
It supports 1080p60 streaming and 4K60 passthrough.
It connects to your gear with a USB 3.0 connector and is plug-n-ply, not requiring any drivers.
The amazon product page is unclear, with different product images being listed.
It supports 4K60 HDR passthrough and can stream at 1080p60 HDR or 4K30.
If youre wanting to play or stream in HDR you cant go much wrong here.
It can also support high refresh-rate passthrough and recording at lower resolutions at up to 1440p144, and 1080p240.
This capture card offers top-of-the-line performance for a high but reasonable price tag given the performance.
The DIGITNOW HDMI video capture card
Those were our recommendations for the best budget capture cards in 2021.
Have you bought a capture card recently?
Which model did you pick and what was your experience?
