AVerMedia Game Capture HD II Review – It's Simple to Record & Share Personal Gaming Footage | COG

Looking to record your gameplay footage and share it with the world? Well COG reviewed something that may just be up your alley so to speak.

"Recording videogaming footage has always been a mixed bag. The traditional methods in the past have usually required capture cards in computers where one was required to hook up their gaming console to the card for recording purposes. Over the past couple of years though some companies have made “portable” methods for people to record gameplay from videogame consoles, and AVerMedia is one such company. Their most widely known unit in this realm is the Game Capture HD, which garnered some pretty positive reviews as it was easy to use and quite convenient. The Game Capture HD II improves on many of the features of the original and makes the product more convenient for the average videogamer who may want to show off their gaming skills."

[SpiralTear]

Avermedia products have been okay substitutes for the higher level capture devices. They have a lot of technical bugs, though: firmware updates have bricked devices and even just getting the device to read an external drive is a gamble, since not all hard drives are compatible with their products. The inability to transfer data from the device's internal drive to a PC seems like a major issue.

It's good to see some progression from Avermedia, but I can't see this device usurping the Elgato Game Capture HD for the current gold standard of external capture devices.

[Enate]

Yea I have just accepted that internal seems to be the way to go if you can. Live gamer HD has given me the best streaming qulaity on par with the top streamers on twitch. With maybe the exception of the community manager who streamed planet side 2 with like a 900 capture card on like a $2000 secondary computer just for streaming.

[SpiralTear]

I tried the original Avermedia Game Capture HD and it was okay since it didn't require a PC connection through USB to work. Once I got a better desktop, the Elgato replaced the Avermedia.

For someone who just wants to capture footage for making gaming videos, Elgato is perfect. I'm not a big livestreaming enthusiast, so I don't value Twitch functionality as much as, say, the Planetside 2 player you mentioned. I've heard internal capture cards are worthwhile, but I'm not an expert in PC building, so external capture devices are best for me.

Once again, Avermedia is okay, but if you have a PC connection nearby, I'd recommend the Elgato over Avermedia any day.