AVerMedia Live Gamer 4K vs. Elgato 4K60 Pro — the 4K capture-card showdown

If you have a powerful enough PC, you are just about $300-to-$400 away from having the option to record beautiful 4K footage off of a PlayStation 4 Pro, Xbox One X, or separate gaming PC. That’s because Elgato Gaming (a newly acquired subsidiary of Corsair) and AVerMedia have both launched their 4K PCIe capture cards that are capable of recording footage at a resolution of 2160p and 60 frames per second.

I’ve talked about both at this point. The Live Gamer 4K is $300 and can do 2160p60 with HDR. The 4K60 Pro is $400, but it can’t do HDR. But now I want to get into a few more of the details to show how these two devices compare head-to-head at their max settings.