AVerMedia promises UHD HDR support for its Live Gamer 4K capture card

AVerMedia revealed two new capture cards at Computex 2018 this week. The audio/video company is leaping into the 4K space with the $300 internal PCIe Live Gamer 4K and the $250 external USB type- Live Gamer Ultra. Both devices launch June 25, and they join the Live Gamer Extreme 2 and Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus in AVerMedia’s UHD product line.

The standout feature here for AVerMedia is that the Live Gamer 4K can capture video at a resolution of 2160p and 60 frames per second and in full HDR. That outdoes the Elgato 4K60 Pro, which cannot record HDR, while undercutting its $400 price by 25 percent. This should make 4K capturing available to even more people. Of course, $300 is still expensive, and the Live Gamer 4K requires a beefy rig to function. AVerMedia lists the system requirements as at least a GeForce GTX 1060 for 2160p60 HDR.