XR1 Pro Capture Card, 1440p/4K HDR Capture/Pass Through, Certified for OBS, USB 3.1, ARGB, Audio Mixer, PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, 144-U1-CB21-LR

Might be the best capture card in this price range. Captures 1440p144fps with no problem (it can also capture 4k, but I don't have a 4k monitor so wasn't able to test that), was plug and play with obs. Like with some other capture cards that include headphone monitoring and a line in, obs doesn't automatically capture the audio, you have to add it as an additional source. But unlike other similar capture cards (looking at you, razer), the audio still sounds great even using this approach. The line in also solved a separate issue I was having with audio from a GoXLR Mini going to a laptop, as I was able to run the line out from the GoXLR to the line in on the capture card to capture the audio. The rgb is a nice touch and looks good, though I'm not sure if there's any way of setting it outside of the controls on the card itself. EDIT: Figured out how to set the rgb, you can download the software for it from their website. Super lightweight and simple software. Overall, the card looks and works great and is probably the best option in the $100 price range.

No perceivable amount of lag to the TV, however there is a small amount of delay when recording/streaming. Very easy to use, it just gets read as a USB camera, compatible with pretty much every Operating System, but you will need a Windows PC to flash the firmware. NOTE: Older USB standards (3.0 or below) will result in the picture just blacking out for a second every few minutes. I'd recommend a USB standard over 6Gbps (USB 3.2 or above). Other than that I have not experienced any other issues.

****THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE BRAND NEW (at time of review) XR1 PRO, NOT THE XR1**** Little bit about my setup: Gaming PC > HDMI > Gaming Laptop (Stream PC) > HDMI > Onkyo AV Receiver > Television Gaming PC: Ryzen 9 5950x, RTX 3080 Gaming Laptop: Ryzen 7 5800H, RTX 3070 (Full Wattage) Tested only using 1440p @ 120 fps, HDR on, Color Space: Full/RGB I mainly bought this as an experiment as I didn't appreciate the fps loss I had (even with a 5950x) streaming from the same PC. The capture card has absolutely no lag, cutout, or issues I have run into. It strips out the HDR on capture appropriately with only minor color adjustments needed in OBS to match the HDR source in SDR. It requires no drivers, and the RGB software (download required) works fine. The main problem I have is that it does not come with a C-to-C cable (which I already had, and am currently using with the PD port on my laptop without issues) and instead comes with a 2x USB-A to 1x USB-C cable which (for me) was required to update the firmware (There is a day 1 firmware update) I tested streaming the following to Twitch @ 6000 kbps without any issues. Input source was 1440p and downscaled to 1080 via OBS on Lanczos scaling. Loading is of course measured on the laptop: 1080p60 (NVENC) - Super smooth as long as you keep the fps above 60 in-game, GPU encoder load was 40%, CPU load negligible 1440p60 (NVENC) - Super smooth but blocky on motion, again fps must stay high to keep it smooth. GPU encoder load was 70%, CPU load negligible 1080p60 (Software h264, slow preset) - Smooth and pretty high quality, not a huge boost over NVENC, but there was still improvement. CPU sat around 40% load, GPU 20% load 1080p60 (Software h264, slower preset) - Smooth but no huge improvement in quality over "slow." CPU load around 60%, GPU 20% load 1440p60 (Software x264, slow preset) - Pretty sketchy, basically maxes out the system, I don't recall it being super smooth either, but I think we're pushing it here, and twitch bitrate doesn't really work well with this resolution/fps combo anyway. Dropped frames were non-existent on any of the above settings. EDIT: I found that it DOES NOT downmix audio to stereo, making the need to reduce my review to 4 stars. If you need to downmix audio you will need to use Voicemeeter Banana and VBAN to downmix and send audio over network.

I purchased both the XR-1 Lite and the XR-1 Pro. I've had no problems with either product, but it should be known that there is HDCP protection for some things on both devices - namely, connecting a cellphone or a PS4 to it - which require going to the EVGA website in order to download an official software patch to turn off HDCP on the devices. Additionally, the PS4 has on board HDCP protection enabled by default, requiring you to go into the PS4's system settings in order to turn it off if you want to use it with a Capture Card in the first place. The video and audio quality is fairly great, but there are sometimes delays/de-syncs in audio capture -- however: this does not appear to be a fault of the capture card, as turning off the audio/video source in OBS can sometimes change the delay timing. Point being, there are some finicky things that can be observed with the capture card, but they do not currently appear to be issues with the device itself. The Pro version includes a headset port, and the dial changes the crossfade between game volume and headset volume. While useful for cheaper streaming setups where the user doesn't have a dedicated external microphone, it'll get less use if you utilize a dedicated USB microphone. So, your mileage with that port may vary depending on your setup; however, it is advertised as also being able to be used for in-game voice communication purposes. I have not tested that at this time, so cannot comment on that viability or any issues therein. Also consider that the PS4 and Xbox controllers both often have native headphone ports, already, which afford you the benefit of not having to be tethered to a device when playing; and similar freedom of movement when considering Bluetooth headset support. Simply put: you may already have other options/methods, for that feature, available to you. The biggest benefit, I would say, would be for those who have multiple consoles. Because the Capture Card takes an input and redirects it as a dual-output, you only really need to utilize one HDMI port for your monitor/TV, while swapping the devices' HDMI cables on the Capture Card as needed; essentially using it as a manual quasi-input-switcher without having to mess with cables behind the TV if it has a limited number of HDMI inputs, or if you have more consoles than TV inputs. Alternatively, because it is technically for use with something like OBS for streaming purposes, it can be used in-a-pinch with little more than a laptop and the OBS software as your video display, if you find yourself without a monitor/TV at that moment.

I was running into some issues with streaming directly from my gaming PC (multiple 4k monitors caused it to stutter when playing games on the highest settings) So I switched to a dual PC setup and went back and forth on what capture card to upgrade to. I previously had an Elgato HD 60 Pro, but that wasn't capable of handling the 1440p monitor that I have with high refresh rate. My monitor is capable of running 165 Hz but this capture card can only capture up to 144 Hz. I'm definitely not complaining about it because it runs fantastic. The video quality coming out of it is top notch and has definitely improved My stream. I run a mirrored display setup from my 1440p monitor but I run two different refresh rates and have no problem. I output to the xr1 with 144 Hz and kept my gaming at 165 Hz with no impact and no shearing. I noticed very little delay between what's happening on the primary screen and what's happening on the stream. To give you an idea of performance on my specific hardware here's what I currently use. Gaming PC: Intel Core i9-10980xe ASUS TUF RTX 3080 128GB DDR4 3200 1440p @ 165Hz Streaming PC: 2x Xeon e5-2623 v3 EVGA Black GTX 1070 64GB DDR4 ECC 2600 2x 4k @ 60Hz EVGA XR1 Pro

I was looking for a simple HDMI capture card that'd work on a Linux host to capture HDMI. Unfortunately, the XR1 Pro doesn't do that - but not because of any specific Linux incompatibility. It just doesn't work, even on Windows, no matter what I try. Here's what I've tried: - Win10 via HDMI (Radeon 6900 XT) -> XR1 Pro -> HDMI Monitor - Kubuntu via HDMI (Radeon 6900 XT) -> XR1 Pro -> HDMI Monitor - Win10 via HDMI (Framework 16 iGPU + HDMI module) -> XR1 Pro -> HDMI Monitor - Kubuntu via HDMI (Framework 16 iGPU + HDMI module) -> XR1 Pro -> HDMI Monitor - WinXP via DVI-D (some old AMD chipset) -> DVI-D to HDMI Adapter -> XR1 Pro -> HDMI Monitor - Win10 via DP (some ThinkCentre chipset, who knows, who cares) -> DP to HDMI Adapter -> XR1 Pro -> HDMI Monitor - Raspberry Pi 3B+ via HDMI -> XR1 Pro -> HDMI Monitor - Nintendo Switch via HDMI -> XR1 Pro -> HDMI Monitor ... and in EVERY SINGLE CASE, no matter which color space settings I use, no matter whether I'm running OBS on a Linux host or a Windows one, it gives me the green-pink color space bug and renders the capture unusable... DESPITE the fact that it passes through the video to the monitor correctly every time! So it's not an input bug, it's not a host OS bug, there's definitely something wrong happening between the capture hardware and OBS. This is my first HDMI capture card so I don't exactly have a spare to see if OBS is messing this up, but considering it has the same problem on Linux and Windows, I'm guessing it's not OBS's fault. This happens no matter which HDMI cables I use (I tried the included one, as well as 4 spares I had lying around). It happens if I re-plug the USB. It happens whether or not I have a passthrough monitor connected. The only thing I can try now is to keep digging through boxes finding devices that output HDMI output in a desperate attempt to find SOMETHING this thing can capture. I'd be surprised if anything worked. I've attached some screenshots of the output showing the problem (these were taken on Linux, but these results are exactly the same when booting into Win10 on the same host, OBS just exposes different settings that aren't relevant here). I've also attached a screenshot of the XR1 Pro firmware updater showing it's up to date (I reflashed anyways, didn't help). And finally, I've attached a screenshot of ffplay reporting that the XR1 Pro allegedly supports Y/CbCr 4:2:0 and YUYV 4:2:2, and OBS does recognize them, but alas, neither work. (The emulated color space options also don't fix it, either on Kubuntu or Win10.) Considering this was supposed to just a fun project that has now wasted an entire day of my time, I'm not inclined to waste more of it on an RMA. I have no clue if it's just a defective one-off or if I'm genuinely doing something wrong here. Based on my research, this has happened to a few other people online, EVGA support has not been able to figure out the problem, and RMAs did not help. So I'll most likely be returning it unless I can find literally any use for it, but right now, considering it has refused to correctly capture every device I've plugged into it so far, I'm not that hopeful.

Switched from the elgato hd60 to this capture card and the pass through is AMAZING recommend this to anyone starting out for content creation as it’s visually beautiful , easy to use and connects super easy . Supard performance and compatible with OBS , as OBS is the only software I use , but also works for discord as a webcam if you wanted to use it that way to share console gameplay with PC friends ! The size is decent , bigger then the elgato HD60 but it isn’t big either .

I wanted to capture my switch 2 and this works with OBS on Linux out the box. Great quality and the dial works like a charm