14 DAY TRIAL // AVerMedia has just announced the introduction of a new PCI Express capture card designed especially to be used by PC and console gamers in order to record their in-game achievements without having to rely of software capture apps or other more outrageous solutions.
The capture card is called the Game Broadcaster HD and was designed in order to use the PCI Express x1 interface for communicating with the host PC.
Once installed inside the system, the card can be connected to your console via the two rear VGA and HDMI inputs, but it can also work with consoles that only feature component video as it comes bundled together with a Component to VGA cable dongle.
Images are then encoded in real time thanks to the specialized hardware installed on the card in the MPEG-2 or H.264 format at Full HD (1080p) resolution.
Outside of the capture card itself, AVerMedia also supplies users with a set of proprietary software programs to manage their recording as well as to make all the other video capture adjustments necessary.
Furthermore, the Game Broadcaster HD also enables its users to stream out their live game content on TwitchTV or USTREAM via Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder or XSplit.
Together with the capture card and the Composite to VGA dongle, the Game Broadcaster HD package also includes a RCA to 3.5mm audio cable as well as a 3.5mm audio cable.
The minimum system requirements for capturing real time HD video in the MPEG-2 format calls for an Intel core 2 Duo 2.4GHz or AMD Athlon64 X2 2.8GHz CPU, while real time H.264 encoding needs an Intel Core i5 750 processor or AMD equivalent.
Sadly, AVerMedia hasn’t provided us with any information regarding the release date or the pricing of the Game Broadcaster HD capture card.