Question / Help Recording PS3 & PS4

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EventingLyn

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I'm a complete noob when it comes to the recording of console games. I found somewhere that I need a game capture card, so I have a few questions.

  • What kind of capture card do I need? Not looking to spend like $500, but I can probably do up to $200. I also have a HP Pavilion 1 TB Windows 8.1 laptop that I currently don't have the specs on since I'm at school.
  • How do I set up the capture card when I get it, and how exactly does it get to my computer?
Sorry for the, probably, stupid questions. Just trying to figure all this out without having a mental breakdown, haha.

Thanks in advance for any responses!
 
Boildown

Boildown

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You need a good CPU in your computer, so it may be hard unless your laptop is new and/or has a good CPU, like an i5 or even better an i7.

If that checks out, you can get a USB capture device. Make sure its USB 3.0 (and that your laptop has compatible USB 3.0 ports), or else it really isn't even worth doing. If you have a desktop computer, you can put a capture card in a PCIe slot instead and everything becomes much easier.
 
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EventingLyn

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Boildown said:
You need a good CPU in your computer, so it may be hard unless your laptop is new and/or has a good CPU, like an i5 or even better an i7.

If that checks out, you can get a USB capture device. Make sure its USB 3.0 (and that your laptop has compatible USB 3.0 ports), or else it really isn't even worth doing. If you have a desktop computer, you can put a capture card in a PCIe slot instead and everything becomes much easier.
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I have an AMD A10-5745M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics 2.10GHz. I also have 7.19 GB of usable RAM. Laptop was purchased December of 2014 and does have USB 3.0 ports.
 
Boildown

Boildown

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I'd say you should be able to record but I'm not sure of it. APUs have a bad rap around here, but you're not gaming on it at the same time so there's a good chance.
 
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