Elgato’s new capture card lowers the price for 4K 60fps gameplay recording

Elgato’s caller Game Capture 4K S.

Elgato is launching its Game Capture 4K S instrumentality today, which volition fto gamers and streamers seizure gameplay from Xbox Series S / X, PS5, oregon Switch 2 consoles successful 4K solution astatine 60fps. The $159.99 4K S is designed arsenic a replacement and betterment to Elgato’s older $179.99 HD60 X seizure device, and it goes connected merchantability today.

The 4K S is simply a batch little costly than the $200+ HDMI 2.1 seizure cards that Elgato launched past twelvemonth for 4K astatine 60fps and HDR capture, but it’s lone $30 much than the Neo crippled seizure card — which is not susceptible of capturing gameplay successful 4K astatine 60fps.

The 4K S works with Windows 11 and macOS 13 (or later) systems retired of the box, truthful you don’t person to download drivers and acceptable up the instrumentality manually. You’ll beryllium capable to seizure successful 4K astatine 60fps oregon 1080p astatine 60fps with HDR enabled. That’s an betterment implicit the older HD60 X, which lone supported 4K astatine 30fps capture.

Elgato is besides improving its passthrough support, truthful you tin play up to 4K astatine 60fps HDR with VRR enabled oregon up to 1440p astatine 120fps. This improves 1440p seizure opportunities, beyond the up to 1440p astatine 60fps passthrough enactment disposable connected the HD60 X.

As the 4K S doesn’t necessitate a operator to beryllium installed, it works retired of the container successful apps similar OBS Studio, Discord, and adjacent the TikTok Studio oregon Camo Studio apps connected an iPad. Elgato has adjacent created a caller Elgato Studio app that’s designed to regenerate its existing 4K Capture Utility connected Windows and macOS. The app has been redesigned to amended lucifer Windows 11’s UI, and it besides works connected Windows connected Arm devices similar the latest Qualcomm-powered Copilot Plus PCs.