Capture card for a single PC setup?

[Cvrk]

Hello,

I was looking to buy a capture card so I can record gameplay. I want to use the capture card in a single PC setup. (so just my only one PC). The reason why is that when recording gameplay via OBS or AMD relive I lose frames, an average of 10 frames. In games that run at 100+ fps that's ok, but not all of them do.

Is it worth getting a capture card for one single PC setup? On Reddit, they say NO

The reason why I am asking because after many youtube tutorials I still don't completely understand how a capture card works. I was interested in the Elgato HD 60 S+
While people say that a capture card is not a CPU, I was hoping to reduce the impact of performance and get flawless recordings. I say flawless because all these software like OBS etc are hit and miss. Been using them for years, so many times when I had to delete the recording cuz something went wrong.

So I need a capture card for improved performance and stable recording. Do you think it's worth it?
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PS: I don't own a console, I record on Windows PC, and I don't stream. I only record so I can edit the footage later.

 

[elghinnarisa]

Most capture cards do not capture internally directly to a file. They simply allow you to take the video stream from whatever you now plug in to it and record it on your PC. So it would not reduce the CPU usage. Unless as mentioned, the card can capture internally, all on it's own, irrelevant of it being connected to a PC or not. Which would be the kind you are looking for then.

 

[Toothless]

I can test this with my Elgato 4k for you if you'd like.