AVerMedia HDMI 2.1 PCIe Capture
Internal HDMI 2.1 capture with 4K144 passthrough, for a desk PC that never wants a USB dongle in the chain.
Tracked 2026-10-19. The retailer listing is the price you pay.
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Our take on the AVerMedia HDMI 2.1 PCIe Capture
The AVerMedia Live Gamer 4K 2.1 is a PCIe capture card with 4K144 pass-through, for high refresh monitors. At a tracked $199.99 it sits at the low end of its $199.99 to $211.13 range from August 25 to October 19, 2026.
Recording tops out at 1080p240 and 1440p120, with 4K pass-through only. That means you game at 4K but record lower. As a PCIe card, it needs a free slot in a desktop and cannot move between machines like a USB card. It lists HDMI 2.1, which matters for new consoles and monitors. It has 4.2 across 130 retailer ratings.
- 4K144 HDR pass-through on HDMI 2.1
- Records 1080p240 and 1440p120
- At the low end of its tracked range
- Records at lower resolution than the 4K pass-through
- Needs a PCIe slot in a desktop PC
- Only 130 retailer ratings
Where it fits in a build
Pulls an HDMI camera feed into an encoder or PC. Skip it if your camera is USB or a phone. See every capture card pick
| Input | HDMI 2.1 |
| Max passthrough | 4K60 capture, 4K144 passthrough |
| Form | PCIe card |
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AVerMedia HDMI 2.1 PCIe Capture
$199.99Tracked 2026-10-19
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We do not lab-test hardware. Ratings and review counts come from the retailer listing and are labelled as such; stream-quality figures are conservative planning budgets from our published model. Prices are tracked at build time, not live, and were last refreshed 2026-10-22. How the numbers are derived: methodology. How picks are chosen: editorial policy.