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I'm looking for a good capture card that I can get for no more than about $100, and I just wanted to know if anyone here had any good suggestions.

I was thinking about this, but I'm having a hard time deciding due to the mixed reviews on it.
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Why ask for advice from us when you can choose for yourself?

Here's the best quality you're going to get from that capture card: Right-Click, Save-As

If you can't play that video, you don't have the newest codecs for videos. So, click [HERE] to download all of the codecs.

When installing above codecs:
1.) When it asks for a profile, choose "5: Lots of stuff".
2.) One of the last steps have 2 radio check boxes, saying Windows Media Classic or Windows Media Player. Choose Windows Media Player.
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DrXThirst wrote:Why ask for advice from us when you can choose for yourself?
I didn't want to buy a piece of crap :p I made that mistake with my laptop, I didn't look at any reviews on it or ask about it's specs, and now I'm stuck with a shitty computer ;p

Thanks for the video, I believe I know which capture device I'm getting.
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Oh, I didn't mean it like that.
I was using that to lead into the quality test I was giving you. :P

Meaning, you could watch the video and choose for yourself whether you liked the quality or not.

EDIT: You better check yourself before you buy it. I would suggest at least 1GB of ram and a 2.5ghz processor to record with that capture card.

I had a Dazzle 90 (The blue one) and it BARELY worked on my laptop. However, my laptop did only have a 1.3ghz processor and 512mb of ram...
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1.70 GHz, and 896 MB of RAM... Good? Or maybe look for a different card?
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Are you using a laptop or PC?

If you're using a PC then I would suggest this.
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