Is this laptop good enough for Elgato HD60?

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YupUFail

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So Im upgrading my Avermedia LGP to an Elgato HD60 and I also plan on upgrading my laptop as i had it for 3 years, using it 10+ hours a day, and now its on its last legs.

Here is my current laptop specs:
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Its fine but I feel like its time to upgrade and my younger brother really needs a laptop so Im more than happy to give him this one.

The last thing that is really telling me to upgrade is because my Elgato HD60 recording is extremely laggy. Footage is very choppy that its unbearable.

I was planning on getting this laptop because it seemed to fit in my budget but I wanted to be sure it can record 1080p60fps without laggy footage:
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Here is the Elgato HD60 requirements:
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My current Laptop is over the requirements but cannot handle it at all. If all comes to worse, I can still return the Elgato.

What do you guys think?

What do you guys think?
 
Yeah i definitely think it can handle the elgato. my older crappier one can its just alot going on so id recommend just running that during the recording
 
MarkSkoog said:
Yeah i definitely think it can handle the elgato. my older crappier one can its just alot going on so id recommend just running that during the recording
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Just to ask, its handling Elgato HD60 at full 1080p60fps? Can I see specs?

Also, I point the elgato software to save footage on my 500GB Western Digital USB 3.0 external hard drive to same pressure from my PC. Is that maybe killing the quality?
 
hmmmm well to be honest the elgato isn't that demanding. it may be a settings thing. look up youtube videos on it. but to give you can idea i spent 250 bucks on a cheap laptop and it could handle 720p recording my current pc that was 1500 could make it butter but i record pc now anyways. my best advice is too lookup settings videos because you may have it set wierdly.[DOUBLEPOST=1418532777,1418532642][/DOUBLEPOST]my current specs are since you asked.
Amd 8350 8-core cpu
Nvidia 780 3gb
16gm ram
2tb western digital

but...that's overkill for an elgato anywaays

my old pc which could still handle it has 6gm ram an i5 cpu and a generic gpu like an integrated one.
 
You just need a really good hard drive to not get choppy footage. From the laptop that you have shown, it will have 0 problems.
 
That laptop will be more than enough. You can always replaced the HDD at a later date and considering SSDs come in 1TB now, by the time you do (assuming it's much later on) they'll be decently priced for what they do. But I'd recommend double checking that the preview is paused when you're recording with any Elgato as it has been known to cause problems among some users, me being 1 of them and even Elgato support were the 1s who suggested that fix to me, it should prevent any choppy or out of sync videos.
 
Styxie said:
Bit of a silly question if you can read the min specs sheet you posted.. x.x
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Yes I know my PC is over the limit but how come Im getting choppy footage? The Elgato software would be like the only thing running in the background[DOUBLEPOST=1418536843,1418536770][/DOUBLEPOST]
SigmaPLUS said:
You just need a really good hard drive to not get choppy footage. From the laptop that you have shown, it will have 0 problems.
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My laptop or the laptop I want to get?[DOUBLEPOST=1418536894][/DOUBLEPOST]
WolfWraith said:
That laptop will be more than enough. You can always replaced the HDD at a later date and considering SSDs come in 1TB now, by the time you do (assuming it's much later on) they'll be decently priced for what they do. But I'd recommend double checking that the preview is paused when you're recording with any Elgato as it has been known to cause problems among some users, me being 1 of them and even Elgato support were the 1s who suggested that fix to me, it should prevent any choppy or out of sync videos.
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Srry to ask but when you say "that laptop", are you referring to my current or the one I want to get?
 
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