Page 1: The smallest in the bunch: AVerMedias GC 311 Live Gamer MINI Streaming-Capture-Box in the test

If you believe the manufacturer AVerMedia, the GC 311 Live-Gamer MINI-Game-Streaming-Capture-Box climb the streaming Olympus quickly and easily. In addition to an HDMI input and passthrough for full HD gameplay, said box should transmit the image without latency and also have PC and Mac connectivity. After we already have the Live Gamer EXTREME 2 GC 551 and the streaming capture box Live Gamer Ultra GC 553 from AVerMedia, we are now also taking a look at the cheapest model of the Trios.

Especially with the ongoing corona pandemic and the imposed lockdowns, online portals such as YouTube and Twitch are increasingly coming into focus again. A wide range of content can be discovered in the aforementioned services. In addition to pure entertainment videos, there are also tutorials, Let’s Plays and much more. With the latter in particular, content creators are looking for a simple way to record the content displayed on the screen.

Since a pure software solution also demands the system resources, an external solution provides a remedy here. With the GC 311 Live-Gamer-MINI-Game-Streaming-Capture-Box, the manufacturer AVerMedia offers an external USB variant with which even power-hungry AAA titles can be recorded without having to accept losses in quality. In addition, the USB solution can be used with a notebook without any problems and can thus be used flexibly.

It should be noted, however, that the Live Gamer MINI does not support the display, recording or streaming of HDCP-protected signals. Furthermore, no 4K, HDR or wide angle resolutions or high frame rates are supported.

Technical specifications:

HDMI