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Elgato 4K X
Capture Card

Elgato 4K X

4.5(1,040 ratings)from the retailer listing

HDMI 2.1 capture with 4K144 and VRR passthrough. The premium card for a console or camera feed into a desk PC.

$249.99

Tracked 2026-10-01. The retailer listing is the price you pay.

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Price history · 6 points12-month avg $237
2026-08-25 · $199.99 low$249.99 high · 2026-10-01
Is the Elgato 4K X good for streaming?
The Elgato 4K X is a capture card for streaming builds, tracked at $249.99, rated 4.5 out of 5 across 1,040 retailer reviews. Its 12-month tracked average is $237 across 6 points. Nothing here is lab-tested by us: the rating is the retailer’s and the price is a build-time bake.

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

InputHDMI 2.1
Max passthrough4K60 capture, 4K144 passthrough
FormUSB 3.2 box

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Elgato 4K X

$249.99Tracked 2026-10-01

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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 2026-10-01. How the numbers are derived: methodology. How picks are chosen: editorial policy.