The new card is as uncomplicated as ever on the outside, with HDMI and 3.5mm jacks providing your audiovisual input and output and a USB connection to the destination PC.

You can expect the Ripsaw HD to go on sale April 11th for $159 (€170) through Razer's website, and later in the second quarter everywhere else. Whether or not it's a bargain depends on what you're looking for. It fares well against the Elgato HD60 S, at least. Although you can buy Elgato's device for less if you play your cards right, it limits the HDMI passthrough to 1080p. The main issue, from a cursory glance, is simply that Razer's hardware can't capture in 4K like Elgato's 4K60 Pro can. That isn't a big issue right now when it's currently rare to see any live stream above 1080p, but it's worth noting if you want to record "let's play" videos at the highest resolution possible.