Why my Elgato game capture hd is lag ?

[Chocolade]

First my pc specs:



<<< System Summary >>>


> Mainboard : Gigabyte EX58-UD3R
> Chipset : Intel X58
> Processor : Intel Core i7 920 @ 2666 MHz (max : 2926)
> Physical Memory : 6144 MB (3 x 2048 DDR3-SDRAM )
> Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
> Hard Disk : Western Digital WD1001FALS-00J7B0 ATA Device (1000GB)
> Hard Disk : Western Digital WD1001FALS-00E3A0 ATA Device (1000GB)
> DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50
> Monitor Type : LG Electronics W2486 - 24 inches
> Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RTL8168/8111 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
> Operating System : Windows 8 Pro Professional 6.02.9200 (64-bit)
> DirectX : Version 11.00
> Windows Performance Index : 5.9 on 7.9


Im using Elgato the black one got it by mail from amazon.uk
The version drivers of the elgato im using now is: 1.41.13(513)


I just connected it to the playstation 3 and my pc as its written in the small guide came with it.
I see now the playstation 3 screen on my pc via the elgato software but before i event record anything i only clicked on the Live button its now lagging.


I try to mvoe between the menus of the ps3 and the lag is about 2-3 seconds. When i move my ps3 controller to the left for example it take about 2-3 seconds to make it on the ps3.

Whay is that ? Is my pc specs too low for it ? If so what do i need to change in my pc specs ?


My monitor is LG FLATRON W2486L my pc is connected to the monitor via dvi and gdmi i tried both and its lag.
What else can i do to solve it ? The lag is just when i clicked live not even recorded anything yet.

[SHS]

You always have that on PC monitor because you viewing the encoding file which take time to encode/decode so that why you have to used the video pass-thur for live preview

[jagabo]

SHS is right -- you have to use the passthrough to a TV to get lag-free video. All the hardware h.264 encoding capture devices are like that.