Got my capture card set up but how can I game at a good resolution ?

[Huntssman]

Hey guys Im new here and Im having some trouble as to how I can set up my resolution so the picture is nice and clear on my monitor.

PC 1 is my gaming pc - i5 2500k 3.3ghz, 2 6850s, 16gb 1600mhz ram

PC 2 is my streaming pc - amd 1090t 3.2ghz, 6850, 4gb of ram

Capture card - avermedia avertv hd dvr

My gaming pc has 2 27in monitors at 1920x1080 native res.

How I hooked it up, first card has dvi to hdmi cable going to my monitor, and then on the same card I use the hdmi output to my avertv hd dvr card. Then I clone the displays. Next from my second gpu I have my second monitor hooked up to it using hdmi. Anyway this all works I get the picture on my streaming software its nice and crisp at 720p at 60fps.

Problem is that when I put the game to 720p its blurry and dull on my 27in 1920x1080 native monitor. So Im wondering how can I play with good quality so the image is nice and clean and still capture it? Since I know this card only supports 720p and 1080i.

Any Ideas ? I cant play the game in 720p on my screen as it looks terrible just a big blur, words look like crap but on the recording it comes out nice and clean which is great but I want to enjoy the game while I play as well.

Anyway around this ?

[jagabo]

It sounds like your monitor has poor upscaling from 720p to 1080p. Look to see if it has some different scaling algorithms. Some monitors have the ability to map a smaller input frame to a subset of the panel. So a 1280x720 input would be mapped to a 1280x720 portion of the 1920x1080 display. Of course you'll get a small picture in the middle of the monitor. That's about your only option unless you switch to 1080i.

[poisondeathray]

How about using something else othere than the card? like fraps or dxtory on the gaming computer? You can cap in full resolution if your system is fast enough