can i link my elgato with the hdmi of my gpu,motherboard dont have any?

[bad l]

i have bought elgato full hd and a 1080 hdmi monitor so to run elgato does it neccesary for motherboard to have hdmi or can i use my gpu's .if not is there a way to connect elgato to my motherboard and a normal vga screen coz thats the only other option i have.

please guys! im in need of dire help.

 

[James Mason]

Video Card/console video port > Elgato > Monitor/tv
Then you connect a USB cable to your computer to actually transfer the recording data off the elgato.
You don't need an Elgato to record PC stuff though.

I'm not 100% sure what you're asking either. Have you tried reading the manual?

 

[bad l]

im asking if its possible to use gpu's hdmi port instead of using my motherboard hdmi port well i cant use my motherboard's coz it doesnt have any.

 

[James Mason]

im asking if its possible to use gpu's hdmi port instead of using my motherboard hdmi port well i cant use my motherboard's coz it doesnt have any.

Use it for what?
You can't send video signals TO the GPU or Motherboard, because those are video outputs only. Monitors and TVs have video inputs.

 

[bad l]

no dude not that im asking video signal from (gpu's hdmi > elgato > monitor) or (motherboard hdmi>elgato>monitor ).
which one from above is required to use elgato?

 

[James Mason]

no dude not that im asking video signal from (gpu's hdmi > elgato > monitor) or (motherboard hdmi>elgato>monitor ).
which one from above is required to use elgato?

(gpu's hdmi > elgato > monitor)

Your motherboard is not outputing any video if you're using your GPU.

 

[bad l]

so james can i use it that way or its a no go?
well a friend suggested me to use dvi to hdmi adapter on my old monitor
will this be useful?

after these two question answered i can end the thread,so please reply soon.

 

[Zilvus]

so james can i use it that way or its a no go?
well a friend suggested me to use dvi to hdmi adapter on my old monitor
will this be useful?

after these two question answered i can end the thread,so please reply soon.

Yes, you can use it that way. As he already explained, HDMI input (no matter from what port) -> Elgato -> HDMI cable output to your monitor or tv. If you are using a graphics card, that automatically overrides your motherboard HDMI port (if you have one, if you don't, then this doesn't apply anyway and you can just use the GPU one).

 

[bad l]

yes thanks guys, both of you,zilvus and james sorry i dragged this thread way too long.