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I'm thinking of getting an 8 port capture card from Bluecherry. I understand about having to share monitors on a chip. But...is there any detriment to using 4 monitors on an 8 port card? Does it perform the same as 4 monitors on a 4 port card? $20 seems worth the money to have the flexibility to add a new monitor for testing, are waiting to add another card...etc.
Can you control which monitors get assigned their own chip and which get shared?

No, there is no detriment to using 4 monitors on a 8 port card, 4 capture chip card. It'll behave just like a 4 port, 4 capture chip card.

Yes you are able to control which capture chip and port number a monitor uses.

I agree with your logic, if it doesn't cost much more to get a card with more ports that little extra money is well spent for the flexibility it gives you.