Magpie provides several capture methods. They have their pros and cons in different scenarios.

	Graphics Capture	Desktop Duplication	GDI	DwmSharedSurface
Supports DirectComposition (e.g. UWP)	Yes	Yes	No	No
Supports recording/streaming	No under extreme conditions[1]	No	Yes	Yes
Support the source window to span multiple screens	No under extreme conditions[1]	No	Yes	Yes
Ignores DPI virtualization[2]	No	No	Yes	Yes
Notes	The most recommended capture method	Requires Win10 v2004, suitable for games with more static frames[3], could capture pop-ups		Low VRAM usage

[1]: (1) The source window does not support regular window capture. (2) The operating system is Windows 11.

[2]: The system will perform bicubic interpolation upscaling to windows that do not support DPI scaling. The capture methods supporting this options captures the images before such scaling.

[3]: The Desktop Duplication mode effectively reduces the power consumption if there are many static frames.