Anyone got a good CPU/encoding link that shows benchmarks?
I had assumed that h264 was also being accelerated by GPU. My last surprise was how much faster MT was using a Q6600 but also took for granted GPU was playing a major role. On Apr 2, 2011 10:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Problem is, right now software which can offload to the gpu is not what anyone is using. Evertone uses x264 or eac3to etc as a front end. The gpu ready apps are all designed to output mp4 for mobile use. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 18:14:58 > To: [email protected]<[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] upgrades > > Difficult to know the mix of the work. Crunching video right now the all four cores of my 2500k at 100%, with corresponding CPU temps running high. If the vidcard is doing anything it hard to tell. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 2, 2011, at 4:35 PM, Joshua MacCraw <[email protected]> wrote: > >> With the video cards doing the heavy lifting on encodes there is more >> benefit from them than CPU anyway. >> On Apr 2, 2011 12:33 PM, "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> You won't see gee-whiz fast every thing since your system is more than >> able to do simple things very fast. All you can really impact are tasks that >> take lots of wall time for you. If you are happy to encode at night, I don't >> see what you gain in this upgrade. Me, I like to do stuff while I'm awake >> and I want it to finish faster. When I edit, I'm tweaking over and over til >> I get what I want, so I get the benefit of the speed improvement. I do like >> having 16GB of RAM. It may affect your max over clock. I got the 1600 stuff, >> but I'm not convinced i see a big benefit other than on some benchmarks, but >> the price was good so I don't regret getting it. >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Apr 2, 2011, at 2:22 PM, Winterlight <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>>> I am currently running a Quad Core 9650 at 3.45Ghz on a Asus Maximus >> Formula II with 8GB of DDR2 800 that I built in August of 08. >>>> >>>> The rest of my components are good and don't require an upgrade >>>> 85o watt Seasonic >>>> two Sapphire 5770s >>>> Intel SSD for boot and a 300GB Raptor plus a collection of data storage >> drives. >>>> >>>> All running Win7Pro SP1 >>>> >>>> It does what I need and it does it well, but with all the excitement >> about Sandy bridge it got me thinking about upgrading my motherboard, RAM >> and CPU this summer, once all the problems shake out. Right now I am >> thinking about a 2600K Sandy Bridge, with a ASUS Rampage III Formula and >> 16GB of RAM.... what speed of RAM am I looking for? >>>> >>>> I use my PC for real work, day in and day out, and if I could just >> upgrade the components without redoing everything I would be more inclined >> to upgrade sooner rather then later. I am not interested in just getting >> benchmarks. My question is will it matter... will I really be able to >> notice. I do video editing, and encoding and I am sure I will be able to >> notice there, but generally I encode over night so an hour here or there >> isn't a big deal to me. >>>> >>>> Am I looking at a noticeably gee whiz faster everything, or am I barely >> going to notice in my day to day real world use? >>>> thanks >>>> w >>>>
