5x faster video encoding with X1xxx

[mwmorph]

i dont see why not you have the pci-e lanes, both cards will be reconizged. the software should know which card avivo.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: TroubleM
Most impressive is that they test on a Radeon x1300 Pro. So, looking also at the test done by ExtremeTech awhile ago on an x1800 XT, it seems that the encoding part is independent of the power of the GPU.

That is VERY good news. I might mod my DFI to SLI just top pop in an X1300 for encoding.

 

[Goi]

So it looks like they have dedicated hardware for en/transcoding, and they're not using the GPU shaders/processors to do the job. It's not like general purpose computing with the GPU.

 

[gsellis]

I sure hope that they make the API calls they used available to the companies that package encoders in their stuff. ATI worked with my NLE vendor at one point and the GPU is now heavily used directly by the app for video rendering via DirectX. It is a distinct advantage over other editors in the way it renders and can playback unrendered video in real-time. Since many editors can now edit native MPEG, there is the potential to set a DVD/HD-DVD target quality in advance and the GPU would be doing the encodes in real-time. When you go to create the DVD (inline authoring is also available on some editors), it would be straight to disc without waiting for the 'encode' phase.

Oh what potential!

 

[lifeguard1999]

Unfortunately the speedup is only with ATI's Xcode. Put it in Adobe After Effects and Premiere and I will buy the cards for work where we do a lot of video encoding. Until then, it is just something that is interesting to see, but not of much use (for me). Still, ATI, you have caught my eye...