Let's keep in mind that the SmoothSync pixelating issues - GN noted that it was only on titles running DX10 and DX11. They said DX12 didn't have issues.
This is why I've been saying Intel didn't know their target market.
Great encoding performance, higher quality than NVENC, Quicksync, and AMD AMF - that's a full sweep, they beat all competitors.
As the article notes :
"AV1 is an open-source, royalty-free video coding format developed by the Alliance for Open Media, a consortium founded in 2015. AV1 is a free, state-of-the-art codec that anyone can use on the internet. AV1 provides massively better compression performance with up to 50 percent smaller file sizes compared to H.264. "
But most twitch / streaming players I see are playing e-sports.
E-sports tends to be older titles. Not all of them, but many. They are going to be sorely disappointed unless the titles they are playing are using DX12.
Also the more fundamental issues with driver install, driver patching, and driver un-install is pretty much unforgiveable right now. That absolutely has to be fixed.
I can't imagine this taking more than a month or two to fix the driver install / uninstall issues, it's just bad that they are having those issues at all at this point, but the more complex issues with SmoothSync on DX10/11 I bet will linger for some time.