NVidia GTX 560 Ti video transcoding (compared to Intel HD 3000)

Pixellini

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I was wondering how the nVidia GTX 560 Ti (or similar mid range cards) perform in video transcoding (encoding) in comparison to the Sandy Bridge i7-2600K built-in Intel HD 3000 GPU (which I understand is very fast doing this when using QuickSync).
Using the GTX 560 Ti together with the i7 2600K on a H67 (Asus) Motherboard, it is my understanding that either the on-board GPU (HD 3000) or the discrete GPU (GTX 560 Ti) can be used (but not both simultaneously - that presumably works only on a Z68 MoBo with Virtu installed, yet the latter will cost me an additional 200 USD on a prebuild system from a Build To Order vendor).

If the GTX 560 Ti is comparatively fast in Video Transcoding (Encoding) I can live without the additional benefit of doing it simultaneously (as in a Z68 combo).

Anybody having any experience with this? Thanks

Paul
 

Pixellini

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..........usually I use Sony Vegas Pro to encode from HDV or AVCHD and TMPGEnc XPress to transcode, but I am trying other solutions when appropriate, so I am not limited to those 2.
 

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That's a very interesting question, I'd also like to know the answer. I am building an editing/gaming system and educating myself on Virtu and motherboards. I'm looking at purchasing the z68 Mobo.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271

It's a shame you cannot purchase the mobo yourself and ship it to him.

Unfortunately I don't know the answer to your question.
The advise I have gotten on this site says that the Asrock is a solid mobo @$124.99.
I also work with AVCHD and am very interested in the answer to your question.
 

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....I came across this article after I posted the above question (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/video-transcoding-amd-app-nvidia-cuda-intel-quicksync,2839.html) - essentially it says that QuickSync can be significantly faster than using the dGPU (in this case the GTX 580) when using the right settings. Image~Quality wise it looks like a mixed bag, yet it seems the nVidia/Cuda configuration may not be the ideal solution to achieve best quality results for video encoding (after all it`s a graphics card optimized for 3D rendering).