sandy bridge graphics encoding

[mindmixture]

I am getting a sandy bridge 2500k i5 cpu
a
z68 motherboard
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3P-B3 Socket 1155 onboard 7.1.. | Ebuyer.com
my question is
can i assign the on board cpu graphics chip to trans code video which its good at on the video software. and use my
graphics card for gaming at the same time so the two are seperated. I would imagine it would streamline the graphics processing so the graphics card is not doing two thing at once making it more efficiant.

would I be right in saying nvidia is an al rounder eg gaming video rendering picture rendering. ari is not
Simon

[ShyguyXPC]

you lost me at "would I be right in saying nvidia is an al rounder eg gaming video rendering picture rendering. ari is not"

Made no sense there.


As to whether the CPU's graphics can transcode, I'm not sure, but the CPU itself can. some programs like Badaboom 2.0 support Sandy Bridge, besides just Nvidia GPU's for Transcoding. But this is the CPU, not the on CPU Graphics that does the transcoding as far as I know. Though for all I know it could be using the graphics too, since Badaboom doesn't support anything other than Sandy Bridge, or newer Ivy Bridge based CPU's, and Nvidia GPU's.


But its entirely dependent on the software your using whether it would work or not. And since you've not mentioned what your using, there's no definitive yes or no to your question.

You COULD, how ever, if your motherboard has more than one PCIe x16 slot and your only using one for gaming. and if your software supports GPU Transcoding. Pick up a cheaper lower end GPU to install in the 2nd slot, and then via the software assign that 2nd card to do transcoding while your on the main card.

This way it free's up more of the CPU's resources for gaming, and 100% of the main GPU as well.

Geforce GT 240, GT 430, Radeon 5550/5570, or something low powered like that would be good at transcoding. depending on whether your program uses Nvidia, AMD/ATI, or both.

[mindmixture]

First question about the differences between ATI and Nvidia

Am I right in saying this, as this could help influence what card I chose:

Nvidia is good at:
Is good at encoding Video
is good at the upgradeability of 3d graphics

were as Ati specialized
they have tech like their anti aliasing engine
Is good at multiple monitors
is good at 2d


What the next question I am about to ask also affects which card I go for.

The i5 2500k has on board graphics:

want I want to know is could I assign on premier pro or photoshop or dvd encoding software which
graphics processing I use be it ati/nvidia or intel hd 3000.

So my point if this is possible I hope this means that:
I could use the graphics card for gaming and the intel hd graphic 3000 for encoding, when play games and encoding at the same time. Possibley at the loss of some cpu processing power.
Simon

[ShyguyXPC]

Huh?

Where are you getting your information?

ATI/AMD & Nvidia are both equally great at 3D, 2D, Video Encoding, Anti Aliasing, and Multiple Monitors.

It all depends on the situation. All Geforce and Radeon cards are capable of 2 Monitors, some Radeons are capable of 3 or more, due to Eyefinity, but there are conditions that need to be met to use 3 or more.

There are some 3rd party Geforce cards that can handle 3 or more displays as well.

Video encoding is entirely up to the Software that your using, some will use Radeons, some Geforce, some Use Both.

Upgradability of 3D graphics, not sure what you mean there, the only thing to upgrade is the physical GPU/Card itself, in which case Radeons are equally adept at as well.

Anti Aliasing... both brands are also good at. Some users claim Radeons are better, but in the real world there's really little difference.

The one area where Nvidia's tend to shine is in DirectX 11 Tessellation performance. usually better than ATI/AMD counterparts.

Nvidia has CUDA that many programs use for GPGPU Processing. AMD has OpenCL if I remember right.

It comes down to how much you have to spend on a card, and whether the software you use favors one over the other.

for that info, you'd have to do more research for the programs your using.

Myself I only use Badaboom 2.0 and Corel Video Studio Pro X4, the former can use Nvidia Cards, and Sandy Bridge Intel CPU's, the latter can use Nvidia, ATI/AMD, or any CPU.

I'm not sure on Adobe, I know a couple years ago, they implemented ATI GPU Acceleration on products Like Photoshop CS4, CS5 is supposed to implement Nvidia GPU Acceleration, and pretty sure Premiere also now supports it, but you'd need to look that up for confirmation.

as to other software I have no idea, again, you'd have to look that stuff up and find out.

not all software is the same.


as to assigning the graphics chips for transcoding, again, all software is different, but most software thats worth its weight should allow this, whether the onboard Intel GPU would be selectable, I'm not sure, but keep in mind, its not a very powerful GPU, its good at playing HD content video, but not sure on transcoding, etc.

So my point if this is possible I hope this means that:
I could use the graphics card for gaming and the intel hd graphic 3000 for encoding, when play games and encoding at the same time. Possibley at the loss of some cpu processing power.
Simon

Yes, we get the point of what you are asking, but again as has been said, its entirely dependent on the software your using and whether it allows it or not.

I can not speak on Adobe's products for certain, but the software I use does allow me to select GPU's, My Core i7 I have does not have onboard graphics, but I do have Dual Graphics cards, and it allows me to select either for use.

[ShyguyXPC]

your motherboard, has 2 PCI Express x16 slots, your best bet is to buy a dedicated GPU for the gaming, and a lesser one for the transcoding, even the lesser GPU will provide better, faster transcoding than the i5 2500 could provide.