Well then, I didn't know Sony supported QuickSync. I have them both, so here goes...
Reconfigured BIOS to use iGPU
Installed Lucid from ASUS site. Reboot and Lucid crashed.
Installed iGPU driver from ASUS site. Reboot and Lucid crashed.
Sony made QS available but the render failed at the start.
Installed the latest Lucid. Reboot and my PC would not get passed the BIOS screen.
Removed ATi GPU.
PC freezes at the BIOS screen but continues after 5 mins or so (maybe a SSD would improve my boot time
)
Ok, Sony sees iGPU and I can render...
Numbers!
For what they are worth...
i5 2500k @ 4.2GHz (for those interested, CPU Mark = 7405 ish as I had some light stuff running in background) , ATi 6950.
In Movie Studio, Sony AVC/MVC as per (my understanding of) Dave's settings in reply #48
CPU only: 2:10 200.5MB file
GPU if available 1:58 212MB file
In Movie Studio, MainConcept AVC/AAC. No option here for 12Mbps so I tried 10Mbps and 14Mbps
CPU only 4:33 212MB file (10Mpbs I think)
OpenCL 1:27 176MB file (10Mbps)
OpenCL 1:30 246MB file (14Mbps)
Using QS:
Movie Studio, Sony AVC/MVC
QS speed 1:31, CPU activity only 40%
QS quality 1:55, CPU activity only 60%
There is no QS option for MainConcept AVC/AAC.
Conclusion.
On my system, QS does not need a faster CPU as it is only using half of my i5.
On my system, rendering via my ATi 6950 is
faster than using QS. It '
may' also benefit from a faster CPU, about 90% usage.
Right, I have a PC to fix. How the hell can playing with Lucid cause a BIOS crash? Fuck, fuck, fuck. Still, it is for
Science Edit:
All better now, I must have half jiggled the USB cable to my optical drive. Unplug, plug and the world is a happy place again