Question / Help cpu or gpu encoding??

Sapiens

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Software encoding (x264) provides better quality for a given bitrate at the expense of making your CPU do all of the work. Hardware encoding (Quick Sync, NVENC, VCE, etc.) provides worse quality at the same bitrate but keeps the work off of your CPU.

x264 is ideal for streaming where you're very bitrate-limited, hardware encoders are better for local recording where bitrate isn't an issue.
 
Software encoding (x264) provides better quality for a given bitrate at the expense of making your CPU do all of the work. Hardware encoding (Quick Sync, NVENC, VCE, etc.) provides worse quality at the same bitrate but keeps the work off of your CPU.

x264 is ideal for streaming where you're very bitrate-limited, hardware encoders are better for local recording where bitrate isn't an issue.

good to know thanks. i actually stream with nvenc and it looks pretty decent but im getting an i7 soon so ill just use cpu encoding when i get it
 
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