A side benefit of Quicksync encoding

[westrock2000]

Since Quicksync is a seperate part from the CPU, when you use Quicksync acceleration to encode the CPU usage is quite low. On my i7 3770, its about 15-20% using Arcsoft MediaConverter 7.5. Normally this is nice because you can encode a movie but you can still use the computer like normal.

But if you have multiple optical drives or your encoding from files, you can then start up a CPU encoder like Handbrake and let it encode at the same time.

By doing this I can encode 2 DVD's to h264 in about 15 minutes. Or since I have 3 optical drives I can have Quicksync encode a BluRay while Handbrake queue's up 2 DVD's (or visa versa).

Just something to think about if your looking to upgrade

 

[PersonalJ]

Does quick sync result in quality degradation like when you use a GPU to encode video?

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5771/the-intel-ivy-bridge-core-i7-3770k-review/21

Personally, I like the x86 one still a bit better than the Ivy QuickSync, but I'd understand if you said you liked the QuickSync one better. Not much difference between Sandy and Ivy, not much different to nvidia, and I have no idea why AMD did so badly.