ATI Avivo encoding + HIS X1800XT + Opteron 170 dual core

[eva2000]

Xmas day and what better way than to play with new toys

Time to test out ATI's Avivo software with my 512MB HIS X1800XT on my Opteron 170 dual core cpu to see what's all the fuss about

Required software:

• ATI Avivo Video converter for X1800 series cards http://i4memory.com/X1800XT/AvivoVideoConverter.zip OR
• Hacked ATI Avivo Video converter for use with any video cards ATI or nVidia (i think) http://i4memory.com/X1800XT/AvivoVideoConverter1_12_anycard.zip
• For X1800 series cards you need Catalyst 5.13 from www.ati.com

Source video files to work from:

• ToyShop (91MB) http://www2.ati.com/multimedia/radeonx1k/ATI-Demo-ToyShop-v1.1.zip
• T2 trailer (92.5MB) http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/5/0/15092c6c-5af1-4208-b5e2-54af6f1009a4/T2_720.exe
• Taxi 3 1080P (161.9MB) http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/e/a/ceaf0def-8889-4462-9616-7ce4246569ae/Taxi_3_1080.exe
• Speed 1080P (128.2MB) http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/d/5/fd5bdd21-f1ac-426a-adf1-d3d105b448d3/Speed_1080.exe

System

Opteron 170 CCBWE 0546XPMW cooled by Corsair Hydrocool 200EX
DFI NF4 UT SLI-DR R.AB0 11/14-3 bios
512MB HIS X1800XT with Cat 5.13 drivers
4x 80GB Hitachi 7K80 SATAII Raid 0 OS drive
1x 250GB Maxtor Maxline Plus II PATA
Pioneer DVD Burner
Floppy drive
650W Silverstone SLI PSU

WinXP Pro SP2
NF4 6.53WHQL chipset drivers
DivX 6.1 codec

Using 2x 1GB OCZ PC4000EB Platinum 3-3-2-8 rated memory

Results
All conversions are done in the same windows session for each cpu speed clock i.e. 2000mhz, 2400mhz, 2600mhz and 2800mhz.

:: @10x200HTT = 2000mhz @200mhz 3-3-2-5 7-14-2223 ::

Source: Toyshop WMV file (91MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (56.9MB)
Conversion Time: 53 seconds

Source: T2 720P WMV file (92.5MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (33.5MB)
Conversion Time: 38 seconds

Source: Speed 1080P WMV file (128.2MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (54.2MB)
Conversion Time: 1m 12 seconds

Source: Taxi 3 1080P WMV file (161.9MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (41.4MB)
Conversion Time: 1m 14 seconds

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:: @10x240HTT = 2400mhz @240mhz 3-3-2-5 7-14-2223 ::

Source: Toyshop WMV file (91MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (56.9MB)
Conversion Time: 44 seconds

Source: T2 720P WMV file (92.5MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (33.5MB)
Conversion Time: 43 seconds << weird repeated a few times and slower than @2000mhz ???

Source: Speed 1080P WMV file (128.2MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (54.2MB)
Conversion Time: 1m 00 seconds

Source: Taxi 3 1080P WMV file (161.9MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (41.4MB)
Conversion Time: 1m 03 seconds

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:: @10x260HTT = 2600mhz @260mhz 3-3-2-5 7-14-2223 ::

Source: Toyshop WMV file (91MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (56.9MB)
Conversion Time: 41 seconds
Notes:
- Well Dinos got the same conversion time with ATI X800 video card with Cat 5.12 drivers and the hacked Avivo video converter http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?p=31423#post31423 !
- X1800XT's benefit then not yet implemented by ATI ?????

Source: T2 720P WMV file (92.5MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (33.5MB)
Conversion Time: 43 seconds << weird repeated a few times and slower than @2000mhz ???
Notes:
- Again Dinos with ATI X800, was 2 seconds faster http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?p=31426#post31426 ??

Source: Speed 1080P WMV file (128.2MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (54.2MB)
Conversion Time: 55 seconds
Notes:
- Same time as Dinos with ATI X800 http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?p=31427#post31427

Source: Taxi 3 1080P WMV file (161.9MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (41.4MB)
Conversion Time: 57 seconds
Notes:
- My time was 2 seconds faster than Dinos with ATI X800 http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?p=31427#post31427

Could be related to Dinos' DivX codec version differences ?

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:: @10x280HTT = 2800mhz @280mhz 3-3-2-5 7-14-2223 ::

Source: Toyshop WMV file (91MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (56.7MB) <- file 0.2MB smaller ?
Conversion Time: 40 seconds

Source: T2 720P WMV file (92.5MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (32.7MB) <- file 0.2MB smaller ?
Conversion Time: 40 seconds << weird repeated a few times and slower than @2000mhz but faster than at 2400mhz and 2600mhz ???

Source: Speed 1080P WMV file (128.2MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (54.2MB)
Conversion Time: 52 seconds

Source: Taxi 3 1080P WMV file (161.9MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (41.4MB)
Conversion Time: 53 seconds

Judging by the times, maybe the source files aren't long enough to show a more accurate conversion time ?
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Graph below displays the above results for easy viewing.

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It seems Avivo still needs a few improvements as the times between Dinos using ATI X800 with Cat 5.12 are really no different from the above results using ATI X1800XT with Cat 5.13. It maybe that the source files are too short and thus not as accurate ?

I believe ATI's current Avivo Xcode is CPU based only - so will have to wait for the future versions to take advantage of X1800XT GPU ?

Any suggestions for other tests ?





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[yevaud]

great job. Nice post.
Thanks for the info!

 

[plywood99]

Yeah Avivo video converter is done entirely in software at the moment. IIRC Ati will be implementing hardware based conversion at a future date...