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GPU-accelerated video-encoding. Who is better, AMD or NVIDIA?
We pit an HIS Radeon HD 5870 against a BFG GeForce GTX 295 and see if either can beat up on a high-end Core i7 for video transcoding purposes.
CyberLink Afraid it Cannot Profit from Windows 7 Release
CyberLink Afraid it Cannot Profit from Windows 7 Release
maximumpc.com — Outside of Apple, you'd have to search far and wide to find someone not stoked about the... release of Windows 7, or just take a visit to CyberLink's headquarters. The multimedia software maker pulls in most of its money from bundling PowerDVD and other apps with new PC purchases, and according to ... (more) CyberLink Afraid it Cannot Profit from Windows 7 Release
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AMD exec says NVIDIA neglecting gamers
HEXUS.net : News — ... about a fair bit with compute intensive cloud rendering, which Huddy confided to HEXUS AMD "put a lot of effort into." NVIDIA, he said, was simply "selling pure compute," and shouldn't have the prerogative to tell people how to use it. "People should be free to use those things however they want," he said. Please share this: HEXUS related reading HEXUS.net - previews :: MSI's CR610 AMD Tigris notebook benchmarked. HEXUS.net - reviews :: GPU-accelerated video-encoding. Who is better, AMD or NVIDIA? HEXUS.channel - ...

GPU-accelerated video encoding: NVIDIA vs AMD
DV Hardware — Hexus has compared the GPU-accelerated video encoding functionality offered by ATI and NVIDIA, you can check it out over here. The author concludes that GPU-accelerated video encoding is significantly faster than using the CPU alone, but that the image quality varies hugely. Sometimes AMD-produced video is better, while other times, NVIDIA's looks better. ...

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