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keithwalton · 03-10-2007, 17:56

Yup check the cpu usage i'd suspect it would be hitting 100% quite easily. x264 is the most cpu intensive codec to date.

The graphics card wont make any difference as your card wont be involved with any of the processing.
Some of the more modern mainstream cards (nvidia 8600 and amd 2600, note not the 8800 or 2900) can offload some of the x264 decoding from the cpu and do it themselves.

However all of these cards are pci-e. older cards can do some of the offloading but thats for codecs like mpeg 2 and not x264.

It might be worth checking if any post-processing is enabled (noise reduction, deinterlacing etc) as this will add to the cpu requirements.

What socket is the cely' ? you might be able to pick up a faster chip on the cheap as the celeron was rarely ever the fastest the platform could take (exception being the s370 days)

03-10-2007, 17:56	#15
keithwalton Inactive Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Southampton Age: 42 Posts: 1,089	Re: x264 PC requirements Yup check the cpu usage i'd suspect it would be hitting 100% quite easily. x264 is the most cpu intensive codec to date. The graphics card wont make any difference as your card wont be involved with any of the processing. Some of the more modern mainstream cards (nvidia 8600 and amd 2600, note not the 8800 or 2900) can offload some of the x264 decoding from the cpu and do it themselves. However all of these cards are pci-e. older cards can do some of the offloading but thats for codecs like mpeg 2 and not x264. It might be worth checking if any post-processing is enabled (noise reduction, deinterlacing etc) as this will add to the cpu requirements. What socket is the cely' ? you might be able to pick up a faster chip on the cheap as the celeron was rarely ever the fastest the platform could take (exception being the s370 days)