Nero encoding scale with processor speed?

[gamerguy76]

I've been testing Nero Recode 2 doing encoding in Standard AVC and it doesn't appear to scale with my processor speed. The encoding times seem to be the same from 2.0ghz to 3.0ghz. Is this normal? I always thought the faster the cpu speed the faster the encoding.

My system specs:

Athlon 64 x2 2.0ghz (can OC with water to 3.0ghz)
2gig ram
36 x 2 raptors (raid 0)
ATI x800

With autogk encoding in xivd, I get faster encodes as the cpu speed scales up, but it doesn't appear to work with nero recode 2. Another thing I notice is that the cpu usage on my dual cores is only 50 - 60%, it never maxes out at 100%. Seems its not optimized to use both cores.

Anyone have same results with nero recode 2? Am I missing something that would make my encodes not get faster as my cpu scales?

[aicjofs]

Another thing I notice is that the cpu usage on my dual cores is only 50 - 60%, it never maxes out at 100%. Seems its not optimized to use both cores.

My question too. I know this is old thread, but only thing I could find from searches.

Anyone have updated info? Seems a real waste of a 2nd CPU, I'm used to seeing 80-90% for most SMP aware apps, and 100% on the well tweaked ones.

[JohnV]

Recode will have multithreaded encoding in the next update along with High Profile.

[baer999]

Is in the next update only better codec with higher quality and speed or is there also a new GUI and special programmes for authoring and so on?

[aicjofs]

Thank You John.

Will the update be for 6.6 Nero Ultra users too? Or will future Recode 2 updates be only for Version 7? I can't seem to find a definitive answer in searches...

[JohnV]

There's some usability updates to the GUI.
I think future updates are for N7, not N6 anymore.