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graysky · 18th April 2007, 20:50

With all these news articles boasting a "more than 40% faster video encoding with SSE4 optimized video encoders, Intel promises" in the soon-to-be-released Penryn processor, I wanted to ask some x264 devs about this. As I understand it, the SSE4 instruction set is what will enable this speed increase in these new chips. What is the status of this in x264 and how soon after the release of these chips can we expect to see this gain? I ask because I'm almost ready to buy a Q6600/Intel P965 based system, but if the Penryn chips are really 40 % faster for x264 encoding, I may rethink the purchase.

Thanks for any info.

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graysky Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 429	question for the devs - x264.exe and SSE4 With all these news articles boasting a "more than 40% faster video encoding with SSE4 optimized video encoders, Intel promises" in the soon-to-be-released Penryn processor, I wanted to ask some x264 devs about this. As I understand it, the SSE4 instruction set is what will enable this speed increase in these new chips. What is the status of this in x264 and how soon after the release of these chips can we expect to see this gain? I ask because I'm almost ready to buy a Q6600/Intel P965 based system, but if the Penryn chips are really 40 % faster for x264 encoding, I may rethink the purchase. Thanks for any info. __________________ http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/359444.png