ATI Stream Technology- Thoughts and Comments Welcom

[king smp]

I have a Core2Duo 3.0ghz and a HD 5670
I downloaded the AMD Media Codecs and have been trying out the GPU assisted encoding/decoding/transcoding.

I used Cyberlink Power Director 9 which uses ATI Stream tech.
I encoded and burned a 700mb avi/mpeg4/xvid video with MP3 audio
I did see my GPU usage around %5-%25
with average CPU usage about 90% between both cores.
It took 39:25 minutes to burn to disk

Then I used DVD Flick (freeware dvd authoring) and did the same
file
I used 2 threads,fastest encode setting and normal priority for threads.
It burned the disc in 39:54 minutes to disk.

So I am not impressed by the GPU encoding.

I do know using the AMD Media Transoder I get better times than
with Handbrake and Format Factory and see a higher usage of GPU.
It uses about 25%-50% of GPU.

So it seems that Power Director 9 programming is lacking?

This tech is really interesting.
Seems that the future is using the GPU as a secondary Parallel Processing
GPCPU but the software develompent is still behind the times.

I was wondering what other Toms members experiences and results have been.

Especially curious about 6XXX card owners and Nvidia CUDA owner
experiences.

Any rants, raves and opinions are welcome

Thanks

 

[king smp]

Not Steam
ATI STREAM
http://www.amd.com/US/PRODUCTS/TECHNOLOGIES/STREAM-TECHNOLOGY/Pages/stream-technology.aspx

using GPU to accelerate applications

 

[king smp]

more examples here
http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/stream-technology/consumer/Pages/entertainment.aspx

 

[king smp]

I just got out of the doctors office after being there over 8 hours
I am surprised I can even spell right LOL

 

[king smp]

Sweet shoot me list of links on Newegg
I am pretty positive I want to go with a ii x 3 in the next six months

Can I reuse my DDR2-800 with a ii X 3 system?

 

[king smp]

One day in the future I am going to bug you about a good choice of AM2+
mobos
With what I got now
all i need is a mobo,case,cpu and PSU
I was thinking of NZXT cheapie case, II x 3 rana,corsair or antec PSU and
a decent cheap mobo.
hopefully for about $200 or so
i can do that build around December/January
just move everything else over

I have been studying AMD mobos and chipsets
still really weak on those

the 990gx you mention is the best isnt it?
Bulldozer ready?
that is a AM3 chipset?

 

[king smp]

Ok
Still alot of learning to go LOL
I will have to wikipedia AMD sockets and chipsets

What is Zambezi?

Do you have any good links to upcoming Bulldozer,Zambezi,Llano tech?

 

[king smp]

just saw this
http://www.techpowerup.com/134739/AMD-Zambezi-Bulldozer-Desktop-CPU-Roadmap-Revealed.html
so Zambezi is a desktop CPU in the Bulldozer family
And Llano is the notebook CPU?

 

[king smp]

to quote

*your graphics processor does not support ATI stream acceleration *
is what Xilisoft says.....Cyberlink Expresso saw no difference with GPU acceleration on/off.....

I know the HD 5670 supports Ati Stream so I am not sure
what you mean by that statement?

 

[king smp]

sure
right now I have 13 towers and laptops combined
though 9 of them are not currently hooked but they do work

So I guess that makes me a Freak? LOL

@ something I might want but do not have?

PM about that one

 

[king smp]

Greghome
did you mean the HD 6950 doesnt support ATI Stream
Because I cant believe that either

 

[king smp]

Here you go Mal
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/306767-28-systems-have

Let the games begin!

 

[king smp]

bigger freak than me with all those not even connected...

9 of them are piece of crap P4 2.8 HTs that I sell cheap for basic browser computer
Popular in the Economically Challenged Urban Blight Zone (NJ Ghetto/Barrio) LOL

so not very impressive to say the least

I thought of running a big Network Rendering cluster with them
but the crappy electric wiring in this 150 year old house would melt down

 

[king smp]

The 6950 supports ATI stream, but it only seems to work with AMD's avivo video converter
Most 3rd part video converter softwares i've tried seems to not be able to properly recognize my oddball 1GB card, that's suppose to come with 2GB,

Though i've only tried a few, so........any recommendation ?
preferably ones i dont have to pay for? :lol:

Off the top of my head they were all paid software

Cyberlink Power Director
Cyberlink MediaShow Expresso
Maybe Vegas Pro 8

 

[king smp]

also Dvd Fab newer versions
cool link
http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/stream-technology/consumer/Pages/entertainment.aspx
there is a demo under the Ati stream gaming section in that link
I want to try
http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/stream-technology/consumer/Pages/gaming.aspx

also got to study up on OpenCL

Nvidia CUDA is more widely supported

but hopefully OpenCL will become the universal standard
instead of NVidia and AMD competing with two different standards
it will actually help both of them out if it becomes standardized

 

[king smp]

I am not sure about Vegas Pro
I have Vegas Pro 8
I have to try a small render job to test it out
I get an average of about 10%-30% usage with Power Director 9

I need to get the latest DVD Fab
I have DVD Fab 6 but only the newer versions support Ati Stream

I believe OpenCL is a open project
hopefully will become the standard
take a look at this
http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/stream-technology/opencl/pages/opencl.aspx

I am not sure if Nvidia has used it yet
they are doing ok with CUDA so dont know if they will
It would benefit the both of them to have a open standard
they would sell more cards
unless they want the licensing money

 

[king smp]

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