MP3 Audio Encoding: Lame MP3
The Lame MP3 Encoder under Windows XP was used to convert a 178 MB sound file from a WAV format to an "MPEG-1 Layer 3" format. As shown in the chart, there are only marginal differences between the candidates as the performance depends primarily on the CPU.
Video Encoding MPEG-4: Virtual Dub And DivX 5.02 Pro
In this test, Asus, Aopen and Gigabyte produced the highest frame rates.
