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Can Lucidlogix Right Sandy Bridge’s Wrongs? Virtu, Previewed
Quick Sync was Intel's secret Sandy Bridge weapon, kept quiet for five years and unveiled at the very last moment. But there's a chance that desktop enthusiasts will miss out on that functionality. That is, unless Lucidlogix has anything to do with it.
Ultra Quality Settings, 4x AA / 16x AF, From Crushblow to The Krazzworks, 1920x1080, FRAPS, DirectX 9 Rendering
Benchmark Results: Video Transcoding
The entire reason to lust after an app like Virtu is its ability to expose access to the best features from one graphics vendor without blocking access to the capabilities from another vendor. In this case, we’re talking about Intel’s Quick Sync technology and the DirectX 11-based performance of modern discrete cards.
Before we jump into the 3D tests, let’s first be sure we’re getting the full benefit of Quick Sync.
With our display attached to Intel’s HD Graphics engine, CyberLink’s MediaEspresso 6.5 recognizes its capabilities immediately. With Quick Sync enabled, we converted our 1080p trailer of Death Race to an iPad-compatible (1024x768) video in 17 seconds. With acceleration turned off, the process took 1:31 on Intel’s quad-core Core i7-2600K.
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I'm pretty sure that Fusion only works with AMD parts, but the idea whould be the same. Anybody else remember this company's ads on the side of some of Tom's articles?
I suppose a multi-monitor setup, main screen for gaming on the discrete card (assuming game only uses that one screen), secondary on the Z68 Output of the Intel HD card, will not have any need for this, and just run perfectly.
This sounds like software technology that should be built straight into OS's, instead of added as separate layers... maybe OS manufacturer's need to wake up (*cough* Microsoft)
This is another absolutely useless piece of crap. Why in the world would you put deal with another stupid layer and why would you use Intel integrated graphic chip (or any integrated solution) along with your dedicated video card???
Conclusion of this article is...don't go with such nonsense solution.
