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> The reason the Radeon HD 6000 is not supported for hardware accelerated encoding is simply because it did not have a video encoding ASIC to use. Doesn’t this
by marmaduke 6y ago
> The reason the Radeon HD 6000 is not supported for hardware accelerated encoding is simply because it did not have a video encoding ASIC to use.
Doesn’t this prove the broader point that GPGPU cross platform would benefit everyone? A new codec is written.. and everyone gets to use it not just those with fixed function support.
- zamadatix 6y agoNo, it proves fixed function hardware outperforms general purpose hardware for the task it's made for. Without the fixed function hardware the GPU is worse suited for the task than a general purpose CPU.