2025-03-24, 12:49 AM
You're not forced to use a dedicated GPU.
When people build a power-efficient media server machine, it's with the expectation that a CPU that contains an iGPU is used.
If possible, we recommend that you use an Intel CPU that has an iGPU so you can use QSV.
Intel GPUs produce really great transcoding results quality-wise.
And since the iGPU is part of the CPU, you save yourself the extra watts burned at idle from a discrete GPU.
When people build a power-efficient media server machine, it's with the expectation that a CPU that contains an iGPU is used.
If possible, we recommend that you use an Intel CPU that has an iGPU so you can use QSV.
Intel GPUs produce really great transcoding results quality-wise.
And since the iGPU is part of the CPU, you save yourself the extra watts burned at idle from a discrete GPU.