Is the Nvidia P400 still a good encoder?

[janos]

Hi, the question is basically in the subject. I've been using a 1060 GTX in my server but now I need it in a gaming rig and I was wondering what would be a good video card specifically for encoding purposes. I happened upon some threads which recommended the P400 but they were 2 years old and I'm curious if it's still the case or not. Thanks.

[nyanmisaka]

P400 comes with 256 cuda cores and 2GB of VRAM. This makes it even inferior to some Intel iGPUs.

Compared to 1060, this is a downgrade. But if it's for personal use only, it should perform just fine. Otherwise it can easily run out of memory.

https://www.nvidia.com/content/dam/en-zz...503-r1.pdf

[janos]

I know it's a downgrade but usually it's 1 stream, maybe 3 max. I got myself a gaming laptop 2 years ago, that's when the 1060 became a "spare" but now I want to use it in a gaming rig again. The NAS is a lower end AMD CPU which can't even handle 1 stream.

Can you recommend an alternative? Or a thread with recommendation. Thanks.

[TheDreadPirate]

3 streams shouldn't be a problem for the P400. But if you are spending money on a GPU for the sole purpose of transcoding, your money would be better spent on an Intel Arc GPU.