Best quite nvidia gpu for 4K video encoding?

a5ian300zx

Hi,

I wanted to ask if anyone can recommend a good nvidia gpu for encodig 4k videos?

it has to be quite as possible, I was thinking of 1070ti due to the cuda cores and did have try out of the nvidia p600 which was good but slower at encoding.

or if the 1080ti is that much better than the 1070ti for video encoding only I do not game at all. and from the 1070ti or 1080ti which are the quietest cards?

Any feedback will be appreciated.

Thanks

EndlessWaves

There are three things you can use to handle the bulk of the encoding

1. CPU.

2. General Purpose GPU. (CUDA/OpenCL)

3. Dedicated encoder hardware (NVENC/VCN/Quicksync)

Both #2 and #3 are included on the graphics card, so graphics card encoding can mean either.

Also #3 being dedicated only handles certainly formats, so details about which formats you're encoding to and how many simultaneous encodes you're doing would be helpful.

Generally with dedicated encoder hardware all the graphics cards of the same generation perform similarly on a single encode, with the higher end models mainly differing in their ability to handle more encodes at once.

If you're using GP-GPU encoding then the more power the better really, up to whatever noise limit you find acceptable (the 1080ti is the more powerful/hungry GPU so is harder to keep quiet, but actual noise levels vary between cards).

a5ian300zx

could anyone advise who owns a 1070ti if its quiet or silent for everyday use. I see some mention that in low usage ie not gaming the fans run quite.

Thanks

next010

QuietPC have a fanless 1050 Ti if thats good enough, it does support nvenc.

a5ian300zx

I don't want a fanless one as they are not powerful enough for my encoding needs and dont mind fan as long as its quite.

I did have a 1030 fanless card and p600 which had fan but was fine in terms of noise level.

Thanks for the recommendation.

a5ian300zx

ok, ended up with a palit jetstream 1080ti fan is off on low loads and when it does come on its very quite.

the only downside is that it will take up 3 pci express slots but that's due to the larger cooling.

Thanks

a5ian300zx

I have ended up swapping the Palit 1080Ti Jetstream with a EVGA 1080Ti SC Black both cards are great but i need that PCIE slot back.  

Both cards fan start when it hit 60c and even when I re-encode and do general browsing the fans do not come on, I have the EVGA setup on a custom very low fan curve as I do not game just general browsing and encoding etc.

Bigfingers

A watercooled 1080ti with a d5 pump turned down with 420mm rad and some 140mm fans running at 500rpm and you've cracked it.