davedick 17 Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 My Emby setup currently has a 1660TI, which I used the unlock patch. I was curious on if anybody upgraded their Emby rig to a 30 series graphics card and if so, what improvement/benefits, etc did you notice? I noticed that I can get a few more simulations transcodes between the two, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Hi, you might find some helpful info here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4266 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 You will find that the it is the number of nvdec/nvenc pipelines and card memory that largely determine the number of transcodes - the 3D performance of the card is irrelevant. A 1660Ti has 6Gb Mem, so this is why it is limited to only 5 streams. As an example (and proven in the graphs shown above) - my 6 year old GTX 1070 (8Gb) can transcode just as many 4K streams as an RTX 3050/70/80 (8Gb model) with 6 streams ! The higher memory 30xx models can of course transcode more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davedick 17 Posted May 25, 2022 Author Share Posted May 25, 2022 16 hours ago, rbjtech said: You will find that the it is the number of nvdec/nvenc pipelines and card memory that largely determine the number of transcodes - the 3D performance of the card is irrelevant. A 1660Ti has 6Gb Mem, so this is why it is limited to only 5 streams. As an example (and proven in the graphs shown above) - my 6 year old GTX 1070 (8Gb) can transcode just as many 4K streams as an RTX 3050/70/80 (8Gb model) with 6 streams ! The higher memory 30xx models can of course transcode more. I looked at the site that Luke mentioned which I see it shows the 3050 and 3070 having the same number, which I assumed was based on the amount of vRam. If the amount of ram does help with the concurrent number of transcodes, would it be wrong to think that a 3060 12 GB would be better to have compared to a 3060 TI? Of course when I look at the Nvidia Encode/Decode list, they only have 3060 laptop listed. Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix [NEW] | NVIDIA Developer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4266 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, davedick said: If the amount of ram does help with the concurrent number of transcodes, would it be wrong to think that a 3060 12 GB would be better to have compared to a 3060 TI? Simply put - yes. A 12Gb 3060 should be able to transcode double the number of 4K streams of any 6Gb model. The decode/encode pipelines have improved over generations of cards (quality/speed/codecs etc) so it's not JUST about memory - but that is THE significant factor when transcoding 4K content as each stream takes ~1Gb of memory, regardless of the card capabilities. Edited May 25, 2022 by rbjtech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RanmaCanada 345 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Honestly for the price you are better off upgrading the CPU in your system for an 11th or 12th gen Intel and just use Quicksync. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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