ATI Avivo encoding + HIS X1800XT + Opteron 170 dual core

Xmas day and what better way than to play with new toys

Time to test out ATI's Avivo software with my 512MB HIS X1800XT on my Opteron 170 dual core cpu to see what's all the fuss about

Required software:

• ATI Avivo Video converter for X1800 series cards http://i4memory.com/X1800XT/AvivoVideoConverter.zip OR
• Hacked ATI Avivo Video converter for use with any video cards ATI or nVidia (i think) http://i4memory.com/X1800XT/AvivoVideoConverter1_12_anycard.zip
• For X1800 series cards you need Catalyst 5.13 from www.ati.com

Source video files to work from:

• ToyShop (91MB) http://www2.ati.com/multimedia/radeonx1k/ATI-Demo-ToyShop-v1.1.zip
• T2 trailer (92.5MB) http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/5/0/15092c6c-5af1-4208-b5e2-54af6f1009a4/T2_720.exe
• Taxi 3 1080P (161.9MB) http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/e/a/ceaf0def-8889-4462-9616-7ce4246569ae/Taxi_3_1080.exe
• Speed 1080P (128.2MB) http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/d/5/fd5bdd21-f1ac-426a-adf1-d3d105b448d3/Speed_1080.exe

System

Opteron 170 CCBWE 0546XPMW cooled by Corsair Hydrocool 200EX
DFI NF4 UT SLI-DR R.AB0 11/14-3 bios
512MB HIS X1800XT with Cat 5.13 drivers
4x 80GB Hitachi 7K80 SATAII Raid 0 OS drive
1x 250GB Maxtor Maxline Plus II PATA
Pioneer DVD Burner
Floppy drive
650W Silverstone SLI PSU

WinXP Pro SP2
NF4 6.53WHQL chipset drivers
DivX 6.1 codec

Using 2x 1GB OCZ PC4000EB Platinum 3-3-2-8 rated memory

Results
All conversions are done in the same windows session for each cpu speed clock i.e. 2000mhz, 2400mhz, 2600mhz and 2800mhz.



:: @10x200HTT = 2000mhz @200mhz 3-3-2-5 7-14-2223 ::

Source: Toyshop WMV file (91MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (56.9MB)
Conversion Time: 53 seconds

Source: T2 720P WMV file (92.5MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (33.5MB)
Conversion Time: 38 seconds

Source: Speed 1080P WMV file (128.2MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (54.2MB)
Conversion Time: 1m 12 seconds

Source: Taxi 3 1080P WMV file (161.9MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (41.4MB)
Conversion Time: 1m 14 seconds

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:: @10x240HTT = 2400mhz @240mhz 3-3-2-5 7-14-2223 ::

Source: Toyshop WMV file (91MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (56.9MB)
Conversion Time: 44 seconds

Source: T2 720P WMV file (92.5MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (33.5MB)
Conversion Time: 43 seconds << weird repeated a few times and slower than @2000mhz ???

Source: Speed 1080P WMV file (128.2MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (54.2MB)
Conversion Time: 1m 00 seconds

Source: Taxi 3 1080P WMV file (161.9MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (41.4MB)
Conversion Time: 1m 03 seconds

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:: @10x260HTT = 2600mhz @260mhz 3-3-2-5 7-14-2223 ::

Source: Toyshop WMV file (91MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (56.9MB)
Conversion Time: 41 seconds
Notes:
- Well Dinos got the same conversion time with ATI X800 video card with Cat 5.12 drivers and the hacked Avivo video converter http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?p=31423#post31423 !
- X1800XT's benefit then not yet implemented by ATI ?????

Source: T2 720P WMV file (92.5MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (33.5MB)
Conversion Time: 43 seconds << weird repeated a few times and slower than @2000mhz ???
Notes:
- Again Dinos with ATI X800, was 2 seconds faster http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?p=31426#post31426 ??

Source: Speed 1080P WMV file (128.2MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (54.2MB)
Conversion Time: 55 seconds
Notes:
- Same time as Dinos with ATI X800 http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?p=31427#post31427

Source: Taxi 3 1080P WMV file (161.9MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (41.4MB)
Conversion Time: 57 seconds
Notes:
- My time was 2 seconds faster than Dinos with ATI X800 http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?p=31427#post31427

Could be related to Dinos' DivX codec version differences ?

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:: @10x280HTT = 2800mhz @280mhz 3-3-2-5 7-14-2223 ::

Source: Toyshop WMV file (91MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (56.7MB) <- file 0.2MB smaller ?
Conversion Time: 40 seconds

Source: T2 720P WMV file (92.5MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (32.7MB) <- file 0.2MB smaller ?
Conversion Time: 40 seconds << weird repeated a few times and slower than @2000mhz but faster than at 2400mhz and 2600mhz ???

Source: Speed 1080P WMV file (128.2MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (54.2MB)
Conversion Time: 52 seconds

Source: Taxi 3 1080P WMV file (161.9MB)
Settings: Highest quality
Output format: MPEG-4 DivX (41.4MB)
Conversion Time: 53 seconds

Judging by the times, maybe the source files aren't long enough to show a more accurate conversion time ?
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Graph below displays the above results for easy viewing.



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It seems Avivo still needs a few improvements as the times between Dinos using ATI X800 with Cat 5.12 are really no different from the above results using ATI X1800XT with Cat 5.13. It maybe that the source files are too short and thus not as accurate ?

I believe ATI's current Avivo Xcode is CPU based only - so will have to wait for the future versions to take advantage of X1800XT GPU ?

Any suggestions for other tests ?





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Deathmans gonna like this, he has been wondering about this.

yeah more results

well it seems DivX Create from divx.com on Opteron 170 dual cpu by default uses only cpu0 to max 50% of cpu load - if i use task manager to assign the app to cpu0 and cpu1 it uses 50-80% cpu resources so probably needs more improvement.

Now i used my Matrix Reloaded region 4 dvd and used DVDShrink (disabled split VOB at 1GB sizes) to re-encode output a 4.13GB sized VOB file of just the matrix main movie.

Using ATI AvivoXcode app, i converted the 4.13GB VOB file to MPEG-4 DIVX Highest Quality file and it produced a 694MB single divx avi file @2000mhz stock opteron 170 in 11mins 04s

Playing it back on DivX Player, the divx avi file has excellent quality

Going to plug the 4.13GB VOB file into DivX Create to see - only prob is DivX Create app doesn't show a completion time at the end so no idea how long it takes to complete.

edit: Using DivX Create with cpu0 + cpu1 assigned and loaded 4.13GB VOB to convert to Divx 700MB file so far at 2000mhz stock Opteron 170

- it's done only 30% completed in 49mins 11s
- 37% in 60mins
- 40% in 65mins
- 44% in 70mins
- 50% in 79mins

so much slower

took too long so ended it and clocked Opteron 170 to @2600mhz and reran DivX Create process of the 4.13GB VOB file

- 82% in 90mins averaging 72-75% cpu utilisation
- 87% in 93.5mins
- 92% in 98mins
- 99% in 104mins

Sooooo..
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Opteron 170 @10x260HTT = 2600mhz at 1.312v

Matrix Reloaded 4.13GB VOB file
convert to Divx

Avivo Xcode output as 694MB sized MPEG-4 DivX highest quality = 8min 42s

vs

DivX Create out as 700MB Divx file = 105mins


But major bug found in Avivo Xcode = the resulting divx avi file is only 1hr 16mins long while the full movie is meant to be 2hrs 11mins long. So for some reason the Avivo app didn't finish the rest of the conversion ??? So estimating it would of really took Avivo Xcode 15mins to process the full 2hrs 11min VOB file if it did it properly!

DivX Create converter managed to do the full 2hrs 11mins of the Matrix Reloaded movie VOB fine.

no **** wow. I think I am gonna have to try that myself My X1800XT is here today.

RangerXLT8 said:

Deathmans gonna like this, he has been wondering about this.

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AH HA Now this is what I'm looking for hehehe. Totally missed this, but im going to try it out ASAP