Hi all
I have a R9 290 AMD card, but dont seem be able to encode…whats the cheapest nvidia card to buy to use, (and what feuture in the card is used so i can check older cards to see if they support this FUTURE.
Regards
Least expensive is probably a GTX 1050 or 1050 Ti.
See NVIDIA encode/decode matrix. You want a card that decodes H.265 4:2:0 10-bit video (i.e. 4K HDR Blu-ray movies).
See elpamsoft for transcoding performance of various Nvidia cards. Nvidia limits the GTX cards to three simultaneous encodes. Modified drivers are available to bypass the limit. Elpamsoft has info.
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Thx. Can u point me to where to download the modified driver?
The 1030 wont cut it maby?
Regards
As mentioned, 1050 and see the Elpamsoft page.
i checked the list on site, dont see the NVS315 in list…its not supported ?
What is a NVS315?
That GPU is too old.
on the list is older GPU’s…so how now?
Plex uses NVENC/NVDEC for hardware acceleration with Nvidia cards (reference).
Nvidia rolled out NVENC/NVDEC with their Kepler architecture cards (reference).
The Nvidia Quadro NVS 315 is based on the Fermi architecture (reference). Fermi was released in 2010 (reference), which predates Kepler, and does not support NVENC/NVDEC.
Find a card that decodes the desired codecs.
- 4K HDR movies use 10-bit HEVC/H.265 4:2:0 video.
- HD movies on Blu-ray use AVC/H.264 and (rarely) VC-1.
- Movies on DVD use MPEG2.
The card also has to encode to H.264, so that rules out the 1030 (Plex encodes all video to 8-bit, AVC/H.264).
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ok understand. ijust try the cheapest solution to satisfy other users of my server who get it for free…if u understand
Understand completely. Many GPU cards are crazy expensive right now. Hopefully you can find one at a decent price.
Is h265 support a must?
Also, can u load modified drivers on windows or is it linux only?
Link to a YouTube vid what can show me how maby?
Also is the p400 a beter option than 1050?
H265 is needed if you want to transcode 4K movies.
Look to the Elpamsoft site for driver availability / download info and performance information (p400 vs 1050).
I don’t know if there is a YouTube video, etc.
Determine which video formats you want/need.
Use the Nvidia page to find a list of possible cards.
Use the Elpamsoft page to narrow the list based on performance.
Then see which ones fit your budget.
U think a 2nd gen i3 will work, or i5 3rd gen?
How many streams will it be able to handle?
And if i have intel cpu and nvidia gpu…does both do encoding or only cpu or gpu one at a time?
Does intel quick sync encode all needed or only some formats?
Noticed on another thread you mentioned you have a 9th gen i5.
The internal GPU in the i5 will handle your transcode requirements. It can decode HEVC video.
If you do not need the R9 290 for other purposes, pull it from the system. Plex will then use the i5’s internal GPU.
If you want to keep the R9 290 in the system, see this site. It details how to use the Intel internal GPU for Plex with the R9 290 still installed.
https://erik.ellsinger.me/how-to-use-integrated-graphics-for-plex-transcoding/
To specifically answer your questions:
To transcode 4K HDR movies, you’ll want a 7th gen Intel GPU or later. Earlier versions do not support HEVC video.
If you do not care about HEVC video, you can go with a 2nd gen - 6th gen CPU. However, the quality of video generated by those earlier generations is not the best, especially 2nd & 3rd gen.
Plex would fall back from the Nvidia GPU to the CPU, not to the internal Intel graphics.
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i see my i5 9400f dont have quick sync as it dont have build in gpu.
So to force the server to use the GPU rather, i can disable the onboard gpu in bios?
I missed that it was an F model without QSV.
You’ll need to add a Nvidia GPU to your system.
Apologies for the confusion.
all fine, but im buying a i5 2400…and then ill get nvidia later…i just disable the cpu gpu then or what to do?
Honestly getting a Intel 8th, 9th 10th gen CPU with quick sync is the best option: [Official] HP S01-pf1013w Owner’s Thread and Review - Resources / Hardware - serverbuilds.net Forums
I bought a HP 290 with a Celeron 8th gen and I can get 10-15 transcode pretty easy…
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