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[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What does NVENC do that VAAPI doesn’t?

[–] OR3X@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Speed. Unfortunately (at least the last time I looked into it) NVENC still beats the socks off of VAAPI in render times and I'm sure Nvidia likes it that way.

[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Isn’t that only on NVIDIA cards?