

Intel has held the line on price, at least publicly, since Skylake-X launched last year, but we could still see a shakeup the next time HEDT is refreshed. Assuming you have a Kaby-Lake processor, you should be able to use the QSV hardware for both 8-bit and 10-bit HEVC encoding/decoding. Intel has multiple options available, including stepping up memory channels and core counts to more aggressively compete with AMD’s Threadripper.

Version 6 (Kaby Lake) The Kaby Lake microarchitecture adds full fixed-function H.265/HEVC. It’ll be interesting to see how the HEDT platform continues to evolve now that Coffee Lake has introduced six-core CPUs to the desktop. I meant fixed hardware acceleration (Intel Quick Sync). Version 6 (Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake, Whiskey Lake, Comet Lake): The Kaby Lake. While we gave the nod to the Ryzen 7 2700X as the better overall chip at the top of the market, the 8700K is still an excellent processor with unmatched single-thread performance, while six-core Core i5s offer excellent scaling in their own right.įor several years, there’s been a rumor that Intel would attempt to move enthusiasts over to the HEDT space entirely by shifting its overclockable and higher-clock CPUs over to that market. Intel Quick Sync Video is Intels brand for its dedicated video encoding and. But once the six-core, high single-core clock Core i7-8700K was in market, there was simply no way to justify Kaby Lake X.

QUICKSYNC KABY LAKE UPGRADE
In a world where the Core i7-8700K didn’t exist, the Core i7-7740X at least offered marginally higher clocks at the same price point and the option to upgrade to a higher core-count CPU at a later date.
