I got an E6600 running at 3Ghz. (old rig was an Opteron 165)
I don't have a good video card yet but I did compress some video: (AutoGK)
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Output codec: XviD
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Audio 1: English AC3 6ch
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Subtitles: none
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Format: AVI
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Target size: 1200Mb
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Audio 1 settings: Auto
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Started encoding.
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Demuxing and indexing.
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Processing file: F:\TEMP\BLAH\VTS_01_1.VOB
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Source resolution: 720x480
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Found NTSC source.
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Source aspect ratio: 16:9
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Source seems to be pure FILM.
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Color correction enabled.
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Output will contain 253583 frames
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Audio1 size: 592,281,088 bytes (564.84 Mb)
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Overhead: 1,762,816 bytes (1.68 Mb)
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Video size: 664,247,296 bytes (633.48 Mb)
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Running compressibility test.
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Duration was: 3 minutes 22 seconds
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Speed was: 62.56 fps.
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Compressibility percentage is: 22.33
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Using softer matrix.
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Using softer resizer.
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Chosen resolution is: 512x288 ( AR: 1.78 )
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Predicted comptest value is: 58.91%
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Running first pass.
[2/1/2007 11:33:01 AM] Duration was: 26 minutes 24 seconds
[2/1/2007 11:33:01 AM] Speed was: 160.05 fps.
[2/1/2007 11:33:01 AM] Expected quality of first pass size: 56.34%
[2/1/2007 11:33:01 AM] Running second pass.
[2/1/2007 12:05:56 PM] Duration was: 32 minutes 54 seconds
[2/1/2007 12:05:56 PM] Speed was: 128.44 fps.
[2/1/2007 12:05:56 PM] Job finished. Total time: 1 hour, 5 minutes 5 seconds
2Hrs 55min MPEG2 -> 2pass Xvid = ~1 hour.
I know I am late to the party but, I am pretty pleased!
I don't have a good video card yet but I did compress some video: (AutoGK)
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Output codec: XviD
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Audio 1: English AC3 6ch
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Subtitles: none
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Format: AVI
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Target size: 1200Mb
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Audio 1 settings: Auto
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Started encoding.
[2/1/2007 11:00:50 AM] Demuxing and indexing.
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Processing file: F:\TEMP\BLAH\VTS_01_1.VOB
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Source resolution: 720x480
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Found NTSC source.
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Source aspect ratio: 16:9
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Source seems to be pure FILM.
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Color correction enabled.
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Output will contain 253583 frames
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Audio1 size: 592,281,088 bytes (564.84 Mb)
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Overhead: 1,762,816 bytes (1.68 Mb)
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Video size: 664,247,296 bytes (633.48 Mb)
[2/1/2007 11:03:14 AM] Running compressibility test.
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Duration was: 3 minutes 22 seconds
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Speed was: 62.56 fps.
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Compressibility percentage is: 22.33
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Using softer matrix.
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Using softer resizer.
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Chosen resolution is: 512x288 ( AR: 1.78 )
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Predicted comptest value is: 58.91%
[2/1/2007 11:06:37 AM] Running first pass.
[2/1/2007 11:33:01 AM] Duration was: 26 minutes 24 seconds
[2/1/2007 11:33:01 AM] Speed was: 160.05 fps.
[2/1/2007 11:33:01 AM] Expected quality of first pass size: 56.34%
[2/1/2007 11:33:01 AM] Running second pass.
[2/1/2007 12:05:56 PM] Duration was: 32 minutes 54 seconds
[2/1/2007 12:05:56 PM] Speed was: 128.44 fps.
[2/1/2007 12:05:56 PM] Job finished. Total time: 1 hour, 5 minutes 5 seconds
2Hrs 55min MPEG2 -> 2pass Xvid = ~1 hour.
I know I am late to the party but, I am pretty pleased!