Cuda Encoding Feedback: Anybody?

[themaster1]

I'm on the verge to buy a graphic card (Ge Force) but i don't know which one as i don't know exactly what can be expected with Cuda in terms of speed and quality.

The main reason is that my processor is a Pentium 4 3 ghz so you can imagine it's a challenge to encode HD videos or even decode HD videos.

I think the best app supporting Cuda currently is Mediacoder so i wanna know what are the speed gains, card model you use and the quality of the encoded videos.

Thanks

[jagabo]

http://forum.videohelp.com/topic370477.html

On my system converting a 720x576 DVD rip to MP4 (no cropping or resize), I get around 8fps using x264, using Media Coder's CUDA encoder I get around 40fps.

This is the first CUDA encoder I have seen with some decent options. 6 to 7 times speed increase

Those guys seemed to have pretty slow systems like yours.