Kaby Lake Quick Sync; thoughts, opinions?

[ziggy1971]

I'm thinking of getting a new Kaby Lake for encoding H.265 10-bit, but I'd like to hear from others who have already tried and tested the latest hardware.

I currently have a Skylake, but doesn't support 10-bit HEVC encoding.

On another note, how significant is the difference between 8-bit and 10-bit h/x264 and h/x265 encoding.
Yeah, BIG can of worms here.

[ezcapper]

if you have desktop, with bios update, you probably can just take out your skylake chip and put in a $45 kaby lake one to try it out:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1304310-REG/intel_bx80677g3930_celeron_g3930_2_9_ghz.html

The top of the desktop consumer level line hd 630 is about double the price:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G57M0421&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-...Q&gclsrc=aw.ds

here is intel's datasheet on the desktop kaby lake processors that covers quick sync performance:

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/core/7th-gen-core-family-desktop-s-p...eet-vol-1.html

I have a celeron coming in the mail from germany. When it arrives, I will post results