HEVC Encoder and settings

[Cyano]

Hi,
I just wanted to switch from x264 to HEVC encodes for my little collection, but I wonder what encoder and settings to use.
My main goal is quality at an acceptable speed, size doesn't really matter to me as long as it is below 10gb (including 1-2 audio tracks).

I played around with x265 (recent ffmpeg build with libx265 2.6 37, build by myself) crf 18 preset very slow + rd 4 + limit-tu 4, inta/inter tu 4 and limit-refs 3 for performance.

It still seems quite slow to me, while quality is on, it could have a few Moor details her and there.

I also thought about using nvenc (gtx1060) but in my experience hwa encodes look mostly worse then CPU. Anyone an idea how it works with hevc (only tried h264 myself) with higher bitrates?

Info: Content mixed don't want to use 10bit

Thanks for your suggestions.

[LigH.de]

My recommendation: If you prefer an "acceptable speed", stay with x264.

[jagabo]

If you want speed -- use a faster preset.

[hdfills]

cpu encode is always better from what ive found in the thousands of encodes ive done - the gtx1060 does a pretty good job in staxrip with the right settings but i use ripbot myself for my x265 encodes with great results but alot slower than x264