IS AMD encoding working better than previously?

[Nexblitzer]

So originally i heard a lot of stuff about AMD's VCE and it having multiple issues making in unstable for encoding. This was related to there Adrenalin drivers if i remember correctly, and after having hearing that in the Feb update they fixed most of there drivers issues, was wondering if they had fixed that as well. I don't actually own a card, i'm just wanting to know if that's true.

[Levent]

It actually depends on the version of VCE your card has, early generation GCN cards always had issues with video encoding. I am not sure about latest generation cards but knowing AMD, I wouldnt expect anything to be fixed, ever.

[Mateyyy]

I'm not sure how stable VCE is nowadays on Navi, but regardless if you're looking to get the best quality I'd consider Turing NVENC instead for encoding, so Nvidia.

[5x5]

I've never had issues with the encoder and assuming you're using decently stable software, it should be fine.

15 minutes ago, Levent said:

It actually depends on the version of VCE your card has, early generation GCN cards always had issues with video encoding. I am not sure about latest generation cards but knowing AMD, I wouldnt expect anything to be fixed, ever.

Sweeping generalisations aren't helpful. The current drivers are very much fine and have been for quite a while. Not sure what you're getting at considering we've seen everyone have drive hiccups occasionally - intel, Nvidia, Samsung and etc.

[Nexblitzer]

1 minute ago, 5x5 said:

I've never had issues with the encoder and assuming you're using decently stable software, it should be fine.

Sweeping generalisations aren't helpful. The current drivers are very much fine and have been for quite a while. Not sure what you're getting at considering we've seen everyone have drive hiccups occasionally - intel, Nvidia, Samsung and etc.

Sooo, you have a 5700XT. And specifically what Software have you used?

[5x5]

2 minutes ago, Nexblitzer said:

Sooo, you have a 5700XT. And specifically what Software have you used?

5700 XT no, I've used slightly older cards with OBS, AMDs own utility and a few other streaming and video editing suites. Never really had issues that differ from what I experience on my current Nvidia card - most issues are down to the software suites these days

[WereCatf]

35 minutes ago, Nexblitzer said:

IS AMD encoding working better than previously?

Dunno about stability, but quality, yes, that definitely is an issue as AMD GPUs produce a lot, lot worse quality than anything else. See e.g. the video below from Eposvox for more info:

 

[Levent]

19 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

I've never had issues with the encoder and assuming you're using decently stable software, it should be fine.

Sweeping generalisations aren't helpful. The current drivers are very much fine and have been for quite a while. Not sure what you're getting at considering we've seen everyone have drive hiccups occasionally - intel, Nvidia, Samsung and etc.

As someone who used AMD cards over a decade, I would be fine with "occasional" issues however in reality issues were constant. I used 3 generation of GCN cards (and also earlier cards) and all of them had issues with video decoding, encoding and with DRM. Knowing how bad AMD drivers were just before I sold my last AMD card a month ago, I am going to stick with my first hand experience.

[Nexblitzer]

19 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

Dunno about stability, but quality, yes, that definitely is an issue as AMD GPUs produce a lot, lot worse quality than anything else. See e.g. the video below from Eposvox for more info:

 

I have actually seen that video that EposVox does, that was a while ago, and because the fixed drivers came out, i was wondering if that was a resolved issue.

[5x5]

54 minutes ago, Levent said:

As someone who used AMD cards over a decade, I would be fine with "occasional" issues however in reality issues were constant. I used 3 generation of GCN cards (and also earlier cards) and all of them had issues with video decoding, encoding and with DRM. Knowing how bad AMD drivers were just before I sold my last AMD card a month ago, I am going to stick with my first hand experience.

Funnily enough I've had pretty much the same amount of issues over the decade on a corporate level with both all AMD generations dating back to terrascale 2 and Nvidia dating back to Fermi. Issues were similar I cannot in good faith say we've had more issues on one than the other.

[grayperview]

Fury was ok with H.264 for streaming I haven't stream with the 5700XT since upgrading, I have with encoded videos using .h265 on 5700XT and it is really good, super fast super high quality.