First Test Intel Arrow Lake CPU X264 1440p stream test
I spent last night testing the CPU’s compute power to run a stream at 1440p using the x264 encoder to see how well it would hold up.
- Test setup
- CPU Intel Core 7 265K Arrow Lake
- Thermal paste Splave One
- Motherboard AsRock Z890 Taichi OCF
- Ram Vcolor 8600MHz DDR5 CU-Dimm
- CPU cooler lan Li 360AIO
- capture card Elgato 4K 60 pro
- PSU G skill 1200 Watt
- GPU gigabyte 6900 XTX Aorus Extreme
My first struggle was learning the new platform and understanding that the CPU overclock I had initially set wasn’t stable. Once I realized this, I proceeded to run a couple of test streams, which resulted in unbearable lag, so I had to dial it back. The sweet spot is finding the balance between CPU overclock and temperature to ensure the CPU doesn’t overheat during streaming. It’s crucial to run some lengthy test streams to determine where your cooler becomes saturated, while also monitoring for any lag when high-action scenes occur. Once I ruled out all those bugs, it was time to fine-tune the settings to eliminate pixelation and blockiness by adjusting my motion estimation, partition setup, and other parameters.
This is my first test with it. I do plan on seeing if I can clean up the image quality further, and I’ll rerun the test.
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