GPU Transcoding Throwdown: Elemental’s Badaboom vs. AMD’s Avivo Video Converter

Two applications, both running parts of their code on the GPU are now available for end users to transcode video. As of Catalyst 8.12, all AMD Radeon HD 4800 and 4600 owners get access to a free GPU accelerated video transcoder designed to compete with Elemental’s Badaboom, the world’s first video transcoder developed in CUDA. Here’s a hint: only one of them…

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