AMD and NVIDIA like to turn the technology Lucid QuickSync

While waiting for the debut of Intel Z68 should be the end of May, at Computex Taipei 2011, AMD and NVIDIA seems to have been put to work to develop a free software that can activate the Intel QuickSync even on systems that, Sandy Bridge as well as a CPU, using a discrete graphics card. As we all know the technology of home video decode acceleration Intel uses the integrated GPU in the second generation of Core processors, but only when the system is used exactly the same graphics chip.

Just plug in a discrete graphics card to completely disable all features, including QuickSync. At the moment there is already a solution that will make Intel even when the GPU is "off": Lucid Virtue is but an application fee which costs about $ 10 on the OEM market. Intel seems to have already acquired a certain number of licenses but not all motherboard manufacturers have agreed to add this additional cost to their products.

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