Hardware Acceleration - NVIDIA, Intel, AMD

Bandicam optimizes recording performance by using a hardware-accelerated H.264/HEVC/AV1 (NVIDIA, Intel, AMD) codec.
This allows you to record the target with high speed, high compression ratio, and excellent quality.

Hardware-accelerated H.264/HEVC (NVIDIA, Intel, AMD) video codec - Bandicam

If your graphics card supports the hardware-acceleration, you will be able to enhance the recording ability of Bandicam by using the GPU of the graphics card.

Nvidia NVENC Intel Quick Sync Video AMD VCE/VCN
OS Windows 7/8/10/11 Windows 7/8/10/11 Windows Vista, 7/8/10/11
Bandicam v2.4.0 or higher v3.1.1 or higher v4.6.1 or higher
Hardware Acceleration AV1, HEVC, H264 AV1, HEVC, H264 AV1, HEVC, H264
Graphics card GTX 600 or higher / HEVC: GM20x GPU i3, i5, i7 processors / HEVC: Skylake GPU HD 7700 or higher
Video resolution No limitations (4K Recording, 3840x2160) Haswell: 2560x1600, Pre-Haswell: 1920x1200 1920x1080
Description h264 recording, NVENC
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1. Nvidia® NVENC H.264, HEVC Encoder

If you use GTX 600 series or higher graphics cards, you will be able to use the Nvidia NVENC H264 encoder which allows you to record the target with high speed, high compression ratio, and excellent quality.

If you use GTX 950 series or higher graphics cards (Maxwell, GM20x), you will be able to use the Nvidia NVENC HEVC(H.265) encoder which is better at compression than the NVENC H.264 encoder.


2. Intel® Quick Sync Video H.264, HEVC Encoder

If you are using 2nd~4th generation Intel® Core™ i3/i5/i7 Processors, you may be able to enhance the recording ability of Bandicam by using the internal graphics of the CPU.

Bandicam 3.1.1 or a higher version supports Intel® Quick Sync Video H.264 encoder, so Bandicam users can record the target with high speed, high compression ratio, and excellent quality.


3. AMD VCE/VCN H.264, HEVC Encoder

If you are using an HD 7700 series or higher AMD graphics card, you may be able to enhance the recording ability of Bandicam by using the GPU of the graphics card.

Bandicam 4.6.1 or a higher version supports AMD VCE/VCN Acceleration, so Bandicam users can record the target with high speed, high compression ratio, and excellent quality.


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