Asus Commando

Xvid Encoding:

We tested video encoding performance using VirtualDub-MPEG version 1.6.15 and a multithreaded version of the Xvid codec, along with the LAME MT MP3 encoder for encoding audio. We did a two-pass encode of a 15-minute 276MB digital TV recording with a target file size of 100MB.


Again the board comes out second best amongst the test subjects, but it still beats the more expensive Intel 975X and DFI RD600 based boards by nearly twenty seconds.

MP3 Encoding:

We used LAME MT for our audio encoding test - it's the multithreaded version of the popular LAME MP3 encoder. We ran tests with both Intel's and Microsoft's compilers - naturally, the Intel compiler resulted in some performance increases on Intel's processors. We converted all 18 tracks from Moby's popular Play album to a 192kbps variable bit-rate MP3.


MP3 encoding performance is the fastest we've seen, out performing slower boards by a couple of seconds. However, decoding performance isn't as fantastic, with the Commando performing just below average by a second or two.