[olug] Can these speedups be had on the same hardware using Linux.

[Rob Townley]

There are some things added to intel Sandy Bridge like "Quick Sync"
that can speed up transcoding from 2:52 to :22 -- drops 2:30 off the
time it takes to encode a 449MB 1080i source to H.264.
But it seems to require 3rd party software for windows.
Does Linux use that without the fuss?

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sandy-bridge-core-i7-2600k-core-i5-2500k,2833-5.html