# Is my nVidia GPU actually doing the encoding?

**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/is-my-nvidia-gpu-actually-doing-the-encoding/3193
**Category:** Hardware Encoding
**Created:** [October 20, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/is-my-nvidia-gpu-actually-doing-the-encoding/3193 "2019-10-20T18:30:39Z")
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#### Post date: [March 19, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/is-my-nvidia-gpu-actually-doing-the-encoding/3193/6 "2020-03-19T15:20:09Z")

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See [other topic](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/how-to-confirm-hw-gpu-conversions-are-used/3487/11) on this. The GTX-750ti (Maxwell) does not support H.265 encoding (or decoding). I need a 1050 or above/newer to do HW/GPU encoding to H.265.

It does do H.264 (mp4) in HW/GPU, though.

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