# Graphic card for transcoding?
**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/graphic-card-for-transcoding/48276
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Tags:** transcoder
**Created:** [March 10, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/graphic-card-for-transcoding/48276 "2017-03-10T18:07:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Muhammad\_Farooq\_Ijaz](https://community.wowza.com/u/Muhammad_Farooq_Ijaz)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/graphic-card-for-transcoding/48276/1 "2017-03-10T18:07:24Z")
Hi there,
I have an HP G7 Server having 24 Xeon E659 @ 2.53 GHz with 128 GB of ram no graphic card running linux 6.2 Santiago.
Currently, I have 8 live stream which, I transcode in Wowza server different bitrates and CPU of machine goes haywire i.e. 90% utilized almost all 24 CPU’s.
Also we are using adaptive bitrate streaming i.e. SMIL for our customers.
Wondering if anyone can suggest a good graphic card we can use for transcoding taking the load of CPU’s.
Also, If we add a GPU for transcoding how many live streams can we push to a single wowza server?
How much load would a GPU take away from CPU’s while transcoding?
We are planning to have 20 live streams over a single Wowza server.
Appreciate if anyone could help.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/graphic-card-for-transcoding/48276/2 "2017-03-11T01:58:12Z")
We have a list of Transcoder benchmarks that will help you make an informed decision. That article can be found below.
[https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-transcoder-performance-benchmark](https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-transcoder-performance-benchmark)