Quicktime Export Times In Leopard?

I was wondering if anyone who's upgraded to Leopard could tell me if Quicktime export times have gotten better, worse or are comparable to Tiger--especially those using Mac Pros.
Thanks!

I have seen on MediaSilo.com a tip to get Elgato H.264 working with Compressor, but I can't seem to be able to find it. Basically, the trick was to create a duplicate setting in Compressor that Final Cut Server is able to read ( not as Quicktime Export Component), associate it with a Final Cut Server's compression setting and later reassign that setting in Compressor to Elgato.
I will keep diggin' for this tip, it was actually a screen recording.

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