diff --git a/src/video_compress/cuda_dxt.cpp b/src/video_compress/cuda_dxt.cpp
index cd59e0efb..b7384e20e 100644
--- a/src/video_compress/cuda_dxt.cpp
+++ b/src/video_compress/cuda_dxt.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ static bool configure_with(struct state_video_compress_cuda_dxt *s, struct video
 {
         cleanup(s);
 
+        if (get_bits_per_component(desc.color_spec) > 8) {
+                LOG(LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE) << "[CUDA DXT] Converting from " << get_bits_per_component(desc.color_spec) <<
+                        " to 8 bits. You may directly capture 8-bit signal to improve performance.\n";
+        }
+
         if (desc.color_spec == RGB || desc.color_spec == UYVY) {
                 s->in_codec = desc.color_spec;
         } else if ((s->decoder = get_decoder_from_to(desc.color_spec, RGB, false))) {
diff --git a/src/video_compress/dxt_glsl.cpp b/src/video_compress/dxt_glsl.cpp
index cfe246e19..8cf192ddc 100644
--- a/src/video_compress/dxt_glsl.cpp
+++ b/src/video_compress/dxt_glsl.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ static int configure_with(struct state_video_compress_rtdxt *s, struct video_fra
                 }
         }
 
+        if (get_bits_per_component(frame->color_spec) > 8) {
+                LOG(LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE) << "[RTDXT] Converting from " << get_bits_per_component(frame->color_spec) <<
+                        " to 8 bits. You may directly capture 8-bit signal to improve performance.\n";
+        }
+
         switch (frame->color_spec) {
                 case RGB:
                         s->decoder = vc_memcpy;
diff --git a/src/video_compress/gpujpeg.cpp b/src/video_compress/gpujpeg.cpp
index cac99cd22..f99531f42 100644
--- a/src/video_compress/gpujpeg.cpp
+++ b/src/video_compress/gpujpeg.cpp
@@ -276,6 +276,11 @@ bool encoder_state::configure_with(struct video_desc desc)
                 }
         }
 
+        if (get_bits_per_component(desc.color_spec) > 8) {
+                LOG(LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE) << MOD_NAME << "Converting from " << get_bits_per_component(desc.color_spec) <<
+                        " to 8 bits. You may directly capture 8-bit signal to improve performance.\n";
+        }
+
         gpujpeg_set_default_parameters(&m_encoder_param);
         if (m_parent_state->m_quality != -1) {
                 m_encoder_param.quality = m_parent_state->m_quality;