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vp9: Speed >= 8: avoid chrome check under some condition.

For non-rd variance partition, avoid the chrome check
unless y_sad is below some threshold.

Small decrease in avgPSNR (~0.3) on RTC set.
Small/negligible decrease on RTC_derf.

Change-Id: I7af44235af514058ccf9a4f10bb737da9d720866

--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c

+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c

@@ -945,7 +945,9 @@

                          unsigned int y_sad, int is_key_frame) {

   int i;

   MACROBLOCKD *xd = &x->e_mbd;

-  if (is_key_frame) return;

+  // For speed >= 8, avoid the chroma check if y_sad is above threshold.

+  if (is_key_frame || (cpi->oxcf.speed >= 8 && y_sad > cpi->vbp_thresholds[1]))

+    return;

   for (i = 1; i <= 2; ++i) {

     unsigned int uv_sad = UINT_MAX;