Good laptop for video editing

MattAdamson wrote on 11/23/2014, 8:58 AM
All,

Does anyone have experience with a laptop they've purchased recently they can recommend for video editing? I was thinking an i7 is a must however there are many variants. Also memory and video cards for laptops presumably have some affect with Vegas.

If you've bought one recently for use in Vegas I'd appreciate your thoughts. I mainly use the Go Pro 3 Black edition and a Sony Full HD 3D camera.

Thanks

Matt

Comments

musicvid10 wrote on 11/23/2014, 9:34 AM
Get the one with the best screen and CPU, in that order.
OldSmoke wrote on 11/23/2014, 10:46 AM
What will your finally delivery format be? If you find one with an AMD R9 290/290X you can get very good GPU support but rendering to MC AVC will be CPU only. None of the newer Nvidia mobile GPUs are well supported. There is an older Alienware with 2x GTX580 that is pretty good but it is dated.

Proud owner of Sony Vegas Pro 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 and now Magix VP15&16.

System Spec.:
Motherboard: ASUS X299 Prime-A

Ram: G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 2666 XMP

CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
GPU: 1x AMD Vega Pro Frontier Edition (water cooled)
Hard drives: System Samsung 970Pro NVME, AV-Projects 1TB (4x Intel P7600 512GB VROC), 4x 2.5" Hotswap bays, 1x 3.5" Hotswap Bay, 1x LG BluRay Burner

PSU: Corsair 1200W
Monitor: 2x Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM (2560x1440)

MattAdamson wrote on 11/23/2014, 11:03 AM
thanks. final delivery format will be a mixture of blu ray images, M2TS, MP4 files and DVDs.

I saw models such as this targeted for gamers

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyberpower-FANGBOOK-15-6-inch-Laptop-Windows/dp/B00LXZ1NJ8

However wouldn't the specs be similar for someone editing video i.e. we see i7 2.8 16GB ram and Nvidia GTX 860M
OldSmoke wrote on 11/23/2014, 11:58 AM
This from my earlier post: None of the newer Nvidia mobile GPUs are well supported

You would be paying a lot for a GPU you can't make use off.

Proud owner of Sony Vegas Pro 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 and now Magix VP15&16.

System Spec.:
Motherboard: ASUS X299 Prime-A

Ram: G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 2666 XMP

CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
GPU: 1x AMD Vega Pro Frontier Edition (water cooled)
Hard drives: System Samsung 970Pro NVME, AV-Projects 1TB (4x Intel P7600 512GB VROC), 4x 2.5" Hotswap bays, 1x 3.5" Hotswap Bay, 1x LG BluRay Burner

PSU: Corsair 1200W
Monitor: 2x Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM (2560x1440)

MattAdamson wrote on 11/23/2014, 2:16 PM
thanks OldSmoke,

yes a quick googling found this very post

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/24/980085

The last comment is interesting

"Basically, Main Concept has been shuffled around as a business, being bought first by DivX, then Roxio, and recently sold off. During the years it was owned by Roxio, pretty much nothing happened on the AVC CODEC -- no improvements, no unlocking it for newer GPUs. Sony's still bundling it, and it's actually going to produce better quality video on the CPU (keep the GPU set for Vegas itself, but don't use the Main Concept GPU setting for production video unless you're willing to take somewhat worse quality video). Of course, if you're using any recent GPU, it's not something to worry about -- you ARE using the CPU for the CODEC-specific part of the render."
Geoff_Wood wrote on 11/24/2014, 2:23 AM
Dell M4600 or M6600, slightly older version with all the ports imaginable and DVD writer, and SSD/HDD combo drive.

geoff