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Priority of specs for Vegas
Just seeking some final clarity from my previous thread if thats ok
I have a perfectly adequate desktop currently but my issue is that I have two hours of a commute every day. I want to manage my time better by getting the train and doing some editing on the journey, hence the laptop.
If the raw files are mirrored on both machines, its a simple case of copying over my vegas file and doing the final render on desktop.
I just want to make sure that I can use a laptop adequately for timeline edit work, Even if that means working on a lower preview quality.
With this in mind, is i7 necessary, or would i5 suffice? and on either, would anything less than 8gb ram be possible? Also, are dedicated graphics a must?
An extra bonus of a laptop is I could back up card data on shoot location…
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You might want to look at the website https://www.tomshardware.com. This is a superb ‘techie’ site that does regular comparisons of different types of hardware. When they test processors, they do a few different tests that are of importance to video editors. Their latest test showed that the Intel i5 3570k performed better than many of the i7 processors. This is because the 3570k uses Intel’s latest Ivy Bridge architecture. The only processors that were faster were the latest i7 processors (using Ivy Bridge instead of Sandy Bridge).
Here is the link to the ‘meat’ of the comparison:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-performance-comparison,3370-15.htmlThis should help you with your CPU choice.
Personally, I would never go with integrated graphics processing.
Regarding RAM- since it’s so cheap nowadays, why even consider running less than 8gb? Especially since you want a laptop, which offers minimal upgrade options.
Dave
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Priority of specs? Processor speed. Nothing else has as much effect on Vegas performance as processor speed.
If you are only concerned with rough edits in the field, and you don’t care about real-time preview or render times on the laptop, then an i5 is sufficient.
Dave said: “Personally, I would never go with integrated graphics processing”. I agree, but integrated graphics is graphic capability integrated into the processor chipset. Only the cheap laptops and notebooks use integrated graphics. Most laptops have a discrete graphics adapter plugged into the motherboard. If you have a choice, I prefer nVidia over ATI, but only because of a personal history of past problems with ATI drivers.
But, Dave, in a month or so Intel will be releasing a new family of 22nm i7 processors that will have integrated graphics that support the OpenFX protocol. Intel claims that this will make 3rd party GPU cards obsolete. (We’ve heard that before).
Steve Mann
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Stephen,
I did read about the new Intel i7 processors and their integrated graphics architecture. I’m not too sure about their claim (like you) about it being able to completely replace PCIe graphics cards. If the integrated graphics allows you to ‘borrow from’ the system RAM, it will have a detriment on system performance if, for example, the system has 8gb RAM and you allocate 25% of that to graphics. Plus, what if you wish to run dual-displays, or even 3 displays? For the casual user integrated graphics will be fine, but I don’t see add-on graphics cards becoming obsolete anytime soon. -
Thanks for the input guys,
I’m looking at this – https://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_ideapad_Y570_1337472.html#ImagesAnd then I’d hope to add a HDD drive on a caddy in place of the optical drive and adding another 4gb ram stick.
Out of interest, whats the procedure in swapping this in and out? I assume the laptop needs to be powered down?
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