Alex Gerulaitis
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Are you getting a system from an integrator or putting it together yourself?
Ensure the PSU (Power Supply Unit) is well rated and supports the GPU – e.g. at least 600W for the GTX570 and i7-2600K.
Alex (DV411)
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Looks good as long as the memory is upgradeable (i.e. doesn’t take all the sockets) and you’re aware of the disadvantages of using a single drive for your apps and media.
Alex (DV411)
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[Tim Kolb] “AVCHD/DSLR/RED…I’d say 8 cores is a reasonable starting place…4 cores HT is OK…but 8 is better…8 cores HT is better yet.”
12 cores with HT – better yet. 🙂 I hear there will be i7 and Xeon CPUs with 8 cores on a single die, so dual sockets with 16 cores and 32 threads aren’t too far in the future.
Until that happens though (8 cores on a single die), there is no way to get a decent 8-core config for under $2K, is it?
Alex (DV411)
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I’ll put together a public shopping card on Amazon or Newegg and share it here.
Basically, a GTX570 or 560 GPU, case w/ adequate PSU, a Z68 motherboard, 16GB RAM, i7-2600K or similar, boot drive, media drive (can be a RAID0), a decent 1080p or better monitor. AMD mobos and CPUs can also be used.
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[Martin Jordan] “Quadro 4000 (Windows and Mac OS) (has many issues including freezing & kernal carshes)”
Q4K Mac issues have been largely fixed with the latest driver from what I hear.
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[mathew lisett] “ok so if for the reason that it wont use both gpu’s, will it still use all the 1024 cudas?
and is there a reason why adobe are not alowing the access to the dual gpu.”
I am pretty sure Adobe will only use the primary GPU, i.e. it will only 512 cores on the GTX590.
I am also pretty sure that the mostly realtime nature of Adobe GPU acceleration (e.g. “gotta push frames out at 29.97 fps and no less”) imposes serious challenges on the code’s ability to work on multiple GPUs. It’s just a guess though.
Alex (DV411)
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[Mark Tassin] “Want I wanted to know is there a way to replace just that single raid raid slice in my set with minimal data loss?”
No – a loss of one slice in RAID0 means loss of the whole volume. But it looks like the volume is still accessible? If it is, back it up right away. Copy the most critical files first, then backup the rest. Then you can try shutting down the system, re-seating the drive and powering up again – just in case it’s a connectivity fluke – and if it’s still “failing”, replace it, re-stripe the array, restore the data from the backup.
Alex (DV411)
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(warning: this post is long, boring and full of numbers and acronyms)
This question seem to be asked quite a bit, what’s the best laptop for editing, and specifically, for MPE in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.x.
Would it be useful to have a list of popular laptops in one place where you don’t have to spend hours digging into specs and configurations, to see the approximate “nicely configured” price point, concise specs and the GPU used? If so, what’s the best format of such a list?
Say, we configure them as similarly as possible (the big differentiator is the GPU) and post them side-by-side?
So here goes. With more or less similar specs (i7-2720QM, Win7 Pro 64, 8GB RAM to start with, 500GB 7200rpm HDD, 1080p display, USB 3.0 and eSATA, DVD Burner, 3-yr warranty) here are some laptops that generally satisfy system requirements recommendations for Premiere Pro CS5.x and have officially supported GPUs:
– Lenovo W520 – $2,268.00 with Quadro 2000M 2GB DDR3 Graphics
– HP 8760w XU100UT – $2,999 with Quadro 3000M 2GB
– HP 8740w XT910UT – $2,999 with Quadro FX 3800M 1GBWith GPUs that aren’t officially supported yet will work for MPE hardware acceleration:
– Toshiba Qosmio X775-3DV78 – $1900 with GeForce GTX 560M 1.5GB
– Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q8104X – $1900 with GeForce GTX 460M 1.5GB
– Dell XPS 17 – $1,893.99 (YMMV) with GeForce GT 555M 3GB
– Dell XPS 15 – $1,769.99 (YMMV) with GeForce GT 540M 2GB
– Dell Alienware M17x – $2,913.00 (YMMV) GeForce GT 460M 1.5GB(Full list with specs and links is here:
https://support.dv411.com/home/vendors/adobe/cs5-laptops – feedback and typo reports appreciated :))From that list, Lenovo W520 (thanks Alex) is clearly the value and performance leader among those with officially supported GPUs; it lacks a larger screen option however, and doesn’t seem to offer an internal Blu-Ray reader or burner.
Among not-oficially-supported laptops, XPS 15 and 17 are the value leaders, although Toshibas do pack a punch as for about the same price as XPS models, they include dual drives.
The XPS 15 (thanks Chris Knight) is a fantastic deal starting at just $899 with the GeForce® GT 540M 2GB graphics.
Did I miss anything? Are there any other Tier 1 laptops that should be added to that list?
Thanks!
Alex (DV411)
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[alex schwindt] “Lenovo W520, 2.3GHz Quad-core Intel i7, 16GB ram, 500-7200rpm drive, NVIDIA Quadro 2000M 2GB graphics card”
By the way, thank you for mentioning that. After a few hours of research of my own, this Lenovo model appears is by far the least expensive of all Tier 1 laptops with a GPU (Quadro 2000M) that is officially supported by Adobe.
Alex (DV411)