Laptop Purchase Opportunity, what do you think?
by BobNutfield from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5F89Y)
Hello Everyone,
I always get good advice here, so I thought I would try this.
I want to run DaVinci Resolve for heavy duty video editing and my current laptops just won't handle it. It requires a minimum of an i7 at least 2.5Ghz, multi-core and a minimum of 2GB of VRAM (as well as 16GB system RAM).
I have the opportunity to purchase a 2016 laptop with an i7-7500U with an Nvidia 940MX with 2GB of VRAM. I did some research and this processor only has 2 cores/4 threads, so it is at the minimum specs for this software.
It was surprising to me that a 7th generation i7 would only have 2 cores, but that is what is has. It seems to have reasonable benchmarks.
Does anyone have an opinion about this processor and graphics card for the intended purpose? I just would rather not spend the money (even though it appears to be a good price) if I'm going to have trouble in the future because of a lack of resources.
Any replies appreciated.
Bob
I always get good advice here, so I thought I would try this.
I want to run DaVinci Resolve for heavy duty video editing and my current laptops just won't handle it. It requires a minimum of an i7 at least 2.5Ghz, multi-core and a minimum of 2GB of VRAM (as well as 16GB system RAM).
I have the opportunity to purchase a 2016 laptop with an i7-7500U with an Nvidia 940MX with 2GB of VRAM. I did some research and this processor only has 2 cores/4 threads, so it is at the minimum specs for this software.
It was surprising to me that a 7th generation i7 would only have 2 cores, but that is what is has. It seems to have reasonable benchmarks.
Does anyone have an opinion about this processor and graphics card for the intended purpose? I just would rather not spend the money (even though it appears to be a good price) if I'm going to have trouble in the future because of a lack of resources.
Any replies appreciated.
Bob