Davinci Resolve on Low End Laptop

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Hi, So long story short can can i run Davinci Resolve on my laptop with these specs: 

Core i5-7200U

Ram 12GB

Intel HD Graphics 620

 

Also would running older versions like (15-16-17) make any difference?
 

[porina]

Given its free, just try it. I've only started using it around v18 and not noticed any significant change since then (now v20). I'm going to guess, given the lack of dGPU and weak CPU, rendering might be slow. But in general it is well written software and will do well compared to e.g. Vegas.

[jaslion]

Yes just have patience. No matter the video editing softwarr rendering will be slow. Put the timeline in a low res and it will work well gor 1080p video

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On 6/21/2025 at 1:02 PM, porina said:

Given its free, just try it. I've only started using it around v18 and not noticed any significant change since then (now v20). I'm going to guess, given the lack of dGPU and weak CPU, rendering might be slow. But in general it is well written software and will do well compared to e.g. Vegas.

so should i get v18?

[porina]

IMO try latest first. If that doesn't work as you hope, you can try older as you feel like.