i7-4710MQ for Rendering?

[Will Barnard]

I have recently sold my rig... And I'm looking to buy a laptop, I know.......

I am looking to continue my work with Sony Vegas, the laptop I'm looking at has an i7-4710MQ, what is this like for rendering? What would you recommend instead of that?

[mikat]

why would you switch from desktop to laptop?

[blu4]

For laptops there isn't a lot of computing performance but anything with a 4th gen i7 will do the job for you.

[Will Barnard]

why would you switch from desktop to laptop?

I know, but I need more flexibility in where I can work.

[ManIkWeet]

Well atleast it has 4cores/8threads, unlike most laptop grade i7 processors... Still you're probably going to run into heat/power issues.

[ShadowCaptain]

I have recently sold my rig... And I'm looking to buy a laptop, I know.......

I am looking to continue my work with Sony Vegas, the laptop I'm looking at has an i7-4710MQ, what is this like for rendering? What would you recommend instead of that?

 

my i7 3610qqm does a decent job in premier and photoshop tbh, I have used it to edit footage from my Sony A7 and videogame footage, the render time is longer than my desktop i7, but otherwise flawless

[Will Barnard]

Well atleast it has 4cores/8threads, unlike most laptop grade i7 processors... Still you're probably going to run into heat/power issues.

That's the reason I chose this laptop, it's quite hard to find a laptop i5/7 with more than 2 cores

[Will Barnard]

my i7 3610qqm does a decent job in premier and photoshop tbh, I have used it to edit footage from my Sony A7 and videogame footage, the render time is longer than my desktop i7, but otherwise flawless

I used to use a 4790k, will I see a massive difference? I do expect longer times

[ShadowCaptain]

I used to use a 4790k, will I see a massive difference? I do expect longer times

 

I have a 4770k in my desktop, and the 3610qm in my laptop, honestly in terms of using premier and photoshop, not much difference in usage, they both work fine

 

Rendering times are longer, but I sometimes render on my laptop so I can keep gaming / working on my pc

dont have any numbers for you, never found it an issue enough to bother measuring

heck my friend renders all his videos on his 15" macbook pro, it does a great job

[mikat]

I used to use a 4790k, will I see a massive difference? I do expect longer times

passmark cpu test says 8000 for the MQ and 11000 for the K

[PaulKolby]

why would you switch from desktop to laptop?

mobility

[D2ultima]

For laptops there isn't a lot of computing performance but anything with a 4th gen i7 will do the job for you.

Wat? What not a lot of computing performance? WAT?

 

Well atleast it has 4cores/8threads, unlike most laptop grade i7 processors... Still you're probably going to run into heat/power issues.

"unlike most laptop grade i7 processors"... WAT? Most laptop i7 CPUs are quadcores. BY FAR. Everybody keeps buying the ULV chips which are 15W TDP and thus only going to be dual-cores, is what. They are by no means "most".

 

How do you know he's gonna run into heat/power issues? If he's getting a good laptop with a beefy cooling system this will not happen.

 

passmark cpu test says 8000 for the MQ and 11000 for the K

Passmark takes tests from any willy-nilly machine and tosses them together. Don't trust passmark, CPUboss or GPUboss for mobile hardware. Or desktop hardware, for that matter.

 

I have recently sold my rig... And I'm looking to buy a laptop, I know.......

I am looking to continue my work with Sony Vegas, the laptop I'm looking at has an i7-4710MQ, what is this like for rendering? What would you recommend instead of that?

What is the laptop you are considering? This is the main question. i7s are fine for rendering, but you may wish to get a laptop that will let your i7 do what you want, and those machines are rare these days.