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I 2nd this, has the op ever edited before? anything core 2 duo and above can handle full 720p fine. Core i3 "can" do 1080p fine. if your even thinking of doing 4k you don't need a new laptop you need a brain...

as long as you have a "decent" processor and tons of ram and a good enough gpu you should be fine. 

I'm skyping with him. He's doing 4K content soon.

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Need help in buying a video editing and graphic mobile workstation . My primary software's i use are adobe primer pro , after effects and cinema 4d and occasionally i use maya and 3ds max for 3d graphics. i have a problem choosing the graphics card . could explain to me what is the difference between a Dual Sli gtx 780m w/4gb GDDR5 and a single GTX 780m w/4gb GDDR5. im curious if there are dual cards the memory is supposed to be 8 gb but it shows 4gb . Also please suggest me the bets cpu. I am currently using a alienware m17x and i seriously need a upgrade i have looked at the alienware 18 , adk 9000i7 , sager NP9570 and the eurocom phanter 4d .


 


 


 


 


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Dual sli means there are two gpus working together. The memory is shared so there's 8GB working but it's effectively 4GB. 

Any i7 QM should be fine.

 

Why a laptop though? Also, where are you shopping? Is it USD you're spending or what?

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How mobile does it have to be because an ITX build with a monitor somehow mounted on it would be a lot better and be cheaper

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Dual sli means there are two gpus working together. The memory is shared so there's 8GB working but it's effectively 4GB. 

Any i7 QM should be fine.

 

Why a laptop though? Also, where are you shopping? Is it USD you're spending or what?

 

I would be moving around a lot that's the reason i wanted a laptop than a desktop ... i currently live in the uk so i guss i will be spending £ . and thank you for explaining the graphics card part . so my options now are 

 

Alienware 18 (£ 3700)

 

Intel® Core™ i7-4930MX Processor (8MB Cache Overclocked up to 4.3GHz w/ Turbo Boost

Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M with 4GB GDDR5 - NVIDIA SLI Enabled

32GB Dual Channel DDR3L at 1600MHz

750G/7200 RPM + 64G caching mSATA

 

 

 

Sager NP9570   $5,390 including shipping 

 

2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3970X Processor Extreme Edition ( 15MB L3 Cache, 3.50GHz / 4.0GHz in Turbo Mode, 6 Cores )

Dual Nvidia GeForce GTX 780M GPU with 4GB GDDR5 Video Memory + Additional AC Adapter & Power Converter Box

32GB Quad Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 4 X 8GB

480GB Crucial M5 Series SATA3 Solid State Disk Drive

750GB 7200rpm SATA3 with 8GB SSD Secondary Hybrid Hard Drive 

750GB 7200rpm SATA3 with 8GB SSD 3rd Hybrid Hard Drive

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Oh no no no no... don't edit on a laptop just get a desktop 

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I would be moving around a lot that's the reason i wanted a laptop than a desktop ... i currently live in the uk so i guss i will be spending £ . and thank you for explaining the graphics card part . so my options now are 

 

Alienware 18 (£ 3700)

 

Intel® Core™ i7-4930MX Processor (8MB Cache Overclocked up to 4.3GHz w/ Turbo Boost

Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M with 4GB GDDR5 - NVIDIA SLI Enabled

32GB Dual Channel DDR3L at 1600MHz

750G/7200 RPM + 64G caching mSATA

 

 

 

 

 

MAKE THAT F*CK NO!!!

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I would be moving around a lot that's the reason i wanted a laptop than a desktop ... i currently live in the uk so i guss i will be spending £ . and thank you for explaining the graphics card part . so my options now are 

 

Alienware 18 (£ 3700)

 

Intel® Core™ i7-4930MX Processor (8MB Cache Overclocked up to 4.3GHz w/ Turbo Boost

Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M with 4GB GDDR5 - NVIDIA SLI Enabled

32GB Dual Channel DDR3L at 1600MHz

750G/7200 RPM + 64G caching mSATA

 

 

 

Sager NP9570   $5,390 including shipping 

 

2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3970X Processor Extreme Edition ( 15MB L3 Cache, 3.50GHz / 4.0GHz in Turbo Mode, 6 Cores )

Dual Nvidia GeForce GTX 780M GPU with 4GB GDDR5 Video Memory + Additional AC Adapter & Power Converter Box

32GB Quad Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 4 X 8GB

480GB Crucial M5 Series SATA3 Solid State Disk Drive

750GB 7200rpm SATA3 with 8GB SSD Secondary Hybrid Hard Drive 

750GB 7200rpm SATA3 with 8GB SSD 3rd Hybrid Hard Drive

I would say get the cheapest ram and hardrive option you can then upgrade the ram yourself and add an ssd it should end up a little cheaper that way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ZOGeeGcjE

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I would be moving around a lot that's the reason i wanted a laptop than a desktop ... i currently live in the uk so i guss i will be spending £ . and thank you for explaining the graphics card part . so my options now are 

Holy crap dude. What kind of editing are you doing?

MAKE THAT F*CK NO!!!

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Holy crap dude. What kind of editing are you doing?

 

 

I 2nd this, has the op ever edited before? anything core 2 duo and above can handle full 720p fine. Core i3 "can" do 1080p fine. if your even thinking of doing 4k you don't need a new laptop you need a brain...

 

 

as long as you have a "decent" processor and tons of ram and a good enough gpu you should be fine. 

#KilledMyWife 

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I 2nd this, has the op ever edited before? anything core 2 duo and above can handle full 720p fine. Core i3 "can" do 1080p fine. if your even thinking of doing 4k you don't need a new laptop you need a brain...

as long as you have a "decent" processor and tons of ram and a good enough gpu you should be fine. 

I'm skyping with him. He's doing 4K content soon.

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I'm skyping with him. He's doing 4K content soon.

 

waht... 

 

 

just waht... why, you can't do 4k with a laptop the world will explode 

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waht... 

 

 

just waht... why, you can't do 4k with a laptop the world will explode 

 

I understand  that but the laptop is for quick fixes on the field ... i wanted this config so that i could use it for a longer period and i dont have to constantly upgrade  

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I understand  that but the laptop is for quick fixes on the field ... i wanted this config so that i could use it for a longer period and i dont have to constantly upgrade  

Buy for now not for later there is no such thing as future proof and trying to pay more now for things you need later will end up costing you more money than its worth

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