CS5 Laptop for AF100

[jimdmorrison]

I've looked through the forums, but am overwhelmed. I want a laptop with one of the approved vid cards. I am editing footage from an AF100 in 1080p.

Does anyone have suggestions on specific models of laptops?

 

[kwkeirstead]

See if the following is "an approved vid card".

If so, than you can get this in an ASUS g73J which is one of the best, IMO, laptops on the market. It costs a bit more but performs.

"The Mobility Radeon HD 5000 series includes an improved video processor (UVD2) to decode HD videos with the graphics card. Assuming adequate memory bandwidth, the new version can decode two HD streams simultaneously (e.g., for Blu-Ray picture in picture). Beginning from Flash 10.1 Beta, the 5000 series can also accelerate Flash HD videos (e.g., Youtube).


A special feature of the HD 5000 series is its ability to transmit HD audio formats, such as Dolby True HD or DTS HD Master Audio, with up to 8 channels and 192 kHz / 24 Bit over HDMI 1.3a."

 

[Jim Simon]

Try these guys. You can even call and explain your needs.

http://www.adkvideoediting.com/laptop.asp

 

[Postmaster]

"The Mobility Radeon HD 5000 series includes an improved video processor (UVD2) to decode HD videos

You need an nvida card with cuda and - at least - 1GIG of RAM to employ Mercury GPU acceleration in CS5.
ATI card´s don´t work.

I use this, and it works like a charm: http://frankglencairn.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/my-new-editing-suite-in-a-box-and-dit-station/

Frank

 

[jimdmorrison]

Everything I can find on the approved list seems to be MSI. What do you think of their laptops?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152299

[h=1]MSI G Series GT683DXR-634US Notebook Intel Core i7 2670QM(2.20GHz) 15.6" 16GB Memory DDR3 1TB HDD 7200rpm Blu-Ray Burner NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M[/h]

 

[rubberbandito]

I've looked through the forums, but am overwhelmed. I want a laptop with one of the approved vid cards. I am editing footage from an AF100 in 1080p.

Does anyone have suggestions on specific models of laptops?

you need a core i7 with a nvidia card that you can hack. check this list to see if you can hack it. http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm

and if you only do short videos 8GB RAM is ok but I highly suggest you get 16GB. My 8GB ram core i7 2ghz barely can handle my 1 1/2 hour long 720p project when you start adding plugins, like neatvideo and magic bullet.

16GB RAM! and at least two separeate USB3.0 or esata ports plus a third usb 2.0 for all other stuff like mouse, etc.

 

[jimdmorrison]

you need a core i7 with a nvidia card that you can hack. check this list to see if you can hack it. http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm

and if you only do short videos 8GB RAM is ok but I highly suggest you get 16GB. My 8GB ram core i7 2ghz barely can handle my 1 1/2 hour long 720p project when you start adding plugins, like neatvideo and magic bullet.

16GB RAM! and at least two separeate USB3.0 or esata ports plus a third usb 2.0 for all other stuff like mouse, etc.

Thanks!

 

[jimdmorrison]

What do you think of this approved one? Is there a different video card in a laptop this good that would be cheaper? I haven't been able to find any.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152299
[h=1]MSI G Series GT683DXR-634US Notebook Intel Core i7 2670QM(2.20GHz) 15.6" 16GB Memory DDR3 1TB HDD 7200rpm Blu-Ray Burner NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M[/h]