Laptop with Nvidia gt750m. Sufficient for real time playback in Premiere CS6?

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I'm on the verge of buying a new laptop with the following specs:

i7 4700MQ
16GB RAM @ 1600 mhz
1TB 7200 rpm drive
120 GB SSD
Nvidia GT750m GPU
15.6 inch IPS display

I'm sure these specs will be more than sufficient for editing and grading Full HD DSLR clips in Premiere CS6. It's more powerful than my current desktop which I use with no problems. The only bottleneck in this system might be the GPU, which isn't all that great and has only GDDR3 memory.
Now I'm not planning to do any gaming on it, so I'm just wondering if this graphics card will be sufficient for realtime playback in Premiere after applying the hardware accelerated effects.
This is done solely by the GPU right? This card should be supported for hardware acceleration, but will it be powerful enough?

Unfortunately, there is no other setup possible in this price range that has a better GPU and still has a IPS screen.

Anyone have any experience with this card and the Mercury playback engine?

Thanks!
 
A BTO (build to order) laptop.
It's a brand that works with Lenovo barebones models and you can customize the internal hardware. But because this model, a BTO 15cl54 is more like an ultrabook, there is no space / cooling for a bigger GPU.

Here is a link: (mind you, is in Dutch)
http://www.bto.eu/bto-p-book-15cl54.html
 
Thanks. I am holding out to see if ASUS will issue a new ROG laptop series this coming year (guessing this summer) that will have the IPS screen. Everything about them looks good for GPU dependent apps like Premiere Pro and Resolve but the screen is a dealbreaker for most.
 
Jive said:
Yep, I have a laptop with a GT640m and I get real time playback, fx, etc. in Premiere CS6. Keep in mind that the GPU must have a minimum of 1GB RAM & you'll likely need to do the hack for Premiere to recognize your GPU.

Check out this page for all the info on the hack and any caveats regarding your specific GPU: http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm
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Thanks!!
Maybe I have to do the hack indeed, but doesn't matter. It has 2GB of memory.

So your GT640m is holding up nicely? When you apply, let's say some 3-way-color-corrector and some cross dissolves, does the 'render line' turns yellow? And when you playback the preview at full resolution, it plays back without any choppyness?

If so, I'm ordering tomorrow :)
 
Most probably you won't have any problem with H.264 files (unless you set reverse speed, or do slowmotion with twixtor). However, you may get choppiness or interruptions in playback with AVCHD files. I am talking about dropping your material as is on your timeline. If you take the time to transode, then it should be much better.
 
Am still on an older i7 2630qm laptop with gt540 2gb card, and that actually did pretty well until my newest and first workstation (running the blechh 1366x768 15.6 inch monitor and an old samsung 1920x1200 display). Upgraded to workstation after 3 usb hubs, 2x NAS etc and circa 10 hdd's became a bit unmanagable..not to mention rendering times! I totally support going for whitebooks, e.g. Clevo (still have an 18.4 inch clevo monster with the first sli-graphics as a museum piece!)...the bummer is upgrading. I think you will be fine editing etc, and rendering (unfortunately still no real progress with intel quick-sync rendering)...but for myself the future strategy is using my monster workstation (16-cores/32 threads/4ssd's/12 hdd's) and connecting via teamviewer (a laptop with a high rez-screen) to work virtually. Of course I'm sitting on a s*%tty 4year old laptop! I would maybe emphasize screen resolution, and battery life. Iff you want a desktop replacement like my old clevo, you can always go for a clevo or similar which takes a desktop processor....up to a 12-core xeon so far..but so far they have terrible battery life and only 1080p screens. Dell and HP are really the only other players apart from Clevo when it comes to proper workstations...they come out with better screen etc specs and sexier laptops, but at a cost! and not really upgradeable...whereas Clevo does the 'power laptop' thing....not upgradable either of course...

Good luck! Check out http://www.notebookreview.com/ forums and of course http://www.notebookcheck.net/

Edit: The old notebook (still alive! is an acer 5750g) with a too! small 650gb slow hdd...the bummer being it's not (usually possible) to upgrade screens...(know this after airplane accident usual seat-back crack of lcd...you've been warned!). I would frankly go for the lappie with the best screen and battery life, and then maybe invest in a home workstation/server....to work virtually...face it, doing rendering or lots of layers or god forbid! 3d work on an ultrabook is just going to be painfull....best of luck! Remember you can always order parts off ebay (have a workstation for peanuts..5k outlay worth triple..)...as long as you're not risk-averse...and it's not mission critical...

ok workstation has cost me a few grey hairs!
 
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