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PC laptops for PT 2020
Hi folks
Does anyone have any good recommendations for off the shelf laptops to run PT 2020? I’ve been searching a while but my nervousness is that none of the ones I’m looking at (dell precision, XP’s, hp omen) are on the avid tested list despite fitting all the requirements. In fact there only seems to be one pc laptop model that is approved, which seems daft. I just don’t want to make a expensive mistake as know PT can be a bit temperamental on some systems. Would welcome some words of wisdom! Thank you. |
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Re: PC laptops for PT 2020
Avid tested hardware list is here. The only PC laptop is HP ZBook G2
With that said, they update this list infrequently. The same guidelines hold true on PC side as on Macs... you want to have i7 or better CPU, at the very least 16GB memory (today you would kick yourself in the foot if you buy anything less than 32GB and should really try to buy 64GB) and take a careful look at the storage system: you want to have NVMe SSD as system drive and preferably use ThunderBolt for any external connections. Especially if your interface eats all USB3 bandwidth.
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Dell Precision 7710 Laptop Core i7-6820HQ Quad Core 2.7Ghz 32GB Ram 512GB SSD Hard Drive Quadro M3000M Graphics Windows 10 |
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Re: PC laptops for PT 2020
No problem.
Just double-check that SSD spec, if it doesn't say NVMe or PCI-express it is likely older slower SATA type which you don't want to buy today. And once you have verified it is the modern type, you want to buy as large capacity as your budget permits.
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Defiance Series: 17.3" Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor 10875H (2.3GHz, 5.1GHz Turbo) 64GB Corsair 2666MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 32GB) Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 - 6.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1 1st M.2 SSD Drive 1TB INTEL® 660p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 1800MB/sR | 1800MB/sW) 1 x THUNDERBOLT 3 PORT + 3 x USB 3.2 |
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Re: PC laptops for PT 2020
No problem.
I only get 1200MBps out of 660p but that is likely because my Mac Pro only has PCI-express 2.0
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There was a 970 evo plus one too. Might be worth me going for that..,
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Re: PC laptops for PT 2020
Nah, only pay extra money for extra capacity. And without checking specs, whether the laptop has 3.0 (assuming it has) or not, switching brands is like rolling dice.
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Re: PC laptops for PT 2020
Thank you again!
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