![]() ![]() You get a lot more power, for a lot less and it is largely up gradable. So when I bought the A7rii, I gave up on a laptop (Razerblade) and bought a desktop. Basically opening or saving an A7rii file in say Color Efex takes 3 to 4 times longer than an A7ii. It is really pretty amazing how an increase in MP of less than 100% really effects performance. I have an A7rii (42mp) and an A7ii (24mp). ![]() Because I have had the luxury of using relatively high end machines, where improvements tend to be of the graph paper sort from one generation to the next, I am sort of envious of the great improvements in throughput I assume you will see. The downside of using even a powerful laptop is that a laptop screen is what it is no matter what it is (small, can't be accurately calibrated) and you will have to rely on external storage-a bete noir of the Apple world-which also slows throughput.Įnjoy your new toy. 8 gb of RAM is fine but 16 really is better in a laptop. If you do get a laptop be sure it runs off an SSD or you may not perceive all the power in that machine. In your case going to a modern high end laptop, which is inherently lower powered than an equivalent desktop CPU, you should see a very tangible improvement in overall performance because there have been overall massive improvements in the generations of chipsets and CPUs which came after what you are using now. If your machine does not support AHCI an SSD performs little better than a mechanical drive. In truth you are working with a very old CPU and chipset which, like all of us, was more impressive in its day. Presuming your older machine supports AHCI you have maxed out storage based throughput. I work with an overclocked uber i7 Skylake desktop with 24mp raw files in Prophoto at 16 bit: it ain't instant tea, if you know what I mean, particularly if you like to stitch those raw files into even more massive panoramas (I do). Some people on these forums seem to have bizarre expectations with regard to processing massive sized files. Most people's concept of computer throughput and "power" is pegged to the performance of the storage media more than the CPU and RAM as, no matter how we convince ourselves, humans do not perceive the nanosecond differences in throughput that are impressive when mapped out on a graph. On a typical agility weekend, I have maybe 12,000 pictures to process, I always shoot in RAW. I just need as fast a machine as I could get. I'm a teacher and semi-pro dog agility photographer. ![]() I just bought an Alienware gaming laptop, I don't play games. Other specs include 256 SSD, 1 TB HD, GTX 1070 or 1060 graphisc cards and 16 GB RAM.ĭo you think these laptops would be powerful enough to handle my photo editing requirements for the next few years, and see a significant f\dfference with my current specs, or shall i go for a desktop-based i6700 3.4Mhz ? I have my eyes on various gaming laptops based on i7-6700HQ processors (2.4 Mhz). I'm thinking to upgrade to a new system, but a laptop this time. My system is struggling on LR with A7rII files and panoramas. I currently have an i7-870 Mhz (1st gen i7, 6 years old) with a 256 SSD, 1TB HD, 16 GB RAM and a GTX 750 Ti.
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