Looking to buy this... can it handle these programs?

Hello

I was looking into buying a high end gaming laptop. That can not only play recent games, but that will also be able to play games at ulta setting this time next year etc. But Also be able to cope with high end editing programs such as Photoshop, Adobe premier, Sony vegas etc... and have the processing power to be able for these programs to open fast and be able to use the programs with out any lag when I apply changes within the editing programs

My budget would be £1500 / $2,267
I was looking at the Alienware M17x and came up with this Spec, please can you give your thoughts on it?

For the OS I just picked Windows 7, however you can get windows 8 for no extra charge. so its 7 or 8 either or



Thank you

 

I would recommend you save about $50 (US price) and go with the AMD 7970m instead of the nVidia 675m- A much better card for actually lower price at least here in the USA.

 

Definitely better deals out there.

I got from the online store a 680m with similar config to yours for £1400. As vsg says, get either the HD7970m or 680m the other cards arent worth the investment/money. The rest of your laptop can be upgraded at a later date cheap except the GPU and CPU.

 

If you really want to future proof, you can get a M18x R2 with dual 7970's in Crossfire with 32gb RAM. My cousin just bought one. But, it's probably higher than your price range.

 

I use different products from the Adobe suite (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, etc). I got my R3 with 16GB RAM, After Effects has pushed my RAM usage as high as 12.5GB.

 

+1 to this. Actually, if you want your laptop to be able to play future games at all ultra settings a year from now without upgrading the gpu, then you would really need a desktop, or a setup like funkmasterta mentions. To give you an example, the current flagship card of nvidia- the gtx 680m - struggles to play crysis 3 at all-ultra with highest resolutions and barely manages 30 fps (more like 32 fps, as per notebookcheck) for all-ultra tomb raider at highest possible resolutions. If you are looking for that kind of power in a laptop with a single card with current gen tech and your budget, its simply not there. You would need a desktop setup.
That said, I would agree with what others have said here - better deals have been seen for the setup you are looking at. If you research a bit more, I think you will be able to snatch up an even better deal.

 

Yep, if you want to futureproof, get an M18x with at least a single 680m or 7970m - you can always add a second later on down the road to add more gpu fire power to keep up with tomorrow' demanding games etc. A single 675m (which is actually only a 580m in reality) just isn't gonna keep up.....

 

The 7970M is on par with the 680M. If you can't afford an M18x with dual GPU's, at least grab the M17x with the 7970M or 680M. :thumbsup:

 

True. The only thing with that is if "long term" future proofing is required, there is no option to add a second gpu with the 17x. That's the main reason I would opt for an 18x. Other than that, a single 680m or 7970m in either machine will play just as well now....but as we all know, times change and it wasn't long ago that my 580m Sli setup would chew up most things. That setup equated to a single 680m/7970m and even now, there are demanding titles being released that place a heavy load on a single 680m or 7970m. Things are only gonna get even more demanding and new games could well push even a single 680m/7970m beyond it's capabilities. This is where the beauty of having a single of either in an M18x is more practical - if you find yourself running out of gpu horsepower, just buy another of the same and slap it in for more performance!!