hello everyone, creating this thread to ask about what laptop i should get for HD video editing specifically using DaVinci. i dont want an Apple, so I’ve been eying the Acer Nitro V Gaming Laptop with Intel Core i9-13900H Processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU. is this a good choice? also, im hesitant about NVIDIA’s whole boasting about their card using AI driven graphics, would this somehow affect my future work in a negative way like image smoothing on HD TVs or is this something that’s avoidable? the laptop also has 16 gigs of RAM, would i need to get larger RAM too like the G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series (XMP) DDR4 RAM 64GB (4x16GB)? i’m a dummy when it comes to this stuff, so any help would be appreciated.

  • Computerscare [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
    3·
    23 days ago

    thanks for the detailed response! what would you recommend as alternative laptops? Would the Alienware M18 R2 Gaming Laptop - 18 QHD+ 165Hz 3ms Display, Intel Core i9-14900HX, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 12 GB GDDR6 be closer to what you’re talking about or is there anything that’s less expensive since i wasnt planning on spending that much for a computer, but if thats what it takes…

    • Gucci_Minh [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      23 days ago

      You don’t need to spend to that level, I’d say look into the Lenovo LOQ series or the cheapest Lenovo Legion 5 series. Decent screens, some already come with 32GB RAM, etc. If you’re already looking at Alienware, there’s the Alienware 16 aurora that is in your price range and meets the requirements.