Spec Check New Laptop

Pinball-Fantasies · 12 Jul 2024 at 17:46

Thinking about new laptop for art & design , spreadsheets also video editing
Spec beow

Ultra 9 processor 185H (24MB cache, 16 cores, 22 threads, up to 5.1 GHz
Intel(R) Arc(TM) Graphics
1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
32GB, 2x16GB, LPDDR5X, 6400MT/s
14.0-inch 16:10 2.8K (2880 x 1800)

Will be using external monitor 4K

radderfire · 12 Jul 2024 at 17:53

Personally I would want a 15.6" or bigger screen, even with external monitor use.

Pinball-Fantasies · 12 Jul 2024 at 17:56

radderfire said:
Personally I would want a 15.6" or bigger screen, even with external monitor use.

External is 34"

radderfire · 12 Jul 2024 at 18:01

You might get through 1TB of storage quite quickly if you do a lot of video editing.

Minstadave · 12 Jul 2024 at 18:12

Have you got a budget.

Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro would be a decent shout.

radderfire · 12 Jul 2024 at 18:13

Are you getting this laptop built or looking for model recommendations?

Pinball-Fantasies · 12 Jul 2024 at 18:14

radderfire said:
You might get through 1TB of storage quite quickly if you do a lot of video editin

Minstadave said:
Have you got a budget.

Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro would be a decent shout.

Budget £1,100

Pinball-Fantasies · 12 Jul 2024 at 18:15

radderfire said:
Are you getting this laptop built or looking for model recommendations?

Built but can add extra parts

Loki · 12 Jul 2024 at 18:37

Pinball-Fantasies said:
Thinking about new laptop for art & design , spreadsheets also video editing
Spec beow

Ultra 9 processor 185H (24MB cache, 16 cores, 22 threads, up to 5.1 GHz
Intel(R) Arc(TM) Graphics
1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
32GB, 2x16GB, LPDDR5X, 6400MT/s
14.0-inch 16:10 2.8K (2880 x 1800)

Will be using external monitor 4K

All depends on the balance of work e.g. Design, video editing vs Spreadsheets.

On your budget would swap to an RTX laptop and 16" screen. Maybe you can maximise your budget going Core 7 Ultra and have improved GPU to accelerate work flow or more storage?

Snapshot · 13 Jul 2024 at 07:17

Minstadave said:
Have you got a budget.

Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro would be a decent shout.

Seconded. That's exactly the spec of an Ideapad 5 Pro Gen 9. I'm thinking about the AMD version to replace my old Ideapad 5.

Scrutinize · 13 Jul 2024 at 07:57

Pinball-Fantasies said:
Thinking about new laptop for art & design , spreadsheets also video editing
Spec beow

Ultra 9 processor 185H (24MB cache, 16 cores, 22 threads, up to 5.1 GHz
Intel(R) Arc(TM) Graphics
1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
32GB, 2x16GB, LPDDR5X, 6400MT/s
14.0-inch 16:10 2.8K (2880 x 1800)

Will be using external monitor 4K

These new ARC equipped Ultra 7 and Ultra 9 are, in real world use, brilliant.

But for video rendering and graphic/design productivity then one of the RTX 4050/4070 low power c50w cards for the studio features give notable benefits.

Reviews are all over the place though as there is specific ultra portable & design productivity purpose to these low wattage RTX cards and they get review conflated with gaming machines but don't compete.

Pinball-Fantasies · 13 Jul 2024 at 08:49

Would this be a better option to go

Lenovo Ideapad Pro 5 16"
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor with Integrated Intel Arc Graphics
32GB RAM Soldered LPDDR5x
2TB SSD Storage
16" 2.5K (2560x1600) IPS 350nits Anti-glare, 100% sRGB, 120Hz

Loki · 13 Jul 2024 at 09:01

Pinball-Fantasies said:
Would this be a better option to go

Lenovo Ideapad Pro 5 16"
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor with Integrated Intel Arc Graphics
32GB RAM Soldered LPDDR5x
2TB SSD Storage
16" 2.5K (2560x1600) IPS 350nits Anti-glare, 100% sRGB, 120Hz

Great screen and 16" is the sweet spot. I use a GBT Aero 16" for work and the screen is the icing on the cake for me. Strong spec that

Pinball-Fantasies · Sunday at 11:11

Loki said:
Great screen and 16" is the sweet spot. I use a GBT Aero 16" for work and the screen is the icing on the cake for me. Strong spec that

What are the Integrated Intel Arc Graphics like ?

Loki · Sunday at 11:56

Hmmm for creative work I would really focus on RTX and turn Studio Drivers on. I think you will find like for like comparison to be improved with this solution e.g video editing etc

Snapshot · Sunday at 21:16

Pinball-Fantasies said:
What are the Integrated Intel Arc Graphics like ?

From what I've read, Intel Arc is slightly behind AMD's Radeon 780M which is roughly equivalent to a GTX 1650. So not that close to even a basic RTX GPU.
https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/...-4050-Laptop-GPU-vs-GeForce-GTX-1650-(Mobile) . I couldn't find a benchmark for the Ultra 9 to add to the mix.

Pinball-Fantasies · Monday at 17:08

Snapshot said:
From what I've read, Intel Arc is slightly behind AMD's Radeon 780M which is roughly equivalent to a GTX 1650. So not that close to even a basic RTX GPU.
https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/...-4050-Laptop-GPU-vs-GeForce-GTX-1650-(Mobile) . I couldn't find a benchmark for the Ultra 9 to add to the mix.

I will not be playing games on laptop

Snapshot · Tuesday at 06:48

Pinball-Fantasies said:
I will not be playing games on laptop

No-one is suggesting you might. The comparison is in support of what @Loki said in post #15.

Scrutinize · Tuesday at 13:37

Pinball-Fantasies said:
I will not be playing games on laptop

RTX enabled for the Nvidia Studio features significantly accelerates production & design capabilities. ARC is no where close, nor are AMD equipped GPUs in laptops.

Gaming is secondary.

Loads of conflation over the low wattage RTX equipped laptops being benchmarked with gaming machines then performing poorly but it's not their purpose.

Ultra 7/9 with RTX4050-RTX4070 hits the design productivity sweet spot especially if ultra portable guise.

Pinball-Fantasies · Wednesday at 20:16

Scrutinize said:
RTX enabled for the Nvidia Studio features significantly accelerates production & design capabilities. ARC is no where close, nor are AMD equipped GPUs in laptops.

Gaming is secondary.

Loads of conflation over the low wattage RTX equipped laptops being benchmarked with gaming machines then performing poorly but it's not their purpose.

Ultra 7/9 with RTX4050-RTX4070 hits the design productivity sweet spot especially if ultra portable guise.

They are about another £300 + ( RTX4050-RTX4070 ) then the Lenovo Ideapad Pro 5 16"