Clevo x7200 Sager NP7280 at DVinfo.net

Matthew Cairns · January 27th, 2011, 07:33 PM

Hi,

I have read much on the Clevo/Sager notebook being recommended for video editing (eg Premier Pro CS5 etc) - anyone able to document their experiences esp. notebook performance during workflow?

What would be recommended hard disk set-up ie Boot/HD1/HD2 (ssd-hybrid-7200).

Currently working with Adobe CS3 but hoping to upgrade to Adobe CS5.

Not sure of 460M or 470M as video card.

Any experiences with the notebook would be great.

Cheers

Scott Chichelli · January 28th, 2011, 08:37 AM

do you need a laptop?
thats the biggest question.
performance is still better on a desktop than the Clevo laptop.
howwever as far as laptops go its by far the best.

you only want the 460 video card with MPE enabled, anything higher over heats and you have to turn off MPE making to higher end video card pointless anyway.

benchmarks with CS5 5.0 (have not updated it with 5.03 and the newer vid cards)
Video material - AVCHD 1080P 24 Frame Each Cut to 30 minutes of material
Export Codec - H264 HDTV 1080P 24 Preset Default
4 Effects per Layer - Fast Color Corrector, Brightness & Contrast, Video Limiter, Sharpen
Each Layer Scaled to 50% for 4 frame PinP view.

ADK 9000 Laptop (clevo)
980X at 3.33GHz
12GB DDR3 1333 CL9
1 Hitachi 500GB OS Drive
2 500GB Seagate 16 Meg Cache 7200 2.5 drives
Video material - AVCHD 1080P 24 Frame Each Cut to 30 minutes of material
Export Codec - H264 HDTV 1080P 24 Preset Default
285M GTX 1GB video card
3 Layer - 70:42
4 Layer - 80:43
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
desktop
980X at 3.33GHz
285 GTX
4 Drive Raid 0 (2 sets raid 0)
1 WD 1TB Sata 64 Meg Cache 600 Drive for Media Cache and Temp Files
3 Layer - 41:38
4 Layer - 55:25

as you can see its no slouch.. need to update with 5.03 and the newer vid cards..

Scott
ADK

Matthew Cairns · January 29th, 2011, 03:21 PM

Scott,

Thanks for the info, I can definetaly see the performance difference.

I do need a laptop - I will be relocating to a place with solar power only - with occasional generator power.

A 600W desktop (an older xw8200 which I have now) will be a no go with all the other devices used.

Also, a transportable computer in a high-risk bushfire area a must.

Matt

Renat Zarbailov · January 30th, 2011, 10:18 PM

If I had money today I would get this setup....

See attached PDF;

Scott Chichelli · February 3rd, 2011, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthew Cairns

Scott,

Thanks for the info, I can definetaly see the performance difference.

I do need a laptop - I will be relocating to a place with solar power only - with occasional generator power.

A 600W desktop (an older xw8200 which I have now) will be a no go with all the other devices used.

Also, a transportable computer in a high-risk bushfire area a must.

Matt

i dont know if the X7200 will happen on solar. it takes a 300W power supply the ext PS is a huge brick.
maybe something a little less robust...

Scott

Giroud Francois · February 4th, 2011, 02:08 AM

and 300w of solar panel are barely transportable, so in my opinion there is no real solution to that problem.
your laptop will run 1 hour on battery then you will need to charge anyway.
using battery car adapter can be dangerous, you could drain the battery car very fast.

Matthew Cairns · February 5th, 2011, 05:13 PM

I have checked the power will support the laptop. Problems occur in Winter with low sunlight - generators may need to be used.

January 27th, 2011, 07:33 PM	#1
Matthew Cairns Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 67	Clevo x7200 Sager NP7280 Hi, I have read much on the Clevo/Sager notebook being recommended for video editing (eg Premier Pro CS5 etc) - anyone able to document their experiences esp. notebook performance during workflow? What would be recommended hard disk set-up ie Boot/HD1/HD2 (ssd-hybrid-7200). Currently working with Adobe CS3 but hoping to upgrade to Adobe CS5. Not sure of 460M or 470M as video card. Any experiences with the notebook would be great. Cheers

January 28th, 2011, 08:37 AM	#2
Scott Chichelli Regular Crew Join Date: May 2010 Location: Alexandria KY Posts: 48	do you need a laptop? thats the biggest question. performance is still better on a desktop than the Clevo laptop. howwever as far as laptops go its by far the best. you only want the 460 video card with MPE enabled, anything higher over heats and you have to turn off MPE making to higher end video card pointless anyway. benchmarks with CS5 5.0 (have not updated it with 5.03 and the newer vid cards) Video material - AVCHD 1080P 24 Frame Each Cut to 30 minutes of material Export Codec - H264 HDTV 1080P 24 Preset Default 4 Effects per Layer - Fast Color Corrector, Brightness & Contrast, Video Limiter, Sharpen Each Layer Scaled to 50% for 4 frame PinP view. ADK 9000 Laptop (clevo) 980X at 3.33GHz 12GB DDR3 1333 CL9 1 Hitachi 500GB OS Drive 2 500GB Seagate 16 Meg Cache 7200 2.5 drives Video material - AVCHD 1080P 24 Frame Each Cut to 30 minutes of material Export Codec - H264 HDTV 1080P 24 Preset Default 285M GTX 1GB video card 3 Layer - 70:42 4 Layer - 80:43 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> desktop 980X at 3.33GHz 285 GTX 4 Drive Raid 0 (2 sets raid 0) 1 WD 1TB Sata 64 Meg Cache 600 Drive for Media Cache and Temp Files 3 Layer - 41:38 4 Layer - 55:25 as you can see its no slouch.. need to update with 5.03 and the newer vid cards.. Scott ADK

January 29th, 2011, 03:21 PM	#3
Matthew Cairns Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 67	Scott, Thanks for the info, I can definetaly see the performance difference. I do need a laptop - I will be relocating to a place with solar power only - with occasional generator power. A 600W desktop (an older xw8200 which I have now) will be a no go with all the other devices used. Also, a transportable computer in a high-risk bushfire area a must. Matt

February 4th, 2011, 02:08 AM	#6
Giroud Francois Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: switzerland Posts: 2,133	and 300w of solar panel are barely transportable, so in my opinion there is no real solution to that problem. your laptop will run 1 hour on battery then you will need to charge anyway. using battery car adapter can be dangerous, you could drain the battery car very fast.

February 5th, 2011, 05:13 PM	#7
Matthew Cairns Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 67	I have checked the power will support the laptop. Problems occur in Winter with low sunlight - generators may need to be used.