Hi.
In Resolve the CPU is used to run the app, disk I/O and compression and decompression of codecs.
Resolve does all its image processing in the GPU on the graphics card. More CUDA/OpenCL Cores are better.
And I'm not convinced a laptop is ideal for Resolve. And in the DaVinci Resolve 15 Configuration Guide:
http://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/D ... _Guide.pdfOn the lower parts of page 19 is written about laptops. Under both HP and DELL is written, but it is valid for all laptops: 'While performance for many applications and UHD resolutions will be limited'.
So long you don't expect that you can do the same thing on a laptop as on a desktop, can I give the following advice.
Buy one with as power full Graphics Card as possible. More CUDA cores are better. I don't know what kind of codec and format you expect your source to be in?
But compression and decompression of codecs are done in the CPU. Some months ago did Intel introduced 6 cores mobile CPU's. They are 40-50%faster that the previous 4 cores CPU's.
I don't know your locale prices, but Intels price is only 20-30$ more for a 6 core i7-8750H CPU than the previous 4 core CPU. So I expect a 6 core Laptop to be in the same price range as a 4 core Laptop?
Normally I recommend laptops in a medium to large size, to get rid of the generated heat.
Finally I cant recommend the Dell XPS 15 9570 with Core i7-8750H. According to this link is it not optimized for max performance.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-XPS- ... 738.0.htmlWhat the link is telling is that customers buying the Dell with the i7-8750H think that they buy the performance of the i7-8750H, but they don't. The pay the price of the i7-8750H, but got less performance.
Regards Carsten.