Hello, I would like to ask you if the following laptop is ok to have 4 camera inputs and 2 outputs. Input will be 1x thunderbolt via BM minirecorder, 2x USB3.0 Magewell and 1x Terade Cube via Wifi. Output will go via HDMI to Teradek Bond II and to second monitor via Displayport (second output is not neccessarry).

Laptop: ASUS ZENBOOK UX501JW-FJ153P (Nvidia Geforce 960mm 2GB).

Thank you.

Ok, forget about it. The most important question is if Quadro K2100M (2gb) and also K1100m (1gb) is good graphic card enough to have 3 or 4 hd inputs and one external output from vmix?

Or do I need to have geforce gtx only?

Yeah, asked nVidia already, they said to ask producer of software, so I am asking you. I have to choose right product(laptop) so I think vMix should know if quadro is good enough or not. On page you provided there is no such information, just geforce and intel cards are mentioned. I am bit stacked, because nobody knows if notebook for which I paid 2000 Eur would be good enough or not. Thank you for finding the answer for me.

Thank you guys, thank you Kevin. So you choosed Gtx, did you buy Asus laptop? And is it enough or you?I won't use atem switcher, I would like to connect 2 cameras over usb3, one over thunderbolt and one via wifi (teradek cube).

I purchased an Asus G751JY-DH71 laptop with a GTX-980 card. It hasn't arrived yet so I can't comment on actual performance. I have a Magewell 4 channel HD-SDI PCI-e card I plan to put in a Thunderbolt expansion box. I should be able to do some testing with the system next week.

It doesn't matter it's one thunderbolt.

This one thunderbolt is "converted" to a PCI-express slot with the thunderbolt <-> PCI-express expansion box. He will be able to use the Magewell PCI-express 4 channel HD-SDI card like normal PC.

He will see if this laptop he mentioned is powerfull enough. Probably not with every vMix profile, but it should work fine in many scenarios.

BTW, few years ago I tested quite similar setup, but SD. I used express-card port (up to 20 times slower then thunderbolt), express-card to pci-express expansion box and 4 channel SD Osprey card. It worked quite well.

@ geniusweb

I feel your dilemma, but let me ask you this, what do you have right now and are testing and/or using vMix with?
And secondly, what do you hope to accomplish and/or do with vMix?
Everyone's needs are slightly different and knowing more about your specifics will help others to offer advice.
Experiential knowledge is much more valuable when it comes to such decisions, however, a lot of the questions you are asking are dealing with higher end, cutting edge hardware that will likely be more than adequate for use with vMix and is probably better than 75% or 80% of current users, so you are not likely to get a definitive answer as to what it is you should get.
If you are using vMix in the field, you'll have a much better appreciation for the differences between what you need and what you want.
If you are starting from scratch, it's easy to have wonderlust and get way ahead of yourself.
If price is a major factor, as it is with most of us, you'll want to get the best bang for your buck, which sometimes means compromising on wants vs needs.
In the end, buying what you need within budgetary ability will never be a wrong decision, but therein lies the question, what exactly is it that you need?


Ice

Hey Kelvin, what about your testing?