Best Graphics-Intensive Laptop

[Jeffercise]

What is the best laptop for running graphics-intensive programs like Adobe Photoshop for a graphic designer?

 

[harry_r_s]

What is your budget.
The Adobe PS can run smoothly in any laptop with intel inbuilt graphics of HDxxxx series or the one having a dedicated GPU.
Though using features like patching and content awareness for large scale images or projects may get slow or sometimes give error in a laptop without a dedicated GPU!
So its your call!

 

[Jeffercise]

I knew I forgot something. lol The laptop is for my wife and she runs very intensive graphics and large scale images. I'd like to get her the smoothest, fastest laptop for under $3k USD and preferably around $2.5k USD.

 

[jaguarskx]

I would look at the HP ZBook Mobilework station laptops. For the best color accuracy, there is a single 15" laptop which offers the Dreamcolor screen. However that cost $2,999 (F2P51UT). With a quad core i7-4800MQ CPU and nVidia K2100M graphics card your wife will have plenty of power.

Unfortunately, there is no equivalent 15" with the same CPU and GPU, but without the DreamColor display. However, the DreamColor display is generally meant for individuals who considers color accuracy to be of critical importance. There is a 17.3" ZBook selling for $2,629 (F2P75UT) with a powerful nVidia GT 3100m if graphics rendering is of the utmost importance. It comes with an i7-4700MQ CPU and it starts at 7.62lbs, not very portable.



http/shopping1.hp.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/WW-USSMBPublicStore-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewStandardCatalog-Browse?CatalogCategoryID=LWYQ7habRO8AAAFDy3Ysvs9B


Perhaps the 15" ZBook selling for $2,199 (F2P50UT) is a good compromise between price and performance. It comes with an i7-4700MQ CPU and the nVidia K1100m GPU (probably 66% of the performance compared to the K2100m).

 

[harry_r_s]

I knew I forgot something. lol The laptop is for my wife and she runs very intensive graphics and large scale images. I'd like to get her the smoothest, fastest laptop for under $3k USD and preferably around $2.5k USD.

GS60 2PE GHOST PRO (15")
http/usgaming.msi.com/Product/2014/Notebook/GS60-Ghost/
http/www.msi.com/product/nb/GS60_2PE_Ghost_Pro.html#hero-overview
It is slim, lightweight, easy to carry, perfect cooling, Nvidia 870M what else you want!
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Or try the New Razer Blade (15") or the New Razer Blade Pro (17")
http/www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade
These have Nvidia 870M, very slim, light weight, and same content.