Is this laptop good enough for 4k video editing?

[jcarlos_hugo]

Hi

I just bought this laptop and now I'm just waiting for it to be shipped, I just want to know if it is good enough
I'm planning to use Adobe premiere pro

Here is the link

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-thinkpad-yoga-2-in-1-14-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-1tb-16gb-hybrid-hard-drive-black/7067032.p?id=1219668752948&skuId=7067032

Specs
i5 5th generation 5200u
8gb ram DDR3L
NVIDIA GeForce GT 940M

For the HDD, I'm planning to swap it with an SSD
(Samsung 850 EVO 500GB)

Thanks

 

[velo3100]

For light to medium video editing the gt 940m is good. If on the other hand you plan on using this professionally, I would look for a workstation laptop.

 

[Cryolator]

I'm using a XPS 13 with the Intel i5-5200U, Full-HD-Display and 8GB of RAM for video-editing. Premiere Pro CC (latest version) is running OK with 1080p50-material. 4K is stuttering, if you try to import the files out of camera. 4K-editing works much better with Edius 8 and with Magix Video Pro X7. They both use Intel Quick Sync for the playback of the 4K-material. So it works for light editing (one track). Really disappointed with Premiere...

 

[jcarlos_hugo]

I'm using a XPS 13 with the Intel i5-5200U, Full-HD-Display and 8GB of RAM for video-editing. Premiere Pro CC (latest version) is running OK with 1080p50-material. 4K is stuttering, if you try to import the files out of camera. 4K-editing works much better with Edius 8 and with Magix Video Pro X7. They both use Intel Quick Sync for the playback of the 4K-material. So it works for light editing (one track). Really disappointed with Premiere...

Hi Cryolator, so does that mean that Premiere pro CC is CPU dependent not GPU dependent? that's a bummer. I just hope there will be an update soon so it can ran smoothly and utilize Intel Quick Sync. I have not used Edius 8 and Magix video pro before, can you tell me which of the two is easier to learn and has more value?

 

[Cryolator]

On the contrary - PP is highly GPU dependant. The i5-5200U uses only onboard-graphics. Not good enough for 4k-editing in Premiere. If u use a Notebook with additional graphics card, PP will run smoothly. But obviously PP doesn't use the Quick Sync Hardware decoding of 4K for playback and editing (I think for export u can use Quick Sync though...it's fast but not best quality...).

So if u really want to edit 4K on such a small machine, u have to use another software or u use a Proxy-workflow in PP ;-)