Hi there my audio friends,
So today, (and a lot lately) I’ve been having some trouble using my mobile unit (my laptop plus my BabyFace Pro) with AVERAGE PEAK loads maxing out and causing the project to halt. On my main machine, these projects play without it even flinching. And I’m just asking myself, why the hell is there such a difference. I’m going to list the specs of BOTH machines and I’d love it if any and all could chime in and let me know if my laptop simply can’t handle the stuff my desktop can.
I clearly know that my desktop is far more powerful, but the kind of projects I’m throwing at my laptop are REALLY not what I’d call demanding.
Here are my two machines:
Dell XPS Laptop:
Processor: Intel(R) Core™ i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz 2.80 GHz
RAM: 16.0 GB
Windows 20H2
Cubase 11
ESET Smart Security
PC Desktop
Processor: Intel 8th Gen Core i7-8700 (6 Cores/12 Threads) 3.2GHz
RAM: 32.0 GB
Windows 20H2
Cubase 11
ESET Smart Security
All the normal modifications for audio have been applied to windows on both machines, ie;
Power Options (never sleep mode, USB selective suspend DISABLED, minimum processor state at 100, USB Power to Allow computer to turn off USB ports to save power, OFF)
Disk options: Compress this drive to save disk space ” and “ Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed ” are unchecked.
Both machines drivers are 100% up to date.
Am I just looking at a limitation of the machine with the laptop compared to the desktop?
I must specify this is happening on almost ALL of my projects - I’m a mixing engineer primarily so I do tend to throw a lot at it, but I feel like NOT ENOUGH to make a 16gb 2.8ghz i7 flip out.
I’m willing to throw some $$ at the laptop (maybe in RAM?) but beyond that, I’d simply look for a new machine.