mja09006 wrote:
Hi I recently purchased an ASUS ROG G750JZ-DS71 laptop for production and gaming and I wanted to see if Pro Tools 11 could run on it. So far I have been running Pro Tools 9 with a message claiming there were compatibility issues, however the software still runs fine.
These are my specs:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700HQ CPU @ 2.4GHz
24GB RAM
64-bit operating sytem, x64-based processor
1TB HDD and 156GB SSD
Windows 8 (64-bit)
I know spec-wise it'd be fine but I don't know if the software itself will be fine. Pro Tools is owned by Avid and they don't officially say PT11 runs with ASUS, but it could still work. Here's the link to AVID's site:
http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/e...dows-Computers
mja09006, ain't it always the way, you post something, and the site goes down 🙂
The problem we have seen in the past with professional rendering software and the JM/JS/JZ is that Optimus gets in the way of doing the rendering on the Nvidia GPU. Optimus forces rendering to the iGPU - the Intel onboard GPU - even on AC power, which is a problem when you bought the laptop for the Nvidia GPU performance. 🙂
If you right click on the application icon you should be able to set the app to use the Nvidia GPU. Also set the Global Nvidia Control panel setting to use the Nvdia/HighPerformance GPU globally - and then set each Application Setting to do the same. Sometimes this works sometimes it doesn't.
The secondary effect is that the CPU/GPU load is all on the Intel GPU instead of spread across the CPU and Nvidia GPU, so you can thermally throttle on rendering jobs, which drops performance.
The best environment to do rendering is on a non-Optimus laptop - like the new G751JT/JY's, as those run all GPU work on the Nvidia GPU because the CPU on those laptops has the Intel iGPU disabled, no Optimus.
If you are on the G750JZ, here are some posts that may help tune for best performance if your app is stuck only running on the Intel iGPU. dblkk and a few of us worked on getting the rendering moved to the Nvidia GPU, failing that, finding the best tests to simulate the problem and then tune using Intel Extreme Tuning Utility XTU to set the CPU for best performance without entering Thermal Throttling and clamping down rendering performance.
Things to try ~CPU overheating JM/JS/JZ models~
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?48594-Things-to-try-CPU-overheating-JM-JS-JZ-models
If you look at dblkk's posts, and some of the others with the same issue, you can gain insight into working with it.
Hopefully that is all not for you, check to see if the ProTools works properly under Optimus, and redirects GPU work to the Nvidia GPU.
Please let us know what you find. 🙂
Things to try ~CPU overheating JM/JS/JZ models~
hmscott wrote:
mja09006, good news that PT9 lets you set the GPU, and it works 🙂
What is the compatibility issue it complains about? Do you have a link explaining the error, maybe from Avid?
I will look for your post when you get done configuring PT11 🙂
Thank you hmscott 😄 I took some pictures of the "compatibility issues" that PT9 shows me on boot. It's silly - it won't even bring me to Avid's site but rather the iLok site. I think the only issue is that the software is old and it still prompts the user to download an old version of the iLok License Manager software from back when that software was older. I have the most recent version of it now and obviously it still works as I can run PT9 efficiently anyways.
Here are some pictures showing what happens linearly:
aside from this PT9 runs fine it just prompts me that iLok License Manager is outdated even though you can go to that website separately and install the most recent version. No big deal essentially.
I'm going to upgrade to PT11 really soon, thanks for the help 😄 Hopefully it works lol
