Best Laptops for Students of Animation, Visual Effects, and Media Design
Prepare for a career in content creation
Whether you’re studying video production, computer animation, or game design, you need the right technology to excel. The media and entertainment industry relies on NVIDIA GPUs to create innovative and stunning content. In fact, NVIDIA GPUs have powered every Academy Award nominee for Visual Effects for over a decade. And now, NVIDIA Studio laptops put the same GPU technology at your fingertips so you can work faster, with larger formats and more detailed models--and with the freedom to create more immersive and extraordinary work.
Top Apps and the Latest Innovations
NVIDIA Studio laptops are tested with the top applications for creators and feature the latest capabilities, including real-time ray tracing and AI. With Studio laptops, you can confidently run the apps you need for class, while keeping pace with the latest industry trends.
After Effects
DaVinci Resolve
Premiere Pro
Redcine-X Pro
Adobe dimension
Autodesk Maya
Blender
Cinema 4D
Unity
Unreal Engine
Adobe dimension
Blender
Autodesk Maya
Cinema 4D
Unity
Unreal Engine
Video Editing
8K All the way
Play back and edit ultra-high resolution video smoothly without pre-caching or generating proxies in Adobe Premiere Pro, Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve, REDCINE-X PRO, and more.
Performance testing conducted by NVIDIA in March 2020 on Laptops PCs equipped with 16GB RAM, Intel Core i7-10750H CPU with Cometlake integrated graphics. NVIDIA Driver 442.74, Windows 1903. Performance measures playback and render FPS in Media Encoder 2020 of normalized by clip framrate and length of 1080p and 4K video with Lumetri color and various GPU-accelerated effects enabled.
Adobe Premiere Pro
Edit video up to 11x faster
Performance testing conducted by NVIDIA in March 2020 on Laptops PCs equipped with 16GB RAM, Intel Core i7-10750H CPU with Cometlake integrated graphics. NVIDIA Driver 442.74, Windows 1903. Performance measures playback and render FPS in Media Encoder 2020 of normalized by clip framrate and length of 1080p and 4K video with Lumetri color and various GPU-accelerated effects enabled.
REDCINE-X PRO
Edit RED RAW video up to 30x faster
Performance testing conducted by NVIDIA in March 2020 on Laptops PCs equipped with 16GB RAM, Intel Core i7-10750H CPU with Cometlake integrated graphics. NVIDIA Driver 442.74, Windows 1903. Maya 2019 Arnold 6.0.2 RC2 renderer performance measures render time of the NVIDIA SOL 3D model.
3D & Rendering
Get to Final Frames Sooner
Experience lag-free interaction and massive speed boosts with RTX-accelerated ray tracing and AI denoising.
Performance testing conducted by NVIDIA in March 2020 on Laptops PCs equipped with 16GB RAM, Intel Core i7-10750H CPU with Cometlake integrated graphics. NVIDIA Driver 442.74, Windows 1903. Performance measures playback and render FPS in Media Encoder 2020 of normalized by clip framrate and length of 1080p and 4K video with Lumetri color and various GPU-accelerated effects enabled.
Blender Cycles
Render up to 21x faster
Performance testing conducted by NVIDIA in March 2020 on Laptops PCs equipped with 16GB RAM, Intel Core i7-10750H CPU with Cometlake integrated graphics. NVIDIA Driver 442.74, Windows 1903. Performance measures playback and render FPS in Media Encoder 2020 of normalized by clip framrate and length of 1080p and 4K video with Lumetri color and various GPU-accelerated effects enabled.
Technology
Real-time Ray Tracing
Ray tracing is the definitive solution for lifelike lighting, reflections, and shadows, offering a level of realism far beyond what’s possible with traditional rendering techniques. NVIDIA Studio laptops with NVIDIA RTX™ technology feature RT cores to help you bring your creations to life.
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
AI is driving the greatest technology advancement in history, and NVIDIA Studio laptops with Tensor Core technology bring the power of AI to content creation. With techniques like image super-resolution, de-noising, video retiming and reframing, face tracking, material de-lighting, and auto-tagging, AI speeds repetitive tasks and helps you deliver better results.
A Laptop for Every Creative Student
Studio laptops are available from all top manufacturers and come in a variety of configurations to meet every need. Special offers are available to students enrolled in universities that participate in the NVIDIA EDU Partner program.
RTX Studio laptops and desktops are loaded with powerful NVIDIA RTX GPUs and precision-engineered for advanced creators who need next-level performance.
State-of-the-art RTX Studio systems powered by the world’s best NVIDIA RTX GPUs for creators seeking top-of-the-line technology to meet the most demanding creative needs.
Edit video in up to 8K in real-time
Animate large 3D models with up to 48GB memory and accelerated ray tracing
All the benefits of a Quadro RTX Studio system plus enterprise-grade technology like massive, scalable memory capacity, and multi-display technology. Provides workstation-class reliability for professional creators who make creating their life's work. Learn more >
Tackle the most advanced multi-app workflows
100+ software application certifications
Exclusive Quadro professional features like Quadro Sync, NVIDIA Mosaic, GPUDirect for Video, and more
Learn how NVIDIA Quadro GPUs helped drive real-time virtual production with Rob Legato, VFX Supervisor, and Ben Grossmann, Virtual Production Supervisor and CEO of Magnopus
Go from inspiration to action. Discover new ways to create with the creator-focused NVIDIA Studio creator-focused YouTube channel, including exclusive step-by-step tutorials from industry-leading artists, inspiring community showcases, and more.
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