Sign In:     

Forum: General Discussion

Topic: Windows Laptops Considerations for DJing (especially average DPC Latencies) - Page: 2
My 2024 ASUS Rog Strix G16 required downgrading to Windows 10 to get my DPC latency to an acceptable level where I did not experience distortion, crackling, etc. I'm dual booting this machine with Win 11 and Win 11 is still a DOG for DPC latency related problems in my situation. It is so bad that if Windows 10 auto upgrades, I'm buying a MacBook Pro ASAP.

Who would have thought that an i9-14900HX, 32 gigabytes of RAM, an RTX 4070, a 1 TB NVME for the OS and a 4 TB NVME for the music storage would give me these kinds of issues?
 
DJ Bilski wrote :
My 2024 ASUS Rog Strix G16 required downgrading to Windows 10 to get my DPC latency to an acceptable level where I did not experience distortion, crackling, etc. I'm dual booting this machine with Win 11 and Win 11 is still a DOG for DPC latency related problems in my situation. It is so bad that if Windows 10 auto upgrades, I'm buying a MacBook Pro ASAP.

Who would have thought that an i9-14900HX, 32 gigabytes of RAM, an RTX 4070, a 1 TB NVME for the OS and a 4 TB NVME for the music storage would give me these kinds of issues?


Just Buy the Mac lol
 
the SOUND INSURGENT wrote :
DJ Bilski wrote :
My 2024 ASUS Rog Strix G16 required downgrading to Windows 10 to get my DPC latency to an acceptable level where I did not experience distortion, crackling, etc. I'm dual booting this machine with Win 11 and Win 11 is still a DOG for DPC latency related problems in my situation. It is so bad that if Windows 10 auto upgrades, I'm buying a MacBook Pro ASAP.

Who would have thought that an i9-14900HX, 32 gigabytes of RAM, an RTX 4070, a 1 TB NVME for the OS and a 4 TB NVME for the music storage would give me these kinds of issues?


Just Buy the Mac lol


Oh, I am buying a Mac this year. WHEN is all dependent on Microsoft! Force install the Windows 11 OS and I'll have a Mac that day or the next. I'm talking I will buy it from the Apple Store, take off of work, and drive 70 miles to get it!

EDIT: Something similar happened to me years ago when Windows 10 was force upgrading. I was still running 7 and my tax software (I'm also a CPA) stated to NOT upgrade to 10 because Lacerte was not 10 certified. Well, I turn my laptop on and Windows 10 is the new OS, it botched the upgrade so I couldn't roll it back, and I was dead in the water until mid February for filing income tax returns for my clients. I lost 10 that year due to a stupid OS auto install that I technically had blocked from installing!
 
My Laptop... Absolutely the GOAT for Virtual DJ
Lenovo Legion 7i w/ RTX 4070 (white)
Core i9-14900HX
RAM Kingston Fury DDR 5600 32x2 64GB Kit
1xWD 8TB M.2 SN850X (slot 1)
1xWD 4TB M.2 SN850X (slot 2)
I have no issue's and I'm good running my RANE One, RANE Performer, & DDJ Rev-7

NO Latency Issues when running NO Controller. Why? I don't use the Realtek Drivers. I actually find using the ASIO4ALL drivers work way better. You can also customize to use the ASIO4ALL drivers simultaneously with your DJ controller drivers too.
 
I recently went through DPC hell as well. It took me FIVE different devices to find a solution (albeit a bit unique). I was trying to avoid intel entirely given the recent CPU issues (it basically cooking itself overtime if you don't undervolt it)

Devices I tried that failed audio/DPC tests despite tons of tweaking:
Lenovo Legion Go [Ryzen Z1 Extreme]
HP Victus 16 (2023) [Ryzen 8845HS/RTX 4070] - fast as hell, terrible build quality, lots of audio drops
ASUS TUF [Ryzen 7735HS/RX7700S] - modest performance, nice build quality, sporadic audio drops
Dell G15 [i7 13650/RTX 4060] - nice build Q, terrible lag spikes, shit cooling

I ended up trying a mini PC by Beelink SER8 [Ryzen 8845HS/780m integrated GPU]
- it's fast, quiet, stable with no lags or dropouts WITHOUT any advanced CPU/OS tweaking, and it can do STEMS 2.0 in real time at about 10x!!!
- I paired it with a portable 2k USB C monitor and really like this combo