Thanks for the quick replay guys! So I updated all my drivers, disc clean and defraged my machine. I'm getting about 80 FPS now and it runs a lot smoother. BUT yet again the frame rate drops after about 5 min. you can see in the screen capture link that it runs smooth and then spikes and drops to 12...

So I'm running my HP laptop on Arena and every 5 min or so I'll get a good FPS at 50-60 and then it will drop down to 5 FPS for a few min then back up to 50-60 again. Here's my laptops specs HP ENVY 15t-3200 Intel i7-3720QM AMD Radeon 7700m 16gb ram 250GB Samsung 840 pro SSD All my clips are 720 DXV...

Thanks for the quick reply! I did not know that the screen resolution on the laptop itself has an effect. And yes with the Razer it seems to sacrifice more sleek style/portability than having the option of useful outputs/components. I might be headed more toward the direction of the Origin but i'll ...

Hey everyone I'm in the market for a new laptop to run Resolume Arena proficiently. Id like something very powerful yet somewhat portable. Oh and it has to be Windows machine. I've narrowed it down to these three... http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blade http://www.originpc.com/workstation/lapto...

How awesome would it be to run on this ultra portable machine for the VJ on the fly?!

http://www.razerzone.com/switchblade

Thank you Rawdesigns....for inspiring me so much..that I tried to create my own version of a resolume controller. http://picload.org/image/lorigdw/header.png I posted detailed information in another topic...: midi controller topic greeetings cosmowe daymn! looks great i love the design nice job! :o

I sure hope you guys have something in the works! next level for Resolume is hardware and Id love to have a controller that's an extension to the software

yeah I love that APC 40mk2 I would get one asap but they are a bit out of my price range my mk1 will do for now

Hey guys just wanted to share some renders of this simple controller concept which I think would work lovely with Resolume. Maybe someday! :) http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b509/Ryan_Whitmer/resolumecontroller4_zpsb5281137.jpg http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b509/Ryan_Whitmer/resolumecontro...

There are great! excellent job