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July 8, 2025

The best vMix Laptop for 2025-2026!

Laptops Laptops Laptops! We’ve finally taken the plunge this year into the newer generation Core Ultra Processors for vMix! We thought we’d wait a generation and try the Series 2 versions. Although the new landscape of Mobile chips are heavily focused on power efficiency and AI, the Core Ultra 9 275HX are pretty good. You get faster RAM and high base clock speeds but sacrifice some extra threads. We’ve thoroughly tested it though and had no issues. Here are the full specs for the…

ASUS 16″ TUF Gaming F16 Laptop (FX608LM-BS96)

  • 2.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX 24-Core
  • 32GB DDR5 | 1TB M.2 SSD
  • 16″ 2560 x 1600 IPS 165 Hz Display
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 GPU (8GB GDDR7)
  • Gigabit LAN | Wi-Fi 6E | Bluetooth 5.3
  • Thunderbolt 4 | HDMI 2.1 | USB-C
  • User-Upgradable RAM & SSD Slots
  • Full HD IR Webcam
  • Backlit Keyboard | RGB Aura Sync
  • Windows 11 Home

B+H Link– It was around $1800 USD but has been on sale for $1,589.99. It was $3500AUD when we purchased (incl taxes and shipping).

ASUS Link– Product Page

What about other laptops??

You can purchase a different brand of laptop but just make sure that it has similar specs. Here’s what we’d recommend if you were in the market for a new laptop in 2025/2026.

  • Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
  • RTX 5060 or better
  • Thunderbolt 4
  • 16GB DDR5 RAM or more
  • At least 1TB SSD storage
  • Advanced Optimus or MUX Switch

Do I need to update?

Not really. You could easily get similar performance from the 14th Gen I9s if you can get one-

  • Intel i9 14900HX processor or better
  • RTX 4060 or better
  • 16GB DDR5 Ram or more
  • Advertises that it has Advanced Optimus or a MUX switch
  • 1TB SSD
  • Thunderbolt 4 if you need it!

Last years- https://blog.vmix.com/vmix-laptops-2024-2025/

See our Sapphire Reference System page for the latest vMix Laptop news!

Laptop best practices!

Check out our Knowledge Base article about getting the most out of your laptop with vMix- https://www.vmix.com/knowledgebase/article.aspx/264/laptop-best-practices

April 1, 2025

vMix and AI: Presenting AIffirmatron, The Future of Social Stream Interaction

As a content creator, there’s nothing worse than going live and hearing the sound of silence. It’s disheartening when you’re putting all your effort into a stream, only to find that your audience isn’t engaging as you hoped. Enter AIffirmatron, the ultimate solution to this common live streaming dilemma!

What is AIffirmatron?

AIffirmatron is a revolutionary new tool that uses AI-generated comments to boost engagement during your live streams. It’s the perfect way to make sure your stream never feels lonely again. Whether you’re streaming on Twitch, YouTube, or another platform, AIffirmatron generates positive comments to create an active, lively atmosphere that attracts real viewers to join in on the fun.

How Does AIffirmatron Work?

AIffirmatron integrates seamlessly with vMix Social, providing an easy way to kickstart the interaction during your live broadcasts. The tool offers thousands of AI-generated comments, and you can choose to curate a steady flow or let them roll in continuously. These comments are designed to create the impression that you have an engaged, buzzing audience—encouraging others to comment and join the conversation.

While the comments are mostly positive, the best part about AIffirmatron is its variety. Not only does it include well-crafted, friendly comments, but it also features quirky, unhinged personas for a touch of unpredictability! After all, variety is the spice of life, and AIffirmatron delivers just the right balance of fun and engagement to keep your stream interesting.

Why Should You Use AIffirmatron?

  1. Instant Engagement: Never deal with silence again! AIffirmatron helps create an active, engaging environment from the start.
  2. Curated Comments: Easily manage the comments coming in with a customizable queue. Choose when and how the comments show up to fit your stream’s vibe.
  3. Realistic AI Personas: These aren’t generic bots. AIffirmatron uses intelligent AI personas to keep things real and lively.
  4. Seamless Integration: Fully compatible with vMix Social, making it simple to add to your existing setup.

Is AIffirmatron Right for You?

Whether you’re a professional streamer or just starting, AIffirmatron is the perfect tool to increase your engagement and create a more dynamic live stream. Don’t let your streams fall flat—let AIffirmatron bring the energy and interaction you’ve been craving.

Ready to see your engagement soar? Try AIffirmatron today and watch your live stream transform!

January 28, 2025

vMix 28 is available now!

vMix 28 is now available for download via the vMix.com download page! If you’re a vMix Max user or purchased vMix from January 2023 then you can update right now for free. Prior to this date, it’s a $60 fee for 12 months of updates if you’d like to experience the new vMix 28 features! For a quick overview of vMix 28, check out this 2-3 minute video brought to you by current vMix CEO, Martin ‘McStreamy’ Sinclair.

Telestrator

A Telestrator has been added to the vMix Web Controller! Easily add illustrations, shapes, and images to a production from any modern web browser. The Web Controller will provide a new low latency video feed that can used to telestrate on! Just add a Telestrator as an overlay or layer on your production for excellent success!

10 shortcuts can also be added to the Telestrator screen so the talent can not only telestrate but control the production as well!!

5 streaming destinations and encoder statistics!

Now that you can use 8 hardware encodes with an NVIDIA GeForce card, vMix has opened up the number of streaming destinations to 5! This leaves another 3 free for other encodes like records! Having trouble keeping up with how many hardware encoders you’re doing? Well vMix now has an Encoder tab in the Statistics section, where you can manage the number of encoders you’re currently using.

New playback triggers!

vMix 28 now features 2 triggers for inputs that have a playback time. For example someone could now perform a function at a particular time during a video playout.

  • OnPlaybackTime
  • OnPlaybackTimeRemaining

New MultiView Options!

MultiView2 has been added to vMix, alongside some additional configuration options. This will include the ability to remove preview/output, choose the preview/output mix, select the audio being displayed and the ability to click on the MultiView to move an input to Preview.

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November 26, 2024

vMix Bluesky!

We’ve decided to start a Bluesky account. It’s going to be mainly for posting AI images of bananas and pygmy hippos doing things, but also for announcements and the like. If you’d like to follow us you can find our profile here- vMix on Bluesky.

November 15, 2024

vMix Laptops 2024-2025

What a year! Things took a bit of a left turn this year with the new Intel Core Ultras and AMD Ryzen AI CPUs. These have taken a heavy focus on AI and power consumption, which don’t really impact vMix. Instead of buying 4 new laptops for testing, we’ve stuck with the 14th Gen Intel Core laptops. In particular the i9 14900HX, which is a little different from the previous recommendations of the i7s. We bought an i7 but noticed some lacklustre performance at low load.

Here’s what we went for-

ASUS 16″ Republic of Gamers Strix G614JVR-ES94

  • Intel i9 14900HX processor
  • RTX 4060 GPU
  • 16GB DDR5 Ram
  • Thunderbolt 4
  • 1TB SSD
  • Advanced Optimus

What about other laptops??

You can purchase a different brand of laptop but just make sure that it has similar specs. Here’s what we’d recommend if you were in the market for a new laptop in 2024/2025.

  • Intel i9 14900HX processor or better
  • RTX 4060 or better
  • 16GB DDR5 Ram or more
  • Advertises that it has Advanced Optimus or a MUX switch
  • 1TB SSD
  • Thunderbolt 4 if you need it!

Do I need to update?

Not really. If you can buy a 12th Gen or 13th Gen i7 like the 12700H or 13700H, you’ll save a bit of money and get good results. These might come with a GeForce RTX 3060 which will have Resizable BAR but not AV1 encoding. If you want AV1 encoding you’ll need a GeForce RTX 4060 or better.

See our Sapphire Reference System page for the latest vMix Laptop news!

Laptop best practices!

Check out our Knowledge Base article about getting the most out of your laptop with vMix- https://www.vmix.com/knowledgebase/article.aspx/264/laptop-best-practices

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