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New desktop strictly for poker?

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  1. stlboy05 stlboy05 is offline

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    Mar 9th, 2011 (3/9/2011 1:02am)

    Hey p5, I need to get a new desktop comp that I really only need for poker. I play 8-12 tables at a time on 2 monitors and run a HUD also. What minimum requirements would I need to have it run with no lag?
     
  2. Moonlight Graham Moonlight Graham is offline

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    Mar 9th, 2011 (3/9/2011 1:09am) in reply to stlboy05

    walk into one of those local private owned computer shops, and have one built.. prob $300-500, make sure it has a video card if you want to run more than 1 monitor
    Edited By: Moonlight Graham Mar 9th, 2011 at 01:10 AM
  3. C_Bomb C_Bomb is offline

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    Mar 9th, 2011 (3/9/2011 1:27am) in reply to Moonlight Graham

    i5 quad core, any graphics card that supports dual monitors and has min 512mb (1gig would be better) 6GB ram min.

    Not sure if it'll help as I don't know where HUDs get their data from but maybe a solid state HDD would help lag if the HUD is resource hungry, they're much better for response in loading and use less RAM

    edit: you want a processor that has a part no i5-24xx or i5-25xx
    Edited By: C_Bomb Mar 9th, 2011 at 02:09 AM
    Reason: i was looking at the wrong ones when i checked
  4. MrsProJ3cT MrsProJ3cT is offline

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    Mar 9th, 2011 (3/9/2011 6:05am) in reply to C_Bomb

    there was a similar thread about this like last week i think, you'll be fine with a 1gb graphics card or 512mb, as far as minimum requirements, just have at least a 3.0 processor speed and 4gb of ram, you dont need 6gb to be able to run what you want though,and make sure you have a good power supply, if you had it customly built would be better :)
     
  5. C_Bomb C_Bomb is offline

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    Mar 9th, 2011 (3/9/2011 9:51am) in reply to MrsProJ3cT

    I'll take a 2.5 and the extra ram. It'll make a difference especially because of the latest processors running on demand boost.
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