Computer Set Up for multitabling

[_dave_]

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Build your own computer. It is not as hard as it sounds.

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[elffaw]

If he doesn't know what to get, he would probably not be best served building his own computer.

I recommend buying from dell or someone, getting a core 2 duo processor and 2 gigs of ram. And a nice LCD.

[goldtoes]

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If he doesn't know what to get, he would probably not be best served building his own computer.

I recommend buying from dell or someone, getting a core 2 duo processor and 2 gigs of ram. And a multiple LCDs.

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i would recommend more than 1 LCD monitor if you plan on eventually playing more than 4 tables, and want them to be decently sized.

[Tooks]

My Four Monitor Poker System

Note that this was put together over a 2 1/2 year period.
I really cut corners on the video cards but they work well for the price.
I don't use this system for anything but Poker and a little surfing.
I usually play 4 tables (1 on each monitor @ 800x600) but it is capable
of running all 4 @ 1600x1200 for 16 table total w/ no overlap.
My old eyes really can't do that for very long..LOL
PokerTracker runs sorta slow but is still very functional.
Personally today I'd swing for a little more CPU and Ram.


AMD XP2400 512MB 80GB (ACT 2/14/04) $444.55
PT (PokerTracker 4/28/05) $55.00
Dell 2001FP New (Dell 9/8/05) $564.85
VGA GF MX4000 TWIN 128MB Refurb (Newegg 10/18/05) $30.00
VIKING D266 512M VGDDR64X64PC2100 (Newegg 10/18/05) $39.95
PAHUD (PokerAce 12/20/05) $25.00
Dell 2001FP New (Dell 1/19/06) $503.20
Dell 2001FP Used Mint (Ebay 9/7/06) $290.00
ATI Radeon 7000 64MB PCI Card Dual VGA (Ebay 9/8/06) $44.98
19" CRT Free (From work 9/8/06) $00.00
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Total System as of 9/8/06 $1997.53

Wish list = Another Dell 2001FP to replace the CRT

[hukilai]

Well, my two-year old PC (2.4 GHz with 1 Gb RAM) experiences absolutely no delays when I am playing 4 tables, with PT, a couple of the poker related programs plus mail program and browser. And I do not talk about ICQ/antivirus/firewall stuff in the background...

[Tooks]

Playing wise my system does run great.
I was really trying to make the point that you don't really need a high cost system to run multi-tables.
Notice that my 2 dual VGA cards cost less than $80.
Monitors are the biggest cost in my setup but it can be done with smaller cheaper monitors.
I only mentioned PT being sorta slow which is likely due to the size of my database which is pretty huge. That is only while using PT to look at stats..etc. I works great during actual game play.