Technical - How many tables should I be able to play on

rancid

with this system with download client, obviously hooked upto an external monitor

Compaq Presario
AMD Sempron(tm) SI-42 2.10GHz
2GB Memory
32 bit


Can just about run three at the moment, I try four and it's unplayable
My internet connection is fine, can play 9 tables on the desktop PC

thanks, probs wrong section but I am sure mod will move

unknown_username

In Response to Technical - How many tables should I be able to play on:

with this system with download client, obviously hooked upto an external monitor Compaq Presario AMD Sempron(tm) SI-42 2.10GHz 2GB Memory 32 bit Can just about run three at the moment, I try four and it's unplayable My internet connection is fine, can play 9 tables on the desktop PC thanks, probs wrong section but I am sure mod will move
Posted by rancid

It really depends on what other programs you have running in the background such as Anti Virus & Internet Security etc. But in all honesty the one big problem I can see is your PC memory (2GB Memory)

4GB Memory would be much smoother and is probably the least I would want from my PC, because your windows operating system and other programs could be using at least 2GB which means most of your other programs will be sharing your cache memory.

Answer to question: 4 tables on mini view is the best you can expect.

Machka

In Response to Technical - How many tables should I be able to play on:

with this system with download client, obviously hooked upto an external monitor Compaq Presario AMD Sempron(tm) SI-42 2.10GHz 2GB Memory 32 bit Can just about run three at the moment, I try four and it's unplayable My internet connection is fine, can play 9 tables on the desktop PC thanks, probs wrong section but I am sure mod will move
Posted by rancid

Personally I'd say the CPU is the limiting factor here.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+Sempron+SI-42

unknown_username

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In Response to Technical - How many tables should I be able to play on : Personally I'd say the CPU is the limiting factor here. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+Sempron+SI-42
Posted by Machka

Yes that certainly is a major factor too.

I am running a dual Core with 4GB Mem and I can open more tables than I care to shake a stick at

AcidMan27

Yeah no point increasing RAM with that CPU.

Also which version of Windows do you run ?

cgoldie

With that setup you should be able to run 6-8 with little problems unless you are running a lot in the background. 6-8 shouldnt take over 1gb memory and a 2.1ghz should be fine for it.

If your using the system purely for poker, try a fresh install of a minimal windows XP. With that it won't take more than 256mb of RAM to run background processes and very minimal CPU so you should have plenty of resources left to be opening 6-8 tables.

rancid

Windows vista home basic