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Computer specs for PT4

Postby aramalho » Sun Jan 09, 2022 3:00 pm

Hi,
As a poker dinosaur that plays for Poker for over 10 years, I start to have really big database, that really shows not much speed of hands showing up quickly after first hand, even after cleaning database.

I would like to know what are the best specs pc for a good performing database for PT4.
what disk do you suggest
What memories do you suggest
What else would you suggest in terms of hardware and configuration.


Best wishes.
Thank you.
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Re: Computer specs for PT4

Postby Flag_Hippo » Mon Jan 10, 2022 6:06 am

An SSD drive with enough space for your needs would be the single most important factor with regards to performance and after that RAM. Any modern CPU will be fine while a powerful graphics card isn't required.
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Re: Computer specs for PT4

Postby aramalho » Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:41 am

Thank you for the quick reply.

Yes I'm aware that SSD, is the most important, I already have it for many years.
I would like to optimize it a bit more, for example:

PCIe SSD and SATA SSDs?

As for RAM, what quantity is required is related with the database size?
Additionally, is it the quality type of RAM important, if so, which in your opinion?

Thank you very much.
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Re: Computer specs for PT4

Postby Flag_Hippo » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:35 am

There will be diminishing returns as you get more RAM but if you have enough to hold the entire database it will help. Most SSDs will be sufficient but beyond that I am not a hardware expert and I don't have access to a suite of different hardware configurations for testing purposes so I'm unable to comment on or quantify the performance difference between different types of SSD or RAM.
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Re: Computer specs for PT4

Postby aramalho » Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:54 am

Thanks again the fast reply!

Ok thank you for your opinion, I'll follow your advice, but since it's always a relative big investment buying a new pc, would be great if you could supply a 2nd opinion from someone of PT4 team that has also an opinion on hardware regarding:
PCIe SSD and SATA SSDs?
and quantity and quality of RAM.

Cheers!
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Re: Computer specs for PT4

Postby Flag_Hippo » Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:47 pm

If anyone else has any feedback for you they will reply here and maybe some members of the community will be able to offer some advice.
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