Computers with powerful processors

[2Ls]

Hello,
I make my income from horse racing and need to have at least 4 bookmakers running at the same time. This slows down the computer and often I can't place bets because I'm waiting for the different windows to display. What kind of processor can cope with this?

 

[genghiskron]

an i5-2500-neyyyy!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

xeon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HPrometheus]

Most Intel chips are know for their strong multitasking capabilities. While AMD does well, they are known for their raw processing power for gaming. I'd also recommend an i5 or an i7.
They just came out with the second gen i5 and i7's too. You can find it in these laptops, so you get an idea of price.


http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/store_access.do?template_type=computer_store&landing=notebooks&a1=Category&v1=High performance&aoid=92787

 

[Ubrales]

Would multiple computers be an option?

 

[nigelren]

Hello,
I make my income from horse racing and need to have at least 4 bookmakers running at the same time. This slows down the computer and often I can't place bets because I'm waiting for the different windows to display. What kind of processor can cope with this?

Does each 'bookmaker' work as a separate thread - if so then go for something with as many cores as possible - AMD ( IMHO ) are better for that. If they all act as a single process - use Intel as they generally use higher clock speeds and get better single threaded performance.

My desktop will run dual quad core AMD's, whereas the server I use has 4 AMD quad cores.

Or if the money isn't so much of a problem - then have a look for dual or quad 12 core opterons.

 

[Ubrales]

For a critical application such as this, you need TWO computers, both up and running. Go with models that have the i7 CPU (Sandy Bridge) and at least 8 GBs of RAM in each one.

This will protect you against one computer going down at a critical time.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

w3520 xeon quad core with 24 gigs of ddr3 will do it!