7200 rpm hard drive substantially improve performance of pokertracker?
 

I had another post about the new dell 9300 I am buying but no one addressed this issue. The 7200 rpm hard drive costs about $100 more than the standard.


Does it improve the speed of pokertracker by for instance 15% or more?

If this was 50 big bets do you think it would easily pay for itself over 100,000 hands?

If it was 5 big bets?

Re: 7200 rpm hard drive substantially improve performance of pokertracker?
 

I'm not sure what to say as 7200 rpms is standard speed. Are you sure you don't mean 10,000 or 15,000 rpms? Even if you meant SATA150 or SATA300 the price of the drive shouldn't be $100 more than the same 7200rpm IDE drive.

If you meant 10,000 or 15,000 rpms, then yes, you'll notice a difference, though I don't have any numbers or estimates to show you.

Re: 7200 rpm hard drive substantially improve performance of pokertrac
 

Maybe he has a laptop. The standard on laptops is the 5400 rpm one. And upgrading to 7200 rpm on laptops is approx $100 more yeah...

Re: 7200 rpm hard drive substantially improve performance of pokertrac
 

Read the question, people, it's all there... he's about to order a laptop.

I'd probably get the faster drive for $100, but you won't see a dramatic difference in PT, it's more processor-intensive than disk-intensive, think about what it actually does.

Re: 7200 rpm hard drive substantially improve performance of pokertrac
 

Sorry, from now on I'll commit to memory every crappy Dell model number. That way I'll know if it's a laptop or a desktop. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

Re: 7200 rpm hard drive substantially improve performance of pokertrac
 

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It depends. If the database is small enough and already cached in memory, it will be more cpu intensive. But if you got a huge database that will not fit into memory your cpu will not get the data fast enough = the hard drive is the slower part.

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Sorry, from now on I'll commit to memory every crappy Dell model number. That way I'll know if it's a laptop or a desktop. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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Settle down, it's not an exam, you can use Google to check this stuff if needed. The 9300 is discussed on here a lot (popular due to hi-res screen), most readers would know what it is, probably why OP didn't think it necessary to mention.