Gaming Computer?
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Not for Finale. Unless you will be doing a lot of audio work with multiple instruments, just about any computer will handle Finale.
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'Gaming' computers are for heavy processing of 2D and 3D polygons in transparent layers, with animation, and light-source rendering.
Finale's graphics requirements are largely unchanged since the 90s. It puts some black text characters on a page with some black lines and curves. (Sometimes, we use colour!)
It would be like using a 22-wheeler to transport a small pie on the passenger seat. Across an area with an inner-city speed limit.
Having said that, if you want to drive a very large display -- 4K, 5K, 6K -- then that in itself will require a reasonable amount of graphics grunt. And of course you may want to use your computer for other things, like photo editing, drawing, DTP etc, which uses a bit more.
Don't forget that 'heavy' GPUs and multi-core desktop CPUs use a lot of energy -- between 300 and 500W!!!
Finale's graphics requirements are largely unchanged since the 90s. It puts some black text characters on a page with some black lines and curves. (Sometimes, we use colour!)
It would be like using a 22-wheeler to transport a small pie on the passenger seat. Across an area with an inner-city speed limit.
Having said that, if you want to drive a very large display -- 4K, 5K, 6K -- then that in itself will require a reasonable amount of graphics grunt. And of course you may want to use your computer for other things, like photo editing, drawing, DTP etc, which uses a bit more.
Don't forget that 'heavy' GPUs and multi-core desktop CPUs use a lot of energy -- between 300 and 500W!!!