What kind of computers do gaming companies need?

I am doing a school project on computers and I need to know what kind of computers might benefit gaming companies. What models , and how exactly will this be an asset to thier company. Please go into great detail. At least please provide a reference as to where I can read about stuff like this.

What kind of computers do gaming companies need?abtuvurys 2005

ummmm alienware. computer that has lots of RAM memory, hdd, and lots of voltage of PSU. just like alienware.

What kind of computers do gaming companies need?antivirus programs

Check alienware machines and thingsl ike that, Software Architects and Engineers need powerful machines to do things like they do so those are one of the top ones.
You mean computers or software?
Most of the people only need simple computers to run a compiler. Some people into graphics and modeling might run faster pcs with nice 3d cards. The testers generally run PC like you might have at home, they want to see what it runs like on most people's PCs.

Most software companies tend to run either cheap dell boxes they can order in bulk for the grunt workers (coders,) and givw the higher paid employees in design and production nice fancy mac pros (which they install window on.)
Either alienware or Dell XPS
my best bet would be macs. i was actually reading up on them last night in great depth, and the mac pro, the mac desktop that is, you can get for around 9,000 bucks with 3tb of space, meaning 4 harddrives, some crazy amount of ram, 2 quad-core processors, and an awesome graphics card. macs are known for their graphics, and speed. thats why they are the computer of choice for music editing, movie editing, gaming and game creating. alienware as someone mentioned earlier are very fast, but still a pc, macs run differently than pcs. partly due to their the raid systems they use on with their harddrives. look up on what raid is if you dont know. macs are also great in networking, which would also greatly help a gaming company. some companies such as pixar and any special effects in movies, of course many other industries too, will take computer like the top end mac pro and link many together, so you would then have say an 8 core computer working together with 5 others. you sometimes need that much computer for all the high end graphics and quick movements of gaming.
my guess its mor like software