"Driver" is important. The Microsoft Windows OS relies on the driver software provided by the hardware manufacturers to "drive" the device. When you buy a new video card, they usually provide the driver software plus some utility applications on a CD in the box. If you buy a used video card, be sure to ask for the driver software CD. Some of the older video cards, their driver software may be included in certain Windows OS releases. But some newer video cards, may not. Some video card vendors even give you a monitor manager type of app that let you move the monitor position and change the screen size. This is especially important if you have more than 10 monitors because the Display Manager app prrovided by Windows only manage up to 10 monitors. I found that trying to download driver software from the Internet is such a hassle. There are so many fake websites and traps for "driver download". One careless click... ding, you get a virus.
I have used NVIDIA Quadro NVS440 for over five years with no issues, it works well, but its kinda old now, no? I was expecting that something else might have superseded it by now..
Yes the 450 as in "450 uses displayport - can be problematic". NVS 440 can't run 30" screens - forget what max resolution for 440 is. Less memory also
Just checked and Total Memory for NVS440 is 2159 MB so probably not for gaming but several charts across six monitors = still works great in Windows 7
What's the latest gold standard for having the fastest machine available to PUBLIC. I looked around: Esignal requirements: Windows 7 or 8 Intel i7 processor 3-6 GB ram 250MB available disk space DSL or cable Multichart: CPU: Quad Core RAM: 3 GB of RAM Hard Drive: 1 GB of available hard-disk space Multi-Monitor solution Operating System: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8 Lightspeed: Processor: 2 Intel® Xeon® E5504, 1.86Ghz, 4M Cache, Turbo, HT, 800MHz Max Mem (or faster) Memory: 8 GB of RAM Any suggestions?
what platform you use? what is your timeframe? what is your budget? do you really need fastest? cuz you will be looking at around $5K... depending on who you get...
Well I was going to make my own. Buy each piece individually and put it all together. I've looked at the prices of some of these websites that sell "trading computers" but I think their prices are way over jacked. I can build the same thing for 50-60% less
What did you mean by "gold standard"? I haven't shopped around for a while. It seems that you can build it yourself with something like: - i7 third generation processor - a motherboard that supports it, with 3+ PCIe X16 slots - 8 GB of RAM, or maybe make it 16 GB of RAM - a 128 GB SSD - a regular 1TB disk drive (for online backup) - 2 to 3 small, inexpensive PCIe X16 dual monitor display cards - a good power supply - a chassis - a good CPU fan - Windows 7 or 8 - plus the trivial stuff, such as keyboard, mouse, etc You should be able to build one around $1000 - $1200 or so I think.
hmmm... you didnt answer any of my questions, so not sure what i can help you with... my suggestion, there are a few threads that deal with any questions you might have where everyone has exposed their opinion... just review those.