Yes, it's really a price thing in the end. I don't need a Ferrari when I don't 'really' need one due to the maintenance costs vs what I'm doing. I'd love to have one in computer form, but just don't need a Ferrari when a Corvette Z06 will stomp the average Ferrari at 1/3 of the cost, plus less maintenance, and a 100,000 mile warranty vs. what the Ferrari comes with... The sad part of my statement is I am related to the Ferrari's on my Mother's side, but it's so distant, the $ never sees my wallet or anyone else I know with that last name in the US. And regarding multicharts, I'm using them at home, and am impressed thus far, and I'm hard to impress. They apparently have a 3D charting capability, and I wonder what that would be like to look at p/a, volume, range, etc., in 3D with hte correct 3D cards to support... I certainly don't need 3D cards lol for what I'm doing. Just think it would be cool to see what p/a looks like that way. I'm sure 10 years from now, all s/w/brokers will provide some form of 3D as the norm. How technology changes by the day...:eek:
Agreed! Thanks! Btw, are you going to build my rig since I guessed the daisy dukes right? Guess I'm giving away my age...
Hahaha, well explaination, LEAPup. I agreed with you. I always told myself F1 driver not nessesary must be an Automobile Engineer...... right ?
Using this analogy... If the driver doesn't want to build the automobile, he really can't tell the automobile engineer to: Start with a Corvette Z06 body chassis And use a Volkswagen engine put in a Oldsmobile transmission a Hummers drivetrain and suspensions Firestone tires and put them together to make them work. Better to tell him the specs: How fast you want the maximum speed Offroad or for race tracks environment Manual or auto transmission Let him get the parts and build the automobile for you. So far you seem to want: - i7 2600k processor (the engine, the speed) - can drive 8 monitors (this is the special requirement). If you dictate that you want only 4 inexpensive dual video cards and not 1 expensive octo card, it will drive the rest of the components - may be SSD versus no SSD (that will make a $100 - $200 difference. This is like a turbocharger) the rest of the components can be pretty generic.
This sounds like what would fit perfect for LEAPup. (I want one too! ) But I couldn't locate the model number or the specs. Is there a link to this box?
Ha that's cool! Here LEAPup, your birthday present. (Minus singing) Total = $1281, that is with Windows 7 Ultimate and Office. If you have your own software, knock off $200 ==> $1081. 4 x PCIe x16 ready for 4 dual cards... 8 monitors i7-2600k processor 8 GB memory 500 GB hard disk (should be enough?) 3 year warranty... pretty good!
Thanks Scat and Bolimomo! This looks to be just what the doctor ordered! I'm sure I can get my computer guy to add the four 295 cards pretty reasonably. Or, is this something I can do myself?