I am thinking of buying an AMD X2 Dual Core PC. Two Questions. 1. Does TWS support Dual Core PC? 2. Whats the better buy? HP a1530n Intel Pentium D 820 Viiv Dual Core 2.8 Ghz 1 GB Ram 250 GB Hard Drive 17â Flat Panel $740 Vs. HP a1520n AMD Athalon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.0 Ghz 1 GB Ram 250 GB Hard Drive 17â Flat Panel $700 I have a full time job, and will be trading on the side, so I am just looking for mid-high level PC, nothing to crazy. Thanks in advance.
I havn't tried it, but I can see no reason why it shouldn't. Java multi threading support is very good and quite mature - this is one of it's strengths.
I think it does. The CPU load seems to distribute across the two cores. Dual core really makes a big difference. Java is a real pig and when you run TWS, datafeed, charts, browsers, then really bog down. The AMD x2 3800 is the faster and cooler than the D820. Take the $40 you save and buy another 1 Gig of RAM and your PC will take anything you throw at it.
trader25: For 700 bucks there are much better options out there on the market. Intel Core 2 Duo is the best x86 dual core processor on the market, and the AMD X2 3800 is definitely better than the Intel D820...