I am looking to buy a new PC for Trading and will be running 4 monitors with Tradestation.I will have a lot of charts open and want a machine that runs well.What sort of spec machine should I be looking to buy,feed back appreciated
512mb RAM, Windows XP PRO and nice big monitors with high refresh rates.....IMHO a used PentuimIII is just as good as a new PentiumIV with a broadband connection. Michael B.
Careful with the Processor selection. Upgraded from a P3 to P4 and added 1gMem. If your planning on using RS and a large symbol list; Both upgrades are definately needed. mktsurf
what kind of graphics cards are good to use for a 4 monitor set up? 2 dual 32mb cards? any brands recommended?
been using a P4 Dimension since approx. 1 year, no worries whatsoever, 1GB DDRRAM & two very fast drives & your done...using TradeStation & two other packs with ESignalfeed. IMHO a serious trading pc cannot have enough power, space & comfort, you should think of other things as your pc... But try to avoid dual xeon workstations until you are really sure your special app. can handle mutlithreading in a sophisticated way...if not it does not bring you any performance increases. all my best cosmic
WestCoastTrader you cant go wrong with a Matrox G200MMS G2+/PPL-PL7,look on Ebay some excellent deals.
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