Yeah, That is why all this talk about CPU is silly in the context of what kind of trading applications people on ET do. The FX51 based systems are nice. I really need a screamer soon, way faster than any of these systems. I am holding off till the sprnig for some new announcements from both INTEL AMD and the memory makers - there will be some new and exciting stuff worth waiting for. One thing is for certain. I will be trying as hard as possible to avoid getting a 32 bit based system. I wish I could afford an eight way Opteron system nitro
In full agreement -- bought another P4 this week at well under $1k, tough deal to beat. I wouldn't pay more than $800 for a 32bit system at this point, AMD all the way. Yeah, the Opteron is sweet, hard to justify, but cool as sh*t. arb.