Thanks. That looks like a great card for traders not looking for gaming or 3D performance.
Also it has EyeFinity support so I guess I could run three monitors off the one card...?? Running 3 monitors off one sub $100 card at 20w seems a little unbelievable to me... am I missing something...? (p.s. I am currently using an Nvidia 8800GT which is probably a little out of date now... is the HD 5450 better than that...?) --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, reinsley <reins...@...> wrote: > > > > A fanless card such as ATI Radeon HD 5450, consumes less than 20 watts > under full load. And no noise... > > http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/ati-radeon-hd-5000/hd-5450-overview/pages/hd-5450-overview.aspx > > In case of multimonitors, take care to the slot. Most of the MotherBoard > have only one graphic slot. > > Best regards > > Le 24/07/2010 11:48, Rob a écrit : > > > > Paul, > > > > That was super helpful. Thank's very much. > > > > Yeah, the little bit I'm stuck on at the moment is the video card. I > > need to run 3 monitors so I guess I need two cards. I don't need > > anything spectacular on the 3D front clearly. Just a fast an solid > > card for charting etc. Any suggestions...? Or does your original > > choice still apply. > > > > I notice you put in 12Gb of memory!!! Wow. I thinking of reducing the > > memory of my new system. I have been running an 8Gb memory Mac Pro and > > the most memory I have seen myself use if about 2.7Gb of physical > > memory... so I'm thinking 6Gb will be enough. Maybe you have some very > > large AB databases or lots of symbols...? (I only look at about 30). > > > > Thanks again > > > > Rob > > > > --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>, > > Paul D <notanaiqgenius@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Rob and other system builders, > > > > > > In 2009 I built my own i7 920 and overclocked it to a very very > > stable 3900 > > > megahertz. I have XP 64 bit on it. > > > > > > In a Tradestation forums thread I posted a very detailed shopping > > list from > > > Newegg of all the parts I used (more or less) and show that it can > > be done very > > > cheap. In my opinion, the 920 version is (or at least was) the most > > affordable > > > in terms of bang for your buck once overclocked. I had some problems > > getting > > > things cool enough with all 8 virtual cores going, so I turned off the > > > hyperthreading and just run with 4 cores. > > > > > > > > > Attached is a PDF of my shopping list complete with colorful > > pictures of my i7 > > > 920 build during and after. FYI, I was going for lowest price rather > > than the > > > very nicest stuff, though I did not skimp on mobo, power supply, > > CPU, or memory. > > > The case, graphics card, and fans were not the best (or quietest). > > > > > > > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Rob <sidhartha70@> > > > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Thu, July 22, 2010 2:38:22 AM > > > Subject: [amibroker] New System Question > > > > > > > > > Hi TJ, > > > > > > I am considering building myself a new computer system. Basically I > > am running > > > AB on a Mac Pro right now. 8GB Ram (ram is not one my constraints). > > I am running > > > 2 x quad core Intel Xeon X5365 2.99 Ghz processors. > > > > > > I use AB for real time day trading... (not backtesting)... but I am > > pushing the > > > core I run AB on to the max pretty much (My performance indicator in > > AB runs > > > pretty consistently between 200 - 260%... I also have another 4 > > charts running > > > on another instance of AB to utilise another core. > > > > > > Question is, in building a new system, what should I be looking for > > maximise AB > > > performance....? Obviously I am looking at the i7 range of > > processors. However, > > > given that I can only utilise one core per instance of AB (and I > > want to run as > > > few instances of AB as possible), should I less concerned with going > > for more > > > cores and more concerned with perhaps overclocking the cores I do > > have...? > > > > > > I could go the whole hog and overclock a Intel Core i7-980X Extreme > > Edition to > > > 4Ghz... I don't know if that would be overkill given there would be > > a lot of > > > processing power I couldn't access....? (although having 12Mb of > > onboard cache > > > looks attractive since I could run larger DB's in AB more quickly). > > > > > > Any other critical issues I should be thinking of in terms of speed > > running > > > AB...? > > > > > > Thanks for your time. > > > > > > > >
