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Short answer is that you will not gain 2x speed with dual processor
unless you run TWO backtests in TWO instances of AmiBroker running
in parallel.
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "giggollo99" <giggollo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 8:32 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Dual processor - will it help?
> I am considering buying a dual-processor CPU system to help reduce
> the wait time for backtests among other things. On tomshardware.com
> (http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/200203131/dual-10.html) it says:
>
> "This comparison between the two workstation platforms from AMD and
> Intel clearly shows that dual operation does not necessarily mean
> increased speed for all applications. Rather, you need software that
> has been specially adapted to multiprocessor operation, so that the
> load is equally distributed between the two CPUs."
>
> Can anyone shed some light on whether Amibroker is able to take full
> advantage of a dual-processor system and perhaps reduce the wait
> time for backtests/explorations considerably (ideally reduce it by
> 50%) ?
>
> Thanks
> g
>
>
>
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