Thanks. I was looking into i7 based-PCs. But aren't all i7's quad-cores
to begin with? And apparently the OS sees an i7 as 8-core due to the way
it's designed.
Dell seems to have a good deal on i7 XPS desktops at
2.93 Ghz
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com, dingo
<waledingo@x..> wrote:
>
> Intel dual core i7 with
fast clock - AB only uses 1 core. 3gig mem. Intel
> SLC flash (if
you've got the money otherwise WD Raptor). Medium video card.
>
>
> d
>
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:57 AM,
ozzyapeman <zoopfree@xx.> wrote:
>
> > I should
add that I need to run exhaustive optimizations, as opposed to
> >
CMAE or using Fred's IO, as my variables are discontinuous - not
traditional
> > indicator-type variables.
> >
> >
In my parallel dream life, I run AB Ultra Professional 7.0 on 8 state
of
> > the art graphics cards, with thousands of processors,
500,000 times faster
> > than good old AB 5.24.
>
>
> > But I digress. ;-)
> >
> > In the real
world, what is the best I can do?
> >
> >
> > ---
In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com, "ozzyapeman"
<zoopfree@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Now that I am
just about trading full time, my main PC has become a
> > dedicated
trading computer. That only leaves me with a clunky second PC
> >
(6-years old) for doing offline optimizing. And it's waaay too slow.
>
> >
> > > So I am in the market for a new PC, and want to
get something powerful,
> > but don't want to overpay for stuff
that won't be used. For example, 8GB of
> > RAM sounds great, but
if WinXP only uses 4GB (or 3?) then I imagine the
> > other 4 GB
just goes to waste?
> > >
> > > If I plan to use
this PC mainly for offline optimizing and backtesting,
> > what are
the recommended specs? I want as much speed as I can possibly get.
>
> My optimizations tend to be humongous, taking days on a quad
core.
> > >
> > > Any hardware gurus please feel
free to chime in:
> > >
> > > - RAM?
> >
> - Quad-core vs Eight-core?
> > > - OS?
> > > -
HD type (flash vs mechanical)?
> > > - any other
hardware/software suggestions for increasing speed?
> >
>
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> >
>
>
> >
> >
> >
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