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I have a p4 with 2gig ram. How can I find out if it's running on a
"ram disk"?
dom
superfragalist wrote:
It really doesn't matter what kind of computer you use as long as it
has a P4 with at least 500 megs of RAM. If you can afford 2 gigs of
ram, you can set up MS to run on a ram disk and you'll see a huge
speed improvement.
Most MS speed issues intraday are based on the I/O pipe. Esignal
doesn't have the fastest data feed in the world, and MS has a lot of
problems when the data isn't there on time. I get the most problems
intraday when I'm asking for multiple data files on the same chart.
For example, if I'm looking at a symbol with NYSE adv/dec data on the
chart or other indices at the same time, look out. Another problem is
indicators that use the security function. That's a multiple I/O call.
The shorter the time period, the more data points or the more I/O
calls on a chart, the more problems for MS.
I can open somewhere around 15 to 20 sixty minute charts with three or
four indicators on them. However, any period under sixty minutes, say
5 minutes, I usually open 10 or fewer charts. If Esignal is humming
along, I might open 15 charts.
The point is there is more than one problem with MS and speed. In
general, the fewer data points you need and longer the time frame, the
more charts you can open.
Buy the best computer you can afford, and don't worry about it.
--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "andrew_slemko"
<andrew_slemko@xxxx> wrote:
>
> Just a quick question - who is running intra day charts out there
> live? I wanted to pick up a new computer to handle 5 to 10 open
> charts live with a pretty heavy calcuated template on each chart.
> Just wanted to hear from the group and see if any one is doing
this
> somewhat. The reason I'm asking is I want to hear what are your
> computer spec's, so that I don't go and purchase an under powered
> rig, that can not handle the cpu load.
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