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For the cost concious, an AMD processor of like ability is about half the P4
price, conventional ram is 1/3, and a GTS/64 is available on pricewatch.com
for $175. AMD/intel is like Ford/Chevy these days (with Cyrix the Rambler I
suppose), so everyone has their favorites, but I have found AMD processors
to be quite reliable (four machines up and running now) with cpu benchmarks
quite close to higher rated Intels. That being said, I wish ribau's box were
in MY office!
----- Original Message -----
From: <ribau@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: the ideal computer for tradestation...
> >>thanks, i would like to hear the results.
>
> System upgrades:
>
> Asus P4T motherboard w/ Intel 850 chipset 185
> Intel 1.5GHz P4 processor 345
> 3dfxcool T4-REX fan and heatsink 22
> 512Mb Samsung PC-800 ECC RDRAM 521
> Enermax 350w ATX power supply v2.03 58
> Asus V7700 64Mb GeForce2 GTS Pure AGP4 video card 239
>
> Total expenditure $1,370
>
> It does make a difference. I am now able to draw, delete, and move objects
> such as trend lines, arrows, and horizontal lines, at the open. Typing
> almost keeps up, even at the open. Percent processor time still spikes to
> 100% occasionally, but averages 58% at the open, drops to average 26%
> during the day, and less. The GeForce2 took care of most screen flicker
and
> jump when switching between workspaces (upgraded from Matrox G400).
>
> Overall, I consider this a worthwhile upgrade. TS2Ki is poorly written
> software and shouldn't require this kind of horsepower, but, what the
heck,
> at least the stupid thing doesn't slow to a crawl anymore in fast mkts. If
> you must use TS2Ki, throw as much hardware at it as you can afford.
>
> I did the upgrade in stages to see how each new component changed the
> system. I feel the processor, the amount of system RAM, and the type of
> video card and amount of it's RAM, definitely all made a difference.
> Pretend you are building the mother of all game machines and you won't go
> wrong, just guard the machine carefully so your kid doesn't steal it.
>
> The biggest problem I had with the upgrade was installing the drivers for
> the PCI bridge and the Bus Master IDE drivers. Win2k wouldn't boot with
the
> old board's drivers, so Win2k had to be re-installed.
>
> The speed difference isn't as noticeable going from PIII to P4 as it was
> moving from PII to PIII, for most applications. But for resource hogs like
> TS2Ki, it makes a profound difference.
>
> Win2k sp1, TS2Ki sp5, dedicated machine
>
>
> >>In the next week or so, I'm going to upgrade from a 500MHz P3 w/ 256Mb
> >>SDRAM to a 1.5GHz P4 w/ 256Mb RDRAM (cost is now less than $900 for
mobo,
> >>CPU, memory, and power supply). It is my understanding that the CPU is
the
> >>most important consideration to eliminate TS2Ki's lack of response
during
> >>fast markets. AGP4 should help with flicker. I will post my results.
>
> >>>>> > I am going to upgrade my system but I was curious as to what i
should
> >>>>> > upgrade.
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > I guess it is important to state that I mostly use the charts and
> >>>>> > radarscreen to find real time trading candidates and currently my
scans
> >>>>> are
> >>>>> > slowing me down bigtime and my charts FLASH and it is driving me
up the
> >>>>> > wall.
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > I have a pentium3 500 mhz machine with 256 megs of ram. I have 3
> >>>>choices
> >>>>> > to upgrade.
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > 1. upgrade RAM to 512 mb
> >>>>> > 2. upgrade the motherboard to a RAID capable motherboard and buy
two
> >>>>RAID
> >>>>> > drives which would dramatically increase the speed of data
retreival
> >>>>from
> >>>>> > the hard drive.
> >>>>> > 3. upgrade the motherboard and chip to 1.2 GHZ.
>
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