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Ribau,
What data feed do you use.
-RNM
--- ribau@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>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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