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TS2ki does fine on a fairly fast single core processor if you just look at it. You can run other programs like a broker trading program or email but don't try to copy a DVD video. You get stuck in the trade and nothing will work. Lots of fun. Next thing you know you are on hold waiting for your broker to bail you out.
Jimmy
I recently upgraded to an AMD dual core chip for my non-trading box
and am experimenting with it with the backup 2000i I keep installed
there. Be interesting to see how much better it might do with it than
the Athlon XP 3200+ on my trading machine.
I appreciate your point about doing one thing at a time. I find that
it runs fine on the older single core chip as long as I do
optimizations and other tasks outside of trading hours. I try to open
all my charts during non-market hours, too. CPU usage normally
fluctuates between 10 and 25% during market hours, but spikes to 100%
if I open new charts or do anything else significant.
I'm thinking not to bother with upgrading my trading box to dual core,
as it seems to do fine running only TS 2000i and a couple of broker
screens.
On 10/13/06, Jimmy Snowden <jhsnowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hinton,
> TS2ki does it automatically. It also hogs nearly every resource if it needs them. Not so bad on newer machines but it really demands dual processors or the new dual core processors. In the task manager you can mess with settings but you will find they don't stick if you reboot or turn tS2ki off then on and they also don't make any difference in performance. TS2ki will run fine until you want to optimize or mess with data and never try to do both at the same time. Actually the key to TS2ki is never do more than one thing at a time.
> Jimmy
> Jimmy,
> Is there any special procedure for setting up TS 2000i with two
> processors? How would you assign GlobalServer to one and charting to
> the second?
> Regards,
> Hinton
> On 10/13/06, Jimmy Snowden <jhsnowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > You only assign TS4 to one CPU. TS2ki works much better using both CPUs. It was actually built for two cpus.
> > Jimmy
> > Bob,
> > Do you assign the GlobalServer to one processor and TS charting to
> > another? Or all TradeStation related programs to one processor and
> > other programs to the second processor?
> > I recently aqquired a dual core AMD processor and am experimenting
> > with running TS 2000i on it.
> > Thanks,
> > Hinton
> > On 10/12/06, Bob Scott <rlscott1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Barry,
> > > As I've said on this list before and users have to try it to believe it, the
> > > best of both worlds for running TS4 is a dual P3 where TS4 can be assinged
> > > to run on one CPU and the other CPU can run the standard stuff. Running
> > > either a HT CPU or the newer dual core CPU should provide similar results.
> > > The secret is to give TS4 a "whole" CPU to run on.
> > > ~Bob
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Barry Burgess" <bburgess@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:40 AM
> > > Subject: TS4 runs much better on a P3
> > > > TS4 runs much better on a P3 rather than a P4 as the P4 handles the serial
> > > > port much slower than a P3. I upgraded to a P4 3MH and found that I was
> > > > missing tics. Down graded back to the P3 and it run very well. Runs for
> > > > weeks on end and does not have a memory leak as does TS5( TSY2K).I have a
> > > > spare P3 motherboard and CPU as a backup just in case I csnnot get one in
> > > > the future.T4 will not work after 2012 because of the Y"K fix.
> > > > Barry
> > > >
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