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Andrew and all, this is very useful discussion as I am just about to embark
on mulit-monitor route. I am running W95 with a P150. Two questions, I
had heard that installing W98 can cause problems and that you should
reformat the hard drive before installing rather than installing in top of
W95. Is this the case/recommended? Secondly, Is my P150 processor going
to be too slow with the W98/mulitmonitor set-up?
many thanks
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 24 February 1999 01:33
Subject: Re: hardware set up
|I have looked in to multi-monitor setups with win98 and
|I would say if you are serious about trading then you need to
|do this. It is so easy in win98 and does not slow your system
|down noticeably. It is also less expensive then you think. I have seen a
|4 monitor system running TradeStation and it was amazing. but what
|was really amazing is the video cards. They used basic 35 dollar
|video card designed for win98.
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|All you need are two or more supported video cards. Your
|mother board bios must be designed for more then one
|monitor. You have to have open slots and enough Irq's (interrupts)
|to run the additional video cards.
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|under win98, each video card will take and manage one portion of the screen
|so in theory your video response time could increase.
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|The only way to really slow the system down is to run more applications.
|If you run TradeStation on a 4 monitor system, you can put a chart on each
|monitor, but you will still be running one copy of trade station , so the
|CPU will not
|be strained more then it is normally. The video card takes 99 percent of
|the additional
|work load.
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|I would also recommend that all your video cards are the same. This is not
|required
|but it makes the drivers easier to install.
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|I am not sure why you would need 256 megs of ram. Each video card will
have
|its own ram and will be processing only one portion of the desktop. (which
|is stretched
|across the monitors) The system I saw with four monitors used 64 megs with
|cheapo video cars and it ran great.
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|So you have to check the following.
|1.Can your computer mother board use two monitors. Call the manufacture
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|2.Which video cards do you want to use? are they compatible. Most
|manufactures have compatible v-cards now.
|Go to manufacture's web sights or call them and find one that suits your
|needs and is compatible with multi-monitor setups.
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|3.Do you have open slots and Irq's available? If you don't know, find
|someone to help or take it to a dealer.
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|5. Plug in the monitors. Make more money.
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|The days of 2500 dollar dule monitor cards are history.
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|Hope this helps.
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|Andrew S.
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|-----Original Message-----
|From: Len Olson <lto@xxxxxxxx>
|To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 4:48 PM
|Subject: Re: hardware set up
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|>Valhalla,
|>
|>You can run dual monitors but at the cost of performance and failure.
|>Maybe the new Pentium III will be able to handle this approach. Apart
|>from splitting the duties of the processor, you have two other BIG
|>problems. The processor assigns and processes the job, i.e. logic,
|>math, and I/O subsections of the processor. But, RAM has to be huge
|>anymore. Perhaps, 256MB would suffice. Second, the onboard memory of
|>the video board(s) has to be equally impressive. Both of these problems
|>WILL result in RAM conflicts which in turn lead to system lockup. (the
|>infamous "serious fault" or "system not responding" prompts from the
|>PC. Worse yet, your screens just lock up, stop displaying updated data,
|>and you do not even know what has happened. No doubt. Buy a second
|>system. I responded to a few posts today regarding use of a cable
|>modem. Here is what you do. Rely upon WIN95, 98, or NT's peer to peer
|>network capabilities. Buy a network hub ($25 to $100). The cable modem
|>will come equipped with a T-base-10 connection which goes into the hub.
|>All, (or both), of your PC's tie into the hub. Instant access from all
|>PC's to the internet via cable modem. Good Luck.
|>
|>Valhalla wrote:
|>>
|>> I have a question for the group about an issue that others might have
|>> tackled by now. Anyone running dual monitors under Win98? Would
|>> appreciate any experience with this, especially as to choice of any
|>> special video card required. The only one I've seen was as expensive as
|>> a 2nd computer.
|>>
|>> Thanks, Mark Scheier
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