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Hello Philip,
My concern would not be the speed of your processor, if it is fast enough
for you know, then
duel monitors will not effect the speed. If you run more applications
because you have a larger desk top, then you
will slow things down. but that would happen with only one monitor.
the real issues here is your mother board. (main board in the system) I
doubt the BIOS can handle the
multi-monitor set up. Without a BIOS that is designed for multi-monitors
you are asking for hassles.
It may work, but you will have to jump through hoops. I do not recommend
it.
Another issues you have to deal with is win98. Win98 does not work well
with some older systems.
Dell put out a warning to it's users. They asked them not to upgrade to
win98 with out contacting tech support first
to determine if it would work. They were innovated with problems when
people upgraded older, non-compatible systems.
Your best bet is a new system if you want to run multi-monitors and to avoid
hassles. If you know a computer guru have him
check your system it is possible that it will work, but you need someone
that knows the system backwards and forwards.
Good luck to you.
Andrew s.
By the way, the BIOS is the basic instructions of the system.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nixon(MLS) <mbjp57@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: hardware set up
>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.
>|
>|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.
>|
>|under win98, each video card will take and manage one portion of the
screen
>|so in theory your video response time could increase.
>|
>|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.
>|
>|I would also recommend that all your video cards are the same. This is
not
>|required
>|but it makes the drivers easier to install.
>|
>|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.
>|
>|So you have to check the following.
>|1.Can your computer mother board use two monitors. Call the manufacture
>|
>|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.
>|
>|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.
>|
>|5. Plug in the monitors. Make more money.
>|
>|The days of 2500 dollar dule monitor cards are history.
>|
>|
>|Hope this helps.
>|
>|
>|Andrew S.
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|-----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
>|
>|
>|>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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