best configuration for XP rrange 11/3/2008 2:10:00 PM Im a day trader and my trading programs run best on XP. Im in the process of purchasing a new computer with Quad Core? is Quad Core a good setup for XP, I would like to have minimum of 2 screens . The programs are designed for data feed and number calculations. I have 20 different charts configured on 2 screens running all day. I also have 10-20 different markets I watch simutaneously with one computer. What is going to be the best computer cinfiguration for XP in this type of envirement. Thank You

Re: best configuration for XP "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper[ at ]gmail.com> 11/3/2008 2:24:09 PM rrange wrote: [Quoted Text] > Im a day trader and my trading programs run best on XP. Im in the > process of purchasing a new computer with Quad Core? > > is Quad Core a good setup for XP, I would like to have minimum of 2 > screens . The programs are designed for data feed and number > calculations. I have 20 different charts configured on 2 screens > running all day. I also have 10-20 different markets I watch > simutaneously with one computer. > > What is going to be the best computer cinfiguration for XP in this > type of envirement. Doubtful you will see much benefit (given what you have) from the quad-core beyond 'just having more processing power". (Don't take that wrong - never a bad thing.) Sounds more to me like you need video memory and main system memory. I would suggest some quad capable video setup with 768MB+ video card(s) and a 64bit OS (if your applications can run on it) with 4+GB main system memory (8GB likely good.) The dual/quad core processor choice - I would make it on price-point. That is - given your "environment"... -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: best configuration for XP "Ken Blake" <kblake[ at ]this.is.an.invalid.domain> 11/3/2008 2:34:26 PM "rrange" <rrange[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E172E1C9-A106-419E-A029-61BB4D9BE764[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Im a day trader and my trading programs run best on XP. Im in the process > of > purchasing a new computer with Quad Core? > > is Quad Core a good setup for XP, Well, it might be for many people, but if all you are doing with the computer is using for an internet connection, I doubt if you'd see any performance gain by having it. A single processor, even a relatively slow one, would probably be fine for you. > I would like to have minimum of 2 screens . You can have up to ten. Make sure you have at least one video card with two outputs. You can buy and add more video cards if you want additional monitors. > The programs are designed for data feed and number calculations. I have 20 > different charts configured on 2 screens running all day. I also have > 10-20 > different markets I watch simutaneously with one computer. > > What is going to be the best computer cinfiguration for XP in this type of > envirement. Again, almost the only thing that matters significantly is having enough dual output video cards to support the number of monitors you want. Bigger monitors, running at higher resolution would also let you have more on each screen at once.

Re: best configuration for XP "Ken Blake" <kblake[ at ]this.is.an.invalid.domain> 11/3/2008 2:54:14 PM "Ken Blake" <kblake[ at ]this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message news:eTyBJFcPJHA.1960[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > "rrange" <rrange[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:E172E1C9-A106-419E-A029-61BB4D9BE764[ at ]microsoft.com... >> Im a day trader and my trading programs run best on XP. Im in the process >> of >> purchasing a new computer with Quad Core? >> >> is Quad Core a good setup for XP, > > > Well, it might be for many people, but if all you are doing with the > computer is using for an internet connection, I doubt if you'd see any > performance gain by having it. A single processor, even a relatively slow > one, would probably be fine for you. > > >> I would like to have minimum of 2 screens . > > > You can have up to ten. Make sure you have at least one video card with > two outputs. You can buy and add more video cards if you want additional > monitors. And make sure you have available slots for any extra video cards you want. > > >> The programs are designed for data feed and number calculations. I have >> 20 >> different charts configured on 2 screens running all day. I also have >> 10-20 >> different markets I watch simutaneously with one computer. >> >> What is going to be the best computer cinfiguration for XP in this type >> of >> envirement. > > > Again, almost the only thing that matters significantly is having enough > dual output video cards to support the number of monitors you want. Bigger > monitors, running at higher resolution would also let you have more on > each screen at once. > >

Re: best configuration for XP "JS" <[ at ]> 11/3/2008 2:55:38 PM I assume you have a PC you are currently using an find it a little on the slow side. If so I would suggest that you analyze the strong and weak points of your current computer hardware. There are software tools out there that can help with getting some results and from that information you can see just what components in a new PC would provide the best ROI. JS http://www.pagestart.com "rrange" <rrange[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E172E1C9-A106-419E-A029-61BB4D9BE764[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Im a day trader and my trading programs run best on XP. Im in the process > of > purchasing a new computer with Quad Core? > > is Quad Core a good setup for XP, I would like to have minimum of 2 > screens . > The programs are designed for data feed and number calculations. I have 20 > different charts configured on 2 screens running all day. I also have > 10-20 > different markets I watch simutaneously with one computer. > > What is going to be the best computer cinfiguration for XP in this type of > envirement. > > Thank You > >