I should add that I need to run exhaustive optimizations, as opposed to CMAE or using Fred's IO, as my variables are discontinuous - not traditional indicator-type variables.
In my parallel dream life, I run AB Ultra Professional 7.0 on 8 state of the art graphics cards, with thousands of processors, 500,000 times faster than good old AB 5.24. But I digress. ;-) In the real world, what is the best I can do? --- In [email protected], "ozzyapeman" <zoopf...@...> wrote: > > Now that I am just about trading full time, my main PC has become a dedicated > trading computer. That only leaves me with a clunky second PC (6-years old) > for doing offline optimizing. And it's waaay too slow. > > So I am in the market for a new PC, and want to get something powerful, but > don't want to overpay for stuff that won't be used. For example, 8GB of RAM > sounds great, but if WinXP only uses 4GB (or 3?) then I imagine the other 4 > GB just goes to waste? > > If I plan to use this PC mainly for offline optimizing and backtesting, what > are the recommended specs? I want as much speed as I can possibly get. My > optimizations tend to be humongous, taking days on a quad core. > > Any hardware gurus please feel free to chime in: > > - RAM? > - Quad-core vs Eight-core? > - OS? > - HD type (flash vs mechanical)? > - any other hardware/software suggestions for increasing speed? > > Thanks! >
