By far the most important thing is to have enough RAM so all the data will fit into memory. Even a slow CPU will often stay ahead of a fast hard drive.
In general you will be better off with a high GHz 2 core system than a lower GHz 4 core system, unless you are breaking up the tests into subranges which are run on separate instances of Amibroker. --- In [email protected], "ozzyapeman" <zoopf...@...> wrote: > > I stepped up from a similar configuration to Vista 64-bit on an new Intel i7 > 965 processsor-based PC with 12 GB RAM, and noticed up to a 40%-60% speed > increase on optimizations. > > More importantly, I can smoothly run up to 6 instances of AB simultaneously, > with parallel WF tests (basically split up my larger WF runs into 6 sub > runs). So the overall efficiency increase for me has been substantial. > > > --- In [email protected], "Mike Mann" <m3m@> wrote: > > > > Does someone have a recommended configuration for fast walk forward > > optimization. I'm doing three variables with 500 combinations with monthly > > steps over 70 years of data and taking about 5 hours on pentium 4 dual core > > 3 ghz machine with 2 gb of ram using windows xp. > > > > Looks like it's time for serious upgrade, but I don't have experience with > > configuring more than a simple workstation. > > > > Help? > > > > Thanks, Mike > > >
