Hi Yuki, Thanks. Yes I've been googling quite a lot about ATI EyeFinity. So just to clear, none of the three monitors needs to have an DisplayPort input...? That can provided by the active DVI/HDMI to DisplayPort adapter...?
How are you finding EyeFinity...? Working well...? Thanks Rob --- In [email protected], Yuki Taga <yukit...@...> wrote: > > Hi Rob, > > You don't need two cards. You need one card with two DVI outputs, > plus a DisplayPort output. I've gone with ATI Radeon 5770. What > makes it work (very easily and very well with three monitors) is an > *active* (*not* a passive) DisplayPort to DVI adapter (another 100 > dollars roughly). Three connectors on that adapter: to the > DisplayPort on the card, to the monitor's DVI, and to the USB for > power. > > The adapter is by far a cheaper alternative than buying a DisplayPort > capable monitor, but you could go that way. With the adapter, > however, you can choose three identical monitors, which makes some > configuration stuff easier. > > I have only 4 GB of memory. "Only". Some people will think they > need more, but most people will not utilize more. (i7-860 seems > fine, too, but some people will want to venture out farther on the > curve, and I understand.) > > You will hear from some people that a passive adapter will work. > They are slightly nuts; it will not. Spend the money for an > ATI-certified active adapter, and life becomes absurdly simple. > > Yuki > > Saturday, July 24, 2010, 6:48:14 PM, you wrote: > > R> Paul, > > R> That was super helpful. Thank's very much. > > R> Yeah, the little bit I'm stuck on at the moment is the video > R> card. I need to run 3 monitors so I guess I need two cards. I > R> don't need anything spectacular on the 3D front clearly. Just a > R> fast an solid card for charting etc. Any suggestions...? Or does > R> your original choice still apply. > > R> I notice you put in 12Gb of memory!!! Wow. I thinking of reducing > R> the memory of my new system. I have been running an 8Gb memory Mac > R> Pro and the most memory I have seen myself use if about 2.7Gb of > R> physical memory... so I'm thinking 6Gb will be enough. Maybe you > R> have some very large AB databases or lots of symbols...? (I only look at > about 30). > > R> Thanks again > > R> Rob > > R> --- In [email protected], Paul D <notanaiqgenius@> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Rob and other system builders, > >> > >> In 2009 I built my own i7 920 and overclocked it to a very very stable > >> 3900 > >> megahertz. I have XP 64 bit on it. > >> > >> In a Tradestation forums thread I posted a very detailed shopping list > >> from > >> Newegg of all the parts I used (more or less) and show that it can be done > >> very > >> cheap. In my opinion, the 920 version is (or at least was) the most > >> affordable > >> in terms of bang for your buck once overclocked. I had some problems > >> getting > >> things cool enough with all 8 virtual cores going, so I turned off the > >> hyperthreading and just run with 4 cores. > >> > >> > >> Attached is a PDF of my shopping list complete with colorful pictures of > >> my i7 > >> 920 build during and after. FYI, I was going for lowest price rather than > >> the > >> very nicest stuff, though I did not skimp on mobo, power supply, CPU, or > >> memory. > >> The case, graphics card, and fans were not the best (or quietest). > >> > >> > >> > >> Hope this helps. > >> > >> Paul > >> > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Rob <sidhartha70@> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Thu, July 22, 2010 2:38:22 AM > >> Subject: [amibroker] New System Question > >> > >> > >> Hi TJ, > >> > >> I am considering building myself a new computer system. Basically I am > >> running > >> AB on a Mac Pro right now. 8GB Ram (ram is not one my constraints). I am > >> running > >> 2 x quad core Intel Xeon X5365 2.99 Ghz processors. > >> > >> I use AB for real time day trading... (not backtesting)... but I am > >> pushing the > >> core I run AB on to the max pretty much (My performance indicator in AB > >> runs > >> pretty consistently between 200 - 260%... I also have another 4 charts > >> running > >> on another instance of AB to utilise another core. > >> > >> Question is, in building a new system, what should I be looking for > >> maximise AB > >> performance....? Obviously I am looking at the i7 range of processors. > >> However, > >> given that I can only utilise one core per instance of AB (and I want to > >> run as > >> few instances of AB as possible), should I less concerned with going for > >> more > >> cores and more concerned with perhaps overclocking the cores I do have...? > >> > >> I could go the whole hog and overclock a Intel Core i7-980X Extreme > >> Edition to > >> 4Ghz... I don't know if that would be overkill given there would be a lot > >> of > >> processing power I couldn't access....? (although having 12Mb of onboard > >> cache > >> looks attractive since I could run larger DB's in AB more quickly). > >> > >> Any other critical issues I should be thinking of in terms of speed > >> running > >> AB...? > >> > >> Thanks for your time. > >> >
