Hi Rob, That's correct. My monitors are all DVI.
I'm sold on this as a three-monitor solution. I just hooked it up and it worked immediately. Could not have been easier. The software also takes care of multiple desktops (up to 9), and offers a lot of other nice features like a desktop manager that preserves and restores application window sizes and positions, among other things. Get yourself an Ergotron stand, too. Check out the LX Triple/Dual Display Lift Stand at http://www.ergotron.com/Products/MultiMonitorMounts/tabid/159/Default.aspx That thing is really solid, and the tension adjustors allow you to raise/lower/tilt the entire bank with very little pressure, but it stays precisely where you put it nonetheless. At the end of the day, this has felt like going from the mid-20th century to "Beam me up, Scotty" almost overnight. Yuki Sunday, July 25, 2010, 6:40:14 AM, you wrote: R> Hi Yuki, R> Thanks. Yes I've been googling quite a lot about ATI EyeFinity. R> So just to clear, none of the three monitors needs to have an DisplayPort input...? R> That can provided by the active DVI/HDMI to DisplayPort adapter...? R> How are you finding EyeFinity...? Working well...? R> Thanks R> Rob R> --- 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. >> >> >>
