Search results

It gets better. The 8400 GS can be had, brand new, for $20 at times. (NVS 295... only used ones). What we have been saying is... for trading applications, there is just no need to buy high-end, expensive 3-D graphics cards.

Thanks for the tip. This must be great for my stalkers. LOL :D

Are Trader-PCBuilders a minority group? Only gamers build their own PC's it seems... :)

Say it isn't so! I hope it doesn't change your impression of building youself. I am fortunate. I bought 3 motherboards and assembled all 3 boxes without a hitch. I take it that one of the 3 PCIe X16 slots maybe dysfunctional. But was it the cause of the symptoms you described a...

Hmm... I think doing that you will void the support from their call centers. There goes the advantage of having call centers in the US.

I don't think your issue is the quality of the monitor. I think you sit too close to the TV (used as monitor) while use it as a monitor to trade. The resolution (1920x1080 I presume) is not high enough. Are charts are magnified way high. My recommendation for 1920x1080 resolution us no...

I don't like any of the existing ready-made box. The issue is I rarely find any model that has more than one available PCIe X16 slot. If you run 1 or 2 monitors it's all right. Anything like 4 to 6 monitors it would force you to have to buy a quad video card or hex card, which are quite...

In my next build, I want to create my own portable computer. Here is the concept: Find a small, thin, flat pizza box size case. Put in the fastest CPU and compaq motherboard money can buy. On the top: a QWERTY keyboard up top. Center: a small-size, high precision stylus. Left: a...

(Quote from taq: ) RE: 1. I am confused b/w these video cards which one to go for nvidia geforce 9500 gt , 8400 gs or GT 430 For our trading applications, probably doesn't matter. Per Passmark's website, the graphics processors' ranks are as follow: (The higher the number the...

You all have watched too many movies. (Yeah, me too. :D ) I have to compete in picture size with Went Fishing... As posted in another thread... last year I built my first Model T (have two of them): Motherboard: ASUS P6T, with an intel i7-930 chip, 6 GB RAM. One with an Intel...

Thanks for the find! Intel 486 chip... full height 5 1/4 inch hard disk (probably storing 10MB)... those were good times! LOL :)

LeapUP: How is that going with your ibuypower.com PC return/exchange?

Sam: I am saddened by the news last night Steve Jobs resigned for health reasons. He is truly my idol. And that has been the case since he was 26!!!!! Imagining a geek could worth millions and millions at that age. I bought an Apple II+ in college. I loved it. But that was one and only...

No I think this is not the last resort. It should be the first in order to make sure you have a reference starting point.

- How do you know that the motherboard is on (with power) and that only the monitor not getting video signal? - Are there any LED on the motherboard? Did they come on when you have switched the power on? Did the CPU heatsink fan come on? - I can't remember your motherboard model... is...

I think when I have more time, and after I receive the new disk drive, I will set up a few virtual environments. One with XP and one with Vista - to use some older software that doesn't work in Win 7 but have them available on the same machine. Then I will set up a "crash and burn"...

It is not a measure of how many trades you place in a day. What matter is whether the network speed is adequate for your trading application. I would imagine that it would involve getting price data streamed down to your desktop/laptop to display some kind of price charts for you to trade...

Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet??? :D :D :D RE: Hope u're enjoying you nature walk; helps clear the mind. Never trust it when the author said "this trail is ranked as easy... takes about 1 hour... round trip" It's all with respect to a 25-year old body...

Was there a typo here? What can you trade with a download speed of 1.96 kbps? This means roughly (1.96 * 1000 / 8) = 245 bytes per second. This ET reply post contains more than 245 bytes. 1.96 kbps, below 2400 baud modem, a technology of 30+ years ago.

Also... instead of building a bootable USB thumb drive, can we build a bootable linux DVD? (Or maybe DVD-DL to get 9GB). It would be cheaper to do a DVD than flash drive.