multi pc question

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mctom

I have a Pc with Win7 64 and 2.8g Intel core 2 quad processor and 8 mb ram running 4 screens at present which runs fine.
I have a duplicate machine and fancy the same set up---my question is how much broadband width does this take up. I only have a 2 mb connection. Will I be ok.
I am not concerned about saving a millisecond here or there
can you tell I am no tecchie. thanks.

I should add that I am looking at a couple of broker platforms , sharescope etc . I don`t know how strenuous these are

sorry if answered elsewhere
 
Depending on your setup.. data feeds can be very minimal:

Example: TOS with 5 instruments up with level 2, TaS, and 1min charts.. set to real time data mode, all only consumed around 160Mb for a trade session worth of data.

Or very heavy.. some platforms do some funky stuff with their client-server setups..

A 2meg pipe should be fine, just don't start downloading music or browsing youtube while you trade :P
 
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I have a Pc with Win7 64 and 2.8g Intel core 2 quad processor and 8 mb ram running 4 screens at present which runs fine.
I have a duplicate machine and fancy the same set up---my question is how much broadband width does this take up. I only have a 2 mb connection. Will I be ok.
I am not concerned about saving a millisecond here or there
can you tell I am no tecchie. thanks.

I should add that I am looking at a couple of broker platforms , sharescope etc . I don`t know how strenuous these are

sorry if answered elsewhere
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Should be no problemo. Your data stream is likely only about 100K/s (maybe 500K/s in fast markets), even if you're tracking 1000 symbols in real time.
 
Data feeds are really tiny in terms of usage - but there are plenty of freeware programs out there that will track your usage so you can see for yourself.
 
Right Click on the Windows Task Bar->Task Manager->Networking

This will show you your current bandwidth being used from this individual machine.
 
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