Quote from newguy1:
What is considered a good video card?
I will be running Omni Pro as well.
You mentioned 1 gig of memory.
How fast should the processor be, and what kind?
I need to buy a system as you can see. All I have right now is 2 laptops. And the shop I work at only has a 1 monitor setup, which actually works fine for me, but I'm not sure how much memory they got....my guess is not that much...so i'm thinking of just buying a new system and literally bringing it to the shop and setting it up (i don't want to trade remote yet).
If you could help me make some hardware selections, that would be fantastic.
Thanks for all the help guys.
Hi newguy1,
I had sent you a pm yesterday about a different question.
In that pm I told you some basic stuff that I have on my laptops.
Regardless...I'm no computer geek nor can I recommend any specific component on the market.
Therefore, all I can say is stuff like if your going to use Camtasia...
Have a minimum of 1 gigabyte of memory to prevent sluggishness in your other programs and in Camtasia.
Especially when doing live-recordings on multiple monitor setup.
Yet, I cannot tell you what is the best type of memory to buy or what's the best type of video card to get.
Nor will I tell you what's the best laptop or desktop...I simply do not know your specific needs and even if I did...
All I can say is what I have...which I've already mention some basic components in that pm on one of my laptops.
I know some traders that buy systems designed for gaming.
I know other traders that buy systems that's designed for graphic designers or professional multi-media use (this is me).
Also, how do you know if what you currently have isn't suitable ???
Quote from newguy1:
What would be the negative/consequence of not having enough ram/ slow processor, or bad video card? Would your trades execute slower, or would the programs be sluggish?
First, I do a lot of multi-media work that along with trading on my systems.
My old systems would freeze up once in awhile after having opened and using 2 or 3 graphic heavy programs for more than a few hours.
Also, once in awhile...maybe a program would crash or just become extremely slow to respond as the day went by until I was forced to reboot.
My new systems (more powerful) with the same programs loaded...prior problems don't exist.
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