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To: Lee Lichterman III who wrote (24749)	6/29/2000 4:54:00 PM
From: Robert Graham	Read Replies (1) of 42787

Here are my recommendations: 1. Update all device drivers for your hardware. In particular, update your video card driver. This can stop the crashing when you go to bring up a visual application. 2. Upgrade memory to 256M RAM and the CPU to one that is equivalent to the 600 MHZ PII, which is substantially different than the "run of the mill" AMD processor at your 500 MHZ speed. There will be approximately a 40% difference in performance between the two. 3. Check to see the video card you are using. If some off-the-shelf standard card that you paid $30 for, get rid of it. I would recommend a Matrox G400, single or dual head. Dual head is great for two monitors which I need to use for my trading. Great card for business uses. But not a great gaming card. You can download a couple utility applications to give you an idea on how the performance of your system stacks up against other similar PCs, and to monitor system resources in attempt to see what is being over-utilized and to identify the offending applications, if there are any. I have one PC that runs the following pig applications without any problems: 1. Quote.com QCharts 2. Dynastore that utilizes QFeed (better now since an update, so only a one "oink" award down from a two "oink" award) 3. Tradestation 4. The GlobalServer for Tradestation (oink, oink, oink award here) Including running multiple instances of the web browser along with a host of other applets running in the background. I had many problems including crashing until I followed the recommendations I gave you above. Now I have a very fast and capable computer system for my trading needs with still some room to spare, which is hte way I like it. Bob Graham PS: Having a fast IDE drive of about 30G or more can help. Always use a good surge supressor, with a UPS recommended for a workstation use for professional trading. PPS: Only change the software and hardware you need to get your PC working the way you want it to. I cannot tell you how many times I shot myself in the foot going for that "latest and greatest" device driver upgrade when everything was working well for me. Once the system is stable, back everything up, and leave it alone.

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