It is a trading system. Runs in windows. Programed in visual basic i think. Looking for the fastest system i can get. choices so far: P4ee overclocked to 4ghz or dual xeon 3.6ghz
Since I didn't get a name of the program, I recommend contacting the company that either develops the app or sells it or w/e and see what they say. You might be surprised (in a good way) and they'll say an AMD system (a dual xeon system will get fricken hot and an EE is just way overpriced considering performance (but the app might be single threaded, getting no benefit from the second xeon)).
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Its developed in house. But its is comparable to GLTrade or Trading Technologies. I dont think it can use dual processor. I dont mind paying a premium if i get even 1 percent more performance.
In that case I would imagine an EE overclocked or an FX-55 OCed would be best...NOT a dually system. Other than that, I really can't say. Giving it a dual processor won't do anything for it if it can't use it!
Maxtor disgraces the six letters that make Matrox.
The program recieves and posts data from the exchange. It is also a platform that sends orders to the exchange and takes back order confimations. It also takes the prices of one instrument and generates prices in another instrument based on the users pre defined criteria. It is programed in visual basic. Not to complex..
That still doesn't help me in knowing which processor runs it faster, sorry. Maybe somebody else knows or has more experience with these kind of programs, I've never seen even a benchmark regarding which CPU they run faster on.
Maxtor disgraces the six letters that make Matrox.
If its written to thread then you would benefit from dual processors. Maybe you should pay both a programmer and the hardware companies for more efficiency.
I have read a few benchmarks and in general, P4 EE does a bit better at business applications (winstone) than does the AMD processor but I do not think the FX-55 was released when I read that. I think they were comparing the 3.2ee to the FX-53. I may be completely wrong and may have read it incorrectly but thats what I recall the results were.
There was a very slight margin if i remember right so the next question is which chip has more OC potential so you can get the most out of it without starting a fire.
Yeah, it doesn't really sound like a very CPU intensive app. Overclocking sounds kind of pointless if you need an app to run reliably, a dual CPU machine will help if you run a very busy machine, but really it all depends on exactly what you will be doing and how much CPU time the app consumes.
what I need is for the CPU to make the calculation as fast as possible. There are times when the markets are very bust that the cpu has to generate hundreds of buy and sell orders in a minute. So it can be intensive at times. But mostly I'm concerned about having the fastest cpu in order to generate the orders faster and beat out my competition (as there are a number of people competing on exactly the same stuff...)
Reality check.
Your bottleknecks are reading time, decision making, and typing time.
A 1% improvement in any of those would do more good than going Itanic.
I dont think you know exactly what you are talking about. I set up my levels and then let the computer execute. Explaining to you exactly what I do is futile. DONT WORRY ABOUT THE TRADING SIDE! ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT IS FASTER FOR ONE APPLICATION! DUAL XEONS OR SINGLE AMD FX55 OR P4 EE OVERCLOCKED!
