Is my computer good enough

[houndog3]

it takes a long time to open a work space up with 7 charts and 90 days of data (approx 2minutes) here are my computer specs

windows 7 64bit
4g ddr2
AMD phenom 9600 quad core 2.31 ghz
256mb video card

i never updated the video card because im not a game person. i might need to now!!any suggestion would be great!!! please dont break my bank, plzzz thx.....

[NinjaTrader_RyanO]

Hi houndog3,

Thank you for your post.

Your PC exceeds the minimum specifications and is capable of running NinjaTrader, but with that being said the amount of days you are loading in the charts is rather large and you may want to refer to the following performance tips for optimizing NinjaTrader's performance:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?performance_tips2.htm

[houndog3]

thank you sir...still not sure on the video card its old at least 5yrs old

[koganam]

Good video cards today do not cost an arm and a leg. I would get a video card with at least 1GB memory. NT does a lot of drawing. Better to offload it to a video card with oomph.

[houndog3]

yea i was lookin at them they are cheap..question for you..my computer has ddr2 can i buy a video card that has ddr3??thx jeff

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

This would be more of a question for your local IT or computer store computer builder to assist on. I will leave it open if someone from the community would like to assist however.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[koganam]

yea i was lookin at them they are cheap..question for you..my computer has ddr2 can i buy a video card that has ddr3??thx jeff

The video card is its own subsystem. (In fact vido cards today are more powerful than a 1970's supercomputer!). As a subsystem, its memory is addressed by the GPU, not the CPU. You just need to be sure that the card you get has the correct interface to the main bus. In other words, if you have a PCI-ex slot, you need a PCI-x card of the correct bit size.

As long as the computer can pass instructions and data to the video subsystem, how that system is implemented is essentially a black-box; its internals are irrelevant.