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Date/Time: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:44:55 +0000
Post From: CPU usage for multi-core processor
| [2013-11-26 23:09:24] |
| FFTrader - Posts: 180 |
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Support, I currently have two copies of SC loaded on the same data supplier with the data stored in the same directory same file name. One copy is to load data of multiple months of a handful of futures contracts. The other copy is the copy which has like 15 charts with a mix of Historical Charts (SC Historical) and Intraday Charts (data provider) on the same futures contract - there are multiple use of Study/Price Overlay to cross reference charts so splitting this set of 15 charts into two or more copies may require a complete redesign on my charts. Additionally, I noticed in the Windows Resource Monitor, regardless of one or two copies of SC I am running, it somehow showed that the second core (of the Quad) is the busiest and always the first to max out. The other cores hardly max out ... More general questions: 1. So given SC as it is now - version 1051 is what I have on an Intel Core2 Quad Q6700 processor (LGA 775 socket) and Windows 7 Pro pc - and given I want to upgrade my hardware, should I get more clock speed, more DRAM, or more computing cores in order to optimize SC on the latest CPU offerings from Intel, etc.? If the answer is all of the above, it can be too obvious and bottom-line is that I just want to not spend way too much and not get the benefits. 2. If I load SC and its data directory in a RAMDisk, is it advisable for the purpose of gaining some speed? In other words, I intend to use SC with the latest hardware but not sure how to do it efficiently and buy unnecessary resource that I may not need. |