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Date/Time: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 18:00:57 +0000
Sierrachart PC requirements...is more better?
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| [2024-07-27 22:52:00] |
| nwills - Posts: 16 |
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I am currently shopping for a laptop to run SC as an alternative to my desktop. I've noticed in the past that SC barely touches my desktop CPU (intel i7) or GPU (3080Ti) in all usage scenarios running two 2K 49" monitors. I tried to setup SC on a borrowed laptop that is over 5 years old with some fairly unimpressive specs, built in GPU, 16GB RAM, while running it with close to 10 charts and numerous studies per chart.Once again...it ran without any issues at all...barely putting a dent in the laptop CPU, GPU or RAM. I've seen threads mentioning some pretty serious workstations with fast CPU's, large GPU's and a lot of RAM. It seems like a high spec laptop would be a total waste of money for Sierrachart? Am I missing something? |
| [2024-07-28 00:10:39] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 17150 |
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If you can get the laptop, with two solid-state or NVME drives we would recommend that and put Sierra Chart on one of the drives. And you definitely want to have 4 CPU cores on the laptop. And you should be fine. You do not need anything excessive.
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| [2024-07-29 19:24:33] |
| User565281 - Posts: 6 |
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NVMe M.2 drives are increasing in speed with each jump from PCIe 3.0 to PCIe 4.0 to PCIe 5.0 standards. And PCIe 6.0 is just a year or two away. Running Sierra Chart alone on a second NVMe M.2 drive, is the increased speed of these newer NVMe drives beneficial? I currently have two NVMe PCIe 3.0 M.2 drives, with Sierra Chart running alone on the second drive. |
| [2024-07-31 20:33:18] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 17150 |
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That is fine. Version 3 is just fine.
Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2024-07-31 20:40:34] |
| cmet - Posts: 551 |
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Biggest improvements I've gotten were from: Dedicated NVME + Open GL + 32gb RAM.
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| [2024-08-02 20:07:22] |
| User565281 - Posts: 6 |
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cmet, How did Open GL help you? I must admit I am not that familiar with Open GL. I just checked my graphics card and drivers and I have Open GL 4.6 on a nVidia Quadro P1000 4GB GDDR5 memory. It pushes 4 displays easily without using much power. |
| [2024-08-02 20:17:08] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 36238 |
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Refer to the following setting: Graphics Settings: Use OpenGL for Chart Graphics (Global Settings >> Graphics Settings >> Other) For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
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