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Re: How to Run Multiple Monitors....

I quite like the look of this:)

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Quick question on it- 1 of my monitors is a chimei 22' widescreen, and it doesn't have the 4 screws on the back like my other monitor has(it's a benq). Does that mean I wouldn't be able to use it on a stand??
 
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Don't you want to turn the monitors around Professor, or are you trading blindly...???? :eek:

The industry standard is VESA which means they all mount up to a retangular 75mm (generally =<19") or 100mm (generally =>19") plate supported by 4x8mm(think) screws

The bottom of this page explains VESA
http://www.esis.com.au/LCD-Monitors/MonitorArms.htm#VESAMountExplained

EDIT: May want to check base can expand out to accomindate greater than 19" as 22" 24" and wopping 28/30" are out, but suggest most would be happy with 19" to 24" as other problems arise greater than that.

SevenFX
 
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SevenFX said:
Don't you want to turn the monitors around Professor, or are you trading blindly...???? :eek:
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So that's what I've been doing wrong! And here I was thinking you had to look at the back. No wonder my trading is going so badly:D

SevenFX said:
The industry standard is VESA which means they all mount up to a retangular 75mm (generally =<19") or 100mm (generally =>19") plate supported by 4x8mm(think) screws

The bottom of this page explains VESA
http://www.esis.com.au/LCD-Monitors/MonitorArms.htm#VESAMountExplained

EDIT: May want to check base can expand out to accomindate greater than 19" as 22" 24" and wopping 28/30" are out, but suggest most would be happy with 19" to 24" as other problems arise greater than that.

SevenFX
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Will do.

And scratch the question from my last post- I just figured out that the plastic bit on the back of the chimei monitor comes off, magically revealing the area it would mount onto a stand. I'm not the smartest guy in the room. Probably why I couldn't get a job with enron:)
 
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That stand you pick out wouldn't be complex to make if your handy, but guessing that would come in at under $400 so making it yourself may cost you $70-$80 in material...if you have the time to waste on making things the old fashion way.

Again whichever way you consider you maximum monitor(s) size & wieight for the future.

Cheers
SevenFX
 
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A mate has a 19" widescreen he no longer wants.

I have a 256MB graphics card with TV out. This would support another screen wouldnt it? And also, would it be enough for gaming, or would you tech heads reccomend an upgrade? I have 1 gig of ram.

I just cant check today as it means taking all the cables out as its in a confined space :mad:

Im am fairly handy with the software side of things, but have not done much with hardware in the past
 
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SevenFX said:
That stand you pick out wouldn't be complex to make if your handy, but guessing that would come in at under $400 so making it yourself may cost you $70-$80 in material...if you have the time to waste on making things the old fashion way.

Again whichever way you consider you maximum monitor(s) size & wieight for the future.

Cheers
SevenFX
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I wouldn't. I can barely nail 2 bits of wood together:eek:

Girlfriend's dad is a metal worker though, so he could probably pinch the material required from work**, and knock it together for a carton of beer:)

** I don't condone such actions- stealing is against the law, and I would never encourage anyone to do that
 
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Also is there any way to tell what slots you have on your mother board without taking the cover off?

thanks guys
 
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prawn_86 said:
A mate has a 19" widescreen he no longer wants.

I have a 256MB graphics card with TV out.

I have 1 gig of ram.
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Whats your mates phone no, I will give him a call... LOL

All jokes aside, depending on the card the TV out won't do what weve been talking about, and is more for lower quality output to TV.

Some cards also let you display one OR the or and not both at the same time.

1gb of ram is ok, but depends on what your doing on there, and also depend on the the rest of the system 2.

As far as knowing what you have inside, this free program is brilliant, as it give you much much more than basic hardware, software & security configations. (though no card slot information)
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

EDIT: Once you get the motherboard info, you can then go to thier website and check out the specs.

Cheers
 
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SevenFX said:
Good find, as they are quality built and should last many years...

Worth noting if your using the drivers that comes with WindowsXP, they may be slow (clunky) So the right drivers will change that.

Here a link if anyone else wants the same card(sssssssss) and their are a few US/UK buyers to choose from...so be choosy... but bare in mind that they a older card and priced accordingly.

http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1&fsoo=1


Cheers
SevenFX
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Prawn.

You may also want to consider one of these QUAD VGA (not DVI and only 32mb, but work still well) cards above, as they USED to be $1000+ cards and can be had for perhaps $100 landed

This is offcourse if you don't want a full upgrade, and want to do it on a budget.

Damm good card for the Money.
SevenFX
 
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basically i only want to set up another screen because i can, not for any real reason. Maybe games more so than trading.

The motherboard below is what i currently have and i have a 256 video card, which has the dual ports(i just checked), but i am looking at upgrading to a 512mb card for games.

what does anyone know about this one?
http://ati.amd.com/products/mobilityradeonx1600/specs.html
 

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Re: How to Run Multiple Monitors....

prawn_86 said:
Maybe games more so than trading.

i have a 256 video card, which has the dual ports(i just checked), but i am looking at upgrading to a 512mb card for games.

what does anyone know about this one?
http://ati.amd.com/products/mobilityradeonx1600/specs.html
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Most intense graphics games require as much as you can throw at them, so decent card would be best, not just memory, but video processor speed, archititure & bus type (PCIE better,) but think yours is a AGP being the older type.

The card you've chosen is a lower end model and is PCIE, so it wond fit your board, and it supports software paralleling not that that would matter given you don't have dual PCIE or AGP.
 
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Sorry wrong link. There is one exactly the same, which is an AGP card. Same specs though.

I like my games but dont want to spend a fortune on a card, so i know the trade off. Most of my current games run well on this comp, although Call of Duty 3 frame rate dropped at certain stages, hence why i want to upgrade.

EDIT - this card seems a bit better, but is of course more expensive
http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonx1650/radeonx1650pro/specs.html
 
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prawn_86 said:
Sorry wrong link. There is one exactly the same, which is an AGP card. Same specs though.

I like my games but dont want to spend a fortune on a card, so i know the trade off. Most of my current games run well on this comp, although Call of Duty 3 frame rate dropped at certain stages, hence why i want to upgrade.
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Ok it's a matter of what your paying for what your getting then. but you may have a bottleneck elsewhere and also worth finding out what agp bus speed you have(1X 2X 4X or 8X) on your motherboard, and what the new agp card speed is.

Have you tried the dual vga/dvi ports on your existing card..???
 
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I havnt tried the dual ports yet, as i havnt got the other screen just yet.

I just thought that while im at it i might as well upgrade my graphics card.

But this is where the hardware gets too confusing for me. Bus speeds etc, i have no idea about any of that sort of stuff :confused:. i just want to plug something in lol
 
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Video cards can get quiet tricky. and best just buying a reasonable priced card that is big brand named, with reasonable amount of memory, the rest generally matches the price & memory onboard.

* Bus speeds are like the speed limit on freeways.
* Bus Archetiture is like the no of lanes travenlling in a direction on freeways
* Video Processor Speed is like a mulcher, and how quick it can process what you throw at it...???
* Video card memory is the ability for the card to store information before it's ready to be displayed

Anyway better stop there, as my analagies are getting worse n worse.

SevenFX
 
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Their is enough info on this thread for an old splaw footed computer operator like me to build this set up. Can manage the 2 or 4 monitor stand no probs.

However being a bit old fashioned & only trading shares in the ASX300 and nothing else, I find it hard to justify a need.

Perhaps have one monitor with Metastock charts, another with Comsec's site and a third with the ASF forum is about all I can think of.

Just wondering if TEK or others can share details of any more valuable use of a multi monitor system that helps traders.

Replaced my old 15 inch screen with a lovely wide 19 inch MAG monitor and 2 of them would fit nicely on my trading desk, but finding it hard to justify four.

I notice some of the top traders around the country have a row of monitors but I presume they trade globally, Forex, Futures and a multitude of other styles.

Appreciate any comments
 
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austek said:
I find it hard to justify a need.

Just wondering if TEK or others can share details of any more valuable use of a multi monitor system that helps traders.

Replaced my old 15 inch screen
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Hi austek, since no-one has responded yet I hope you don't mind hearing from me on this thread (again). Regarding the points in the quote box...

Hard to justify a need...The move from one monitor to two for me was of immediate and enormous benefit. Not just for trading, but just generally. I am a big user of multiple programs simultaneously, might be a charting application, Paint and Word - where I am copying charts into paint then into Word for my note-taking purposes, or copying from an internet browser to Word, or having more than one chart up and flicking between the two. Having two monitors meant a big reduction in the "Alt Tab" shuffle. Once I had the two I could not imagine the loss in productivity and general ease of use were I to go back to 1 monitor. (I have 3 monitors now, but I am still getting used to it and the gain in utility from 2 to 3 has not been as great as the jump from 1 to 2 - diminishing marginal returns I believe the economists call it).

I think regarding using multiple monitors to help traders ,it is going to be very relevant to ask the sort of trading you do. I think the longer the time-frame being traded then probably the less utility is gained from having multiple (>2) monitors. This is not meant to be a sweeping statement applicable to everyone, but I think generally the greater utility will be for shorter time-frame traders. One screen can have a "trend" time-frame chart up, say daily or hourly, the next screen a shorter period intra-day chart for trade location pinpointing, and then the third screen the broker interface for trade execution. All this could be achieved with one or two screens too, it just means less "Alt - Tab" work with 3 or more screens

Do you still have the 15-inch screen? I ask for 2 reasons. Firstly you could use this 15" screen as the second screen to see if having two screens was of value to you before going for the second 19" screen. Secondly, and I actually would have preferred this solution for myself - the 15" screen, I believe, is ideal for use as a third screen to purely display the broker interface. Again, this is not for everyone, but for me I only want the bare minimum on my broker interface and a 15" screen, set to the right resolution (800*600 would do) would display the information while taking up less space.

I hope this helps.
 
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Sorry for late reply Timmy, getting over a snapper fishing comp Sat, getting up at 2am gives me some sort of jetlag for a couple of days to get over it.

Gave the small screen to my Daughter which I will probably get back, but now I think of it, it may have been only 14 inch and was extremely bulky and old hat compared to the mag. But either way I like the idea of setting one screen on Comsec with the order already typed out, a 2nd screen following the Comsec price. Could even look at daily & weekly charts on 2 other screens.

I trade a SMSF and a private account, and while I would prefer to trade longer term, I fall more into a short term to mid term time frame.

Thanks again
 
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Could multi screen set up be tax deductible, if it is work related?
 
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