Graphics Cards Mistakes On Trading Computers

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Almost every day I talk to traders who want to set up multi monitor trading computers and have no idea how to go about it. They read a couple of forums or reviews and think they have an idea and then they go out and waste their money on gear that does not work. Here are a few tips to making sure you get the right graphics cards for trading computers.

First, it is very important to know exactly which motherboard is in your system. Specifically you want to know what extra slots are available. The most important slots for traders in the modern age is the PCIe X 16 2.0 slot. This is the fastest slot available. If your motherboard does not have any of these slots you most probably have an older system and you need to consider brand new trading computers.

Second, for the fastest and best looking graphics you want to consider buying a video card that has DVI or HDMI output. The old analog, also known as VGA outputs (the blue connectors), are outdated, slow and have poor video quality relative to the newer DVI and HDMI outputs. Both DVI and HDMI carry a digital ...
... video signal. Ones and Zeros and provide faster transmission and much higher resolution and definition. DVI and HDMI are also the exact same video signal so they can easily be interconnected with a 5 dollar adapter found on Amazon. If you have VGA only monitors, this means it’s time to get new ones!

Another digital output option for the video card is the display port. Newer video cards come with this digital output but realize you will need an ACTIVE display port adapter, not a cheap one! You can find these online for about $30.00.

So if you have the right slots on your motherboard, you can easily set up a machine that has 4 DVI outputs but installing 2 Dual DVI video cards. Low Price Dual DVI cards run as little as $70 delivered and would make an excellent choice. The Nvidia 9500GT Dual DVI with 1 GB of RAM also makes a very good lower priced card that is super fast and has proven performance for trading computers. They cost about $85 delivered each.

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