Better CPU = Faster calculations?

[MasterSepp]

Hello

can anyone tell me, if there is any sense in buying a better CPU or more RAM to calculate the Optimizing-results in backtesting? And are these parallel calculations, so would it be good to buy a more-core CPU to get the calculations on the different cores?
So in short: will a better hardware improve the speed of backtesting?
I hope you can help me.

Regards

Sepp

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hi MasterSepp,

Thanks for your post.

Generally speaking, a more powerful CPU and additional RAM should improve the speed of backtests. With that said, the degree to which this will help will vary considerably from system to system.

[MasterSepp]

Dear Kyle

thank you for your quick reply. Actually, I have 1 GB RAM and an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.6 GHz, so I think there is quite a big potential for improval or am I wrong? I know, it depens on with what I'll exchange it, but could you say, that exchanging it with "actual" hardware will improve the calculation speed significantly? A general answer would be sufficient.

Regards

Sepp

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hi MasterSepp,

Unfortunately, it's very hard to say without more information.

Can you give me an example of the hardware you may be upgrading to?

[MasterSepp]

Hi Kyle

sure, for the beginning I was thinking about upgrading to 4 GB RAM and getting an AMD Phenom II x4 925. Hope, this will help you more. :o

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hi MasterSepp,

Thanks for the clarification.

I can say that this should have an impact on the speed of your backtests.

[MasterSepp]

Thank you very much, Kyle, for your fast help. :)