Question: What problems there could be when running MT5 platform with old PC version?
As long as your PC meets the system requirements specified by your Forex broker and MetaQuotes, and you can download the MT5 and login, then there shouldn’t be a problem for trading online.
Although if your platform is running slow, that will directly your execution speed.
Due to this problem, you may be seeing old market price than the current one, and your account could experience slippage, re-quotes and more execution errors.
The minimum system requirements specified by MetaQuotes, the developer of the trading platform are as follows:
| Operational System | Microsoft Windows XP SP3 SP3/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/10 |
|---|---|
| A processor | A processor with SSE2 support (Pentium 4/Athlon 64 or higher) |
Other hardware requirements depend on specific platform use conditions such as load from running MQL5 applications, number of active instruments and charts, etc.
In order to avoid unnecessarily losses due to slow execution speeds, you are always recommended to run your platform with perfect conditions.
If your device is running slow and you like to improve the execution quality, you may close/stop running unnecessary applications and other programs on the device at the same time.
On MT5 platform, you may:
- Close extra charts
- Disable indicators and EAs
- Reduce the number of bars in each chart
MT5 is a RAM consuming application.
You may be able to improve your execution speed just by changing the setting of your MT5.
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