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-Pv- · 09-04-07, 08:24 PM

I have 4 gig RAM with 2500 MB defragged virtual cache. 500 megs VRAM. I don't think my load times have anything to do with RAM or virtual memory. I don't use the replay feature at all. Disk fragmentation is over-rated (unless it's extremely severe) and many people wear out their drives prematurely degragging it too often. The game runs smooth and shows no sign I'm processor starved. I have no processes using CPU duing the game that shouldn't be there.

Yes, I could spring for RAID but probably won't. I don't think it has anything to do with disk or disk access speed. That 2.5 minutes spent at the end of a long patrol is spent with no disk access at all. It takes about 20 seconds at the red progress bar during which there is disk access as the files are being read. Obviously the game environment is being created in memory during this "wait" time. During play, disk access is very seldom and brief.

I do not have the 10 minute load times some have claimed. I would stop playing the game (as much as I enjoy it) at that point.

I'm not complaining (so those who haven't read the thread up to this point should not be alarmed.) I very much expect my performance is typical for the game for those with similar specs. I have no doubt faster RAM will get me another 10-15 seconds off the environment calc time, but not worth a couple hundred dollars for such a small margin.
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09-04-07, 08:24 PM	#23
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I have 4 gig RAM with 2500 MB defragged virtual cache. 500 megs VRAM. I don't think my load times have anything to do with RAM or virtual memory. I don't use the replay feature at all. Disk fragmentation is over-rated (unless it's extremely severe) and many people wear out their drives prematurely degragging it too often. The game runs smooth and shows no sign I'm processor starved. I have no processes using CPU duing the game that shouldn't be there. Yes, I could spring for RAID but probably won't. I don't think it has anything to do with disk or disk access speed. That 2.5 minutes spent at the end of a long patrol is spent with no disk access at all. It takes about 20 seconds at the red progress bar during which there is disk access as the files are being read. Obviously the game environment is being created in memory during this "wait" time. During play, disk access is very seldom and brief. I do not have the 10 minute load times some have claimed. I would stop playing the game (as much as I enjoy it) at that point. I'm not complaining (so those who haven't read the thread up to this point should not be alarmed.) I very much expect my performance is typical for the game for those with similar specs. I have no doubt faster RAM will get me another 10-15 seconds off the environment calc time, but not worth a couple hundred dollars for such a small margin. -Pv- Last edited by -Pv-; 09-05-07 at 09:13 PM.