Fastest Loading Times Ever?

Commander Gizmo · 09-25-09, 11:32 PM

Ok, now that my latest patrol is finally over I have dropped down to just GWX and loaded again to see how much the extra hi res mods were adding to the time. Here are the new load times:

Standard SATA Drive: 1:24:428
SSD SATA Drive: 1:09:217
Virtual Ram Drive: 0:47:676

Still not an amazing improvement over an SSD, but about 1/4 the time over standard SATA. Guess that is not bad.

U2222 · 09-26-09, 08:38 AM

The gamers who would most benefit from this are those using slower hardware.
Unfortunately, these rigs don't have or cannot utilise the RAM (because of OS limitations) required to make this work.

Commander Gizmo · 09-26-09, 12:14 PM

I think the computer that would most benifit is a laptop with 4-8 GB of ram on Vista x64. The reason for this is that most laptops come with slow 5400- RPM drives and Vista sucks at file reads/writes on the ATA bus. This is most laptops out there on the market right now.

I would like to test this is on such a laptop, but I don't have one handy that I can devote to the test for the two days it takes to setup. Maybe next week. Most of mine have 7200 RPM drives.

09-25-09, 11:32 PM	#1
Commander Gizmo Watch Officer Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 339 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 4	Ok, now that my latest patrol is finally over I have dropped down to just GWX and loaded again to see how much the extra hi res mods were adding to the time. Here are the new load times: Standard SATA Drive: 1:24:428 SSD SATA Drive: 1:09:217 Virtual Ram Drive: 0:47:676 Still not an amazing improvement over an SSD, but about 1/4 the time over standard SATA. Guess that is not bad.

09-26-09, 08:38 AM	#2
U2222 Sparky Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: High Peak, UK Posts: 156 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	The gamers who would most benefit from this are those using slower hardware. Unfortunately, these rigs don't have or cannot utilise the RAM (because of OS limitations) required to make this work. __________________ A Big Thank You To All The Modders Who Make Sub Simming Such A Deep Experience

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09-26-09, 12:14 PM	#3
Commander Gizmo Watch Officer Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 339 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 4	I think the computer that would most benifit is a laptop with 4-8 GB of ram on Vista x64. The reason for this is that most laptops come with slow 5400- RPM drives and Vista sucks at file reads/writes on the ATA bus. This is most laptops out there on the market right now. I would like to test this is on such a laptop, but I don't have one handy that I can devote to the test for the two days it takes to setup. Maybe next week. Most of mine have 7200 RPM drives.