All my games load slow

2010-01-05 15:09:37

#1

Computer_Guy: Member; +54|6956

Specs:
Intel Q9650 at 3.8 ghz
Asus P5E X38 with Rampage X48 902 bios
4gb Corsair DDR2 800 Ram 5-5-5-16
Windows 7 Home 64 bit
Seagate 500gb 7200rpm from 2006

I've done memtest, defrag and sector test, stress tests to make sure eveything is running well.

Eveything is taking its time to load, all my friends load in faster than me even though they have slower computers. I've been noticing it mostly with MW2.
Im thinking its the harddrive, since its old.

2010-01-05 15:12:54

#2

baggs: Member; +732|6463

what defrag programme did you use?

2010-01-05 15:13:49

#3

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7102|Reykjavík, Iceland.

Backup, RAID0, format.

GO!

2010-01-05 15:20:53

#4

Computer_Guy: Member; +54|6956

i dont have two harddrives to raid

2010-01-05 15:22:36

#5

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7102|Reykjavík, Iceland.

Backup, format.

GO!

Last edited by Sydney (2010-01-05 15:22:51)

2010-01-05 15:41:53

#6

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6389|Carnoustie MASSIF

Computer_Guy wrote:
Im thinking its the harddrive, since its old.

Hmm, a 7200rpm hdd should be fine, how old is it? Maybe if it was an old 5400 then yeah, it's probably the hard drive, is it a baracuda?

But yeah, I say defrag, or if that doesn't work, backup reformat.

And some sound advice from my girlfriend sat here beside me: 'Tell him that if he goes outside and plays in the sun it will help his vitamin D deficiency that's making him so cranky about his games loading so slow that he has to sit on the internet and cry about it.'

2010-01-05 15:56:16

#7

Computer_Guy: Member; +54|6956

Its a 2005 barracuda 7200 rpm and i just formatted and installed win 7 a couple of days ago to see if it was vista that was causing everything to load slow.

Last edited by Computer_Guy (2010-01-05 17:00:58)

2010-01-05 17:08:29

#8

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6389|Carnoustie MASSIF

How is it running with 7 on it now? It sounds like the HDd is starting to give up the ghost. What is your ram like? Remember tha games load maps and such from the ram too, maybe a ram related problem?

2010-01-05 18:08:47

#9

Computer_Guy: Member; +54|6956

My ram is fine, i swtiched it out for a different set and the problem still occurs. Windows 7 is faster but the games are still the same. Im going to just buy a velociraptor and see if that works.

2010-01-05 18:26:23

#10

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6389|Carnoustie MASSIF

Computer_Guy wrote:
My ram is fine, i swtiched it out for a different set and the problem still occurs. Windows 7 is faster but the games are still the same. Im going to just buy a velociraptor and see if that works.

Hmm, don't quote me on what I've said, I ain't that big on tech, what I've said is just stuff I've picked up on. Wait 'till you speak to Max or Freezer when they're on.

2010-01-05 22:47:45

#11

TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6164|CA

CammRobb wrote:
Computer_Guy wrote:
Im thinking its the harddrive, since its old.
Hmm, a 7200rpm hdd should be fine, how old is it? Maybe if it was an old 5400 then yeah, it's probably the hard drive, is it a baracuda?

But yeah, I say defrag, or if that doesn't work, backup reformat.

And some sound advice from my girlfriend sat here beside me: 'Tell him that if he goes outside and plays in the sun it will help his vitamin D deficiency that's making him so cranky about his games loading so slow that he has to sit on the internet and cry about it.'

You read tech threads with your girlfriend?

Last edited by TopHat01 (2010-01-05 22:47:55)

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2010-01-06 00:11:43

#12

baggs: Member; +732|6463

CammRobb wrote:
And some sound advice from my girlfriend sat here beside me: 'Tell him that if he goes outside and plays in the sun it will help his vitamin D deficiency that's making him so cranky about his games loading so slow that he has to sit on the internet and cry about it.'

Thats slightly ironic, that she would mention about someone going outside, considering how much time you spend on these very forums Cam.

2010-01-06 00:18:26

#13

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6047|Catherine Black

Don't buy a Raptor, for price/speed you're much better off with an SSD.

2010-01-06 04:38:59

#14

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6456|Winland

Try disabling swapping. Also, do you have the games and the OS installed on the same partition?

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2010-01-06 07:18:03

#15

Computer_Guy: Member; +54|6956

Its all installed on then same partition, also disabling swapping helped a little.

Last edited by Computer_Guy (2010-01-06 07:27:45)

2010-01-06 07:56:10

#16

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6712|The Twilight Zone

Sydney wrote:
Backup, format.

GO!

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2010-01-06 08:07:14

#17

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6975

How much space you using? Coz I've heard if you got too much shit it slows down a lot.

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2010-01-06 09:20:58

#18

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6456|Winland

Cybargs wrote:
How much space you using? Coz I've heard if you got too much shit it slows down a lot.

Not if you keep your disk defragmented.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2010-01-06 20:23:22

#19

Computer_Guy: Member; +54|6956

Alright problem solved, two WD Blacks 640gb in RAID 0. I load faster than most people now instead of being last in the server.

Last edited by Computer_Guy (2010-01-06 20:24:07)

2010-01-06 21:18:40

#20

Computer_Guy: Member; +54|6956

But now i have an old install of windows on my old harddrive and it wont let me format. How can i delete it/format without it saying "You do not have permission to delete this file."

2010-01-07 07:49:36

#21

Shakez: Member; +39|6429

If all HDDs are plugged in try to reinstall 7 to the point where you can choose the HDD you want to install it to.
Try to format the old HDD. Or was this the way you've tried ?

2010-01-07 07:58:23

#22

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6389|Carnoustie MASSIF

Get an SSD ffs.

2010-01-07 08:04:37

#23

Shakez: Member; +39|6429

1600 € for 500 GB isn't that cheap

2010-01-07 09:54:55

#24

Computer_Guy: Member; +54|6956

CammRobb wrote:
Get an SSD ffs.

Too fucking expensive, id rather pay $150 for two harddrives and have 1.2 tb of space rather than 32 gb of space.

And i just the other harddrive to my xp machine and formatted it there since i did not have permission on win 7, wtf.

Last edited by Computer_Guy (2010-01-07 09:55:36)

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