HDD (Vista) Question.

2007-02-06 16:17:23

#1

Airwolf: Latter Alcoholic; +287|7183|Scotland

Hey again,
just installed the home premium 64-bit edition. All is fine and dandy, no crashes. Was playing San Andreas earlier today, gotta love that game

To the point, when I try to joina bf2 server, even singleplayer, I find myself waiting a minute+ to verify client data. I wouldnt expect it's the HDD that's at fault. Any ideas? Used to take me like 30 secs. Any suggestions?

My rig:
Intel C2D E6400 @ 2.86GHz
Asus P5LD2
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 160GB SATAII
nVidia XFX 7900GT
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtrememusic

2007-02-06 16:39:20

#2

Hurricane: Banned; +1,153|7093|Washington, DC

have you defragged?

2007-02-06 16:48:32

#3

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7060|Seattle

How many RAMS you have?

Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it

2007-02-06 16:50:33

#4

LT.Victim: Member; +1,175|7025|British Columbia, Canada

King_County_Downy wrote:
How many RAMS you have?

Yoda talk.. lol

2007-02-06 17:02:07

#5

h4hagen: Whats my age again?; +91|6816|Troy, New York

Vista just takes more than XP to run, so things will run slower.

2007-02-06 19:12:51

#6

[TUF]Whiskey_Oktober: mmmm...Toasty!; +91|7185|Oregon

it could be something to do with the privileges. make sure bf2 is enabled to run as an administrator.

2007-02-06 20:31:37

#7

MagikTrik: yes.....but your still gay; +138|6833|Pittsburgh, PA USA

h4hagen wrote:
Vista just takes more than XP to run, so things will run slower.

I'd go with that.

[TUF]Whiskey_Oktober wrote:
it could be something to do with the privileges. make sure bf2 is enabled to run as an administrator.

If he can get into a BF2 server period I think that's already taken care of. I haven't had to get into it myself (because I don't have Vista) but from what I understand PB boots you as soon as you try to join a server.

2007-02-07 02:27:08

#8

Airwolf: Latter Alcoholic; +287|7183|Scotland

King_County_Downy wrote:
How many RAMS you have?

1GB but didn't cause any probs b4

Hurricane wrote:
have you defragged?

Yeah, takes fkin ages on vista lol

2007-02-07 02:44:20

#9

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7179

[E.F.L]Airwolf wrote:
King_County_Downy wrote:
How many RAMS you have?
1GB but didn't cause any probs b4

Hurricane wrote:
have you defragged?
Yeah, takes fkin ages on vista lol

Vista uses 1GB in idle.

https://cache.www.gametracker.com/server_info/203.46.105.23:21300/b_350_20_692108_381007_FFFFFF_000000.png

2007-02-07 02:50:20

#10

Toni: Member; +4|7026

1gb of RAM ?!

There is your problem. Bf 2 to run great it needs at least 2Gb on XP, but with Vista wich is even more power hungry than XP that is your bottleneck now. I used to have 1Gb and it took ages, now this problem is gone.

In the future games ready for Vista will run better than games now do on XP it's just that bf2 is not Vista ready so you will have some sort of slowdown than on XP.

In my honest opinon Vista is all fancy shmancy but at this moment it sux for games. Give it some time to all settle in. I would switch back to XP if you're gaming a lot. If not ... well just buy another stick of 1Gb RAM.

Last edited by Toni (2007-02-07 02:52:56)

2007-02-07 04:19:55

#11

MagikTrik: yes.....but your still gay; +138|6833|Pittsburgh, PA USA

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Vista uses 1GB in idle.

I thought the start button itself used up 1GB?

2007-02-07 06:23:58

#12

killinzero1: Member; +14|6850

i running vista /w 2gb ram and im running smooth it takes me less then 1min

if i was u if u have less then 1gb upgrade to 2 or even 3

Last edited by killinzero1 (2007-02-07 06:24:48)

2007-02-07 06:42:09

#13

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7179

MagikTrik wrote:
cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Vista uses 1GB in idle.
I thought the start button itself used up 1GB?

Fancy graphics take up 1 gig.

2007-02-07 06:45:39

#14

Airwolf: Latter Alcoholic; +287|7183|Scotland

Hmm, right ok. Thanks for all replies.

Gonna get myself another 2 gig. One more question. I have a gig running in dual channel already, if I connect another 2 gig through dual channel (2* 1G) will that hinder performance?

2007-02-07 06:48:59

#15

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7179

[E.F.L]Airwolf wrote:
Hmm, right ok. Thanks for all replies.

Gonna get myself another 2 gig. One more question. I have a gig running in dual channel already, if I connect another 2 gig through dual channel (2* 1G) will that hinder performance?

Not if the new sticks are faster or the same speed.

2007-02-07 11:49:51

#16

Airwolf: Latter Alcoholic; +287|7183|Scotland

kl cheers

2007-02-07 23:54:26

#17

adv3rsary: Member; +28|7178

doesn't sound like a hdd issue.. but rly could b absolutely anything... first mistake = installing a 64bit OS...

2007-02-08 11:02:28

#18

Airwolf: Latter Alcoholic; +287|7183|Scotland

adv3rsary wrote:
doesn't sound like a hdd issue.. but rly could b absolutely anything... first mistake = installing a 64bit OS...

2007-02-09 04:08:13

#19

Toni: Member; +4|7026

Here is one noobish question - if he get's 3Gs if RAM will his machine work ? Becouse I also use dual channel setup and had some mayor problems with such strange configurations.

2007-02-09 07:31:52

#20

danCer: teh m0nsta; +314|7178|Germany

@Airwolf

How big is your current swap file? Be sure, to check that out.
Your swap file should always be 1,5 times your RAM.
In XP, the OS tells you the best size for that.
I have 2GB RAM, so my pagefile is 3070.
Also check google for Vista tweak sites...

2007-02-09 14:21:22

#21

adv3rsary: Member; +28|7178

Toni wrote:
Here is one noobish question - if he get's 3Gs if RAM will his machine work ? Becouse I also use dual channel setup and had some mayor problems with such strange configurations.

should work just fine (wont be dual channel anymore) .. there are some rare mobos that wont like it. but if that's the case, he d never get to windows to have probs with his bf2

2007-02-09 14:35:48

#22

Hurricane: Banned; +1,153|7093|Washington, DC

Yeah that 1GB is gonna kill ya. Vista running full trot at idle (by that I mean all the little gewgaws running) takes up 500-600MB. It's obscene, yes. 2GB SHOULD cover you. If you can hold off one or two weeks I can tell you first-hand if 2GB is decent.

The swap file will bring some long time for loading. If you run out of RAM, then Windows uses the Swap file for extra memory. Whatever you designate as swap will be like RAM. 3GB of Swap=3GB of virtual RAM. The problem is that RAM is very quick to access, while using virtual memory requires reading and writing on the disk, which is still quick but adds precious seconds to the loading process. Basically, using virtual memory (swap file) = longer load times.

2007-02-09 20:32:43

#23

Masques: Black Panzer Party; +184|7185|Eastern PA

adv3rsary wrote:
doesn't sound like a hdd issue.. but rly could b absolutely anything... first mistake = installing a 64bit OS...

I use Xp 64-Bit with no issues in BF2 or 2142. As per above it more than likely a memory issue (ie. lack of). For memory intensive tasks (photoshop, gaming, etc.) a Vista user should aim for at minimum 2GB. 3+ GB provides the best performance in this case.

2007-02-10 09:23:56

#24

Airwolf: Latter Alcoholic; +287|7183|Scotland

danCer wrote:
@Airwolf

How big is your current swap file? Be sure, to check that out.
Your swap file should always be 1,5 times your RAM.
In XP, the OS tells you the best size for that.
I have 2GB RAM, so my pagefile is 3070.
Also check google for Vista tweak sites...

ok, where can I edit this? sorry, I'm noob

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