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I had BF2 on a samsung EIDE 120gb 7200 rpm, same drive as Winderz XP Pro, SP2...(etc) with an NTFS file structure. I did a fresh install Winderz XP install, moved BF2 to an older fujitsu 19.0 gb 7200 rpm hard drive, with the thinking that having the OS and BF2's 3.0gb on different drives might speed things up. A tad. Maybe.
My expectations were 180 degrees from reality The map loading seems to go a somewhat slower (maybe 20-30%). The "verifying client data" sometimes takes 3 - 5 minutes, which (as I recall) used to take one minute. I swear, by the time I "join game", my team is often defending the last flag (of course, then I UberNooberToober the attackers into NooBlivion).
So, my question is should I go back and reinstall BF2 back on the shiny (shinier--it's not a million dollar 10k SATA jobbie) samsung? Or should I leave well enough alone, since the thing runs smoothly, but loads slowly? (note, I'm still VERY happy with framerate) Any suggestions (other than go out and buy a MB with SATA connectors, 2x multimillion dollar 10,000 hard drives, a couple of $400 dollar SLI cards, and--what the heck--a new processor while we're deconstructing).
ATI x800xt AIW (Yes, I like it. Very much. And no, I don't care Nvidia rulez the darn r00st around here. Capture video from your camcorder, and record Wings over the Pacific from the History Channel on your BFGeeThatsExpensive 780000gtoXZ stock overclocked to 90000mhz, and then we'll compare the two.)
P4 3.0 Prescott
Antec 380W
Samsung 120gb 7200
Fujitus 19gb 7200 (probably around six years old).
Asus p4s800-mx
Cooling performed by two 120mm fans that might've doubled in life as trolling motors.
My expectations were 180 degrees from reality The map loading seems to go a somewhat slower (maybe 20-30%). The "verifying client data" sometimes takes 3 - 5 minutes, which (as I recall) used to take one minute. I swear, by the time I "join game", my team is often defending the last flag (of course, then I UberNooberToober the attackers into NooBlivion).
So, my question is should I go back and reinstall BF2 back on the shiny (shinier--it's not a million dollar 10k SATA jobbie) samsung? Or should I leave well enough alone, since the thing runs smoothly, but loads slowly? (note, I'm still VERY happy with framerate) Any suggestions (other than go out and buy a MB with SATA connectors, 2x multimillion dollar 10,000 hard drives, a couple of $400 dollar SLI cards, and--what the heck--a new processor while we're deconstructing).
ATI x800xt AIW (Yes, I like it. Very much. And no, I don't care Nvidia rulez the darn r00st around here. Capture video from your camcorder, and record Wings over the Pacific from the History Channel on your BFGeeThatsExpensive 780000gtoXZ stock overclocked to 90000mhz, and then we'll compare the two.)
P4 3.0 Prescott
Antec 380W
Samsung 120gb 7200
Fujitus 19gb 7200 (probably around six years old).
Asus p4s800-mx
Cooling performed by two 120mm fans that might've doubled in life as trolling motors.
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