Verifying client data woes.

[communistwithagu]

I've done and tried everything. I've searched every BF2 forum possible and still cannot find a fix for this. I load in 20~ seconds. Verify takes upwards of 2 minutes.

Things I have tried:

Reformatting/installing onto Windows 2000 professional (Actually load times were lowered by about 5 seconds, verfiy still took 2 minutes)
Reformatting/installing onto a fresh Windows XP SP2 Professional, with no other software installed other than drivers.
Ive tried reinstalling then patching in order
Ive tried reinstalling then patching to full with 1.3 full patch
I've defragmented every night.
I have no spyware or viruses.

System specs are as follows:

2.7Ghz CPU
1GB DDR ram. 400FSB.
7200 RPM hard drive.
Ati Radeon 9800 pro.

Nothing on my system is overclocked. I typically get 45-70FPS.
My computer was recently, and painstakingly cleaned to remove all dust.
My hard drive is NOT in PIO mode. It is currently in UDMA-6. I am using the correct IDE cable. All my drivers are up to date from all vendors including motherboard. I have no hardware conflicts. I've tried programs like WinXP smoker, which is a great tweaker i might say.

I really can't think of anything else. Please do not bother with "Get more ram" Because while Loading my ram is not fully utilizied. Posts in regard to my hardware not being good enough will be ignored as its untrue. Thanks!

[imported_yehaaa7]

Re: Verifying client data woes.

*bump*

[Flanker]

Re: Verifying client data woes.

I haven't looked into this much, but from what I know about computer architecture, I'd say it might be the Hard Drive.

I have a 7200RPM Hard Drive with a 8MB buffer. That's the standard, and I suffer from the same ridiculous verifing times as you.

In the Demo, it took longer to load the map than verify, not so in the actual game.

My guess is that there is much more data to "verify" the authenticity of, so it takes much longer to go through it. A faster hard drive, a 7200RPM/16MB buffer combination, or a 10,000RPM/8MB Buffer combination, or even better, a 10,000RPM/16MB Buffer combination would probably help a lot.

Problem is that 10K RPM Hard Drives are expensive. 16MB 7200RPM SATA HDDs, while cheaper, aren't exactly pocket change either.

Not much we can do about it unless you want to buy a new HDD, lol.

[Sox62]

Re: Verifying client data woes.

This is from a previous thread.My verify client times went from 3 minutes to 25-30 seconds after this.

http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81550&highlight=verify+client

[GbeTech]

Re: Verifying client data woes.

2.5 minuts is not so bad... I have a 7200RPM 16MB cache HD, and it takes usually 1 minute to load, and 1 minute to verify. It might be slower/faster in maximum 20 seconds.

I guess everyone gets such slow loading times, just go and get you something to drink, watch TV or something and get back to play.