Use a RAM drive to reduce stuttering

[jimmythedeath]

OK i confirm that the first posted method works and is BAD ASS, I repeat BAD ASS and a must try. it took my 20 min just to make sure i was not screwign up my computer but its streight forward fallow the directions. and its like BUTTER. ok for the system specs. Dont Drool but it is nice.

Evga 780I yea 1 step back 4 gig 1066 Ram
intell core2 Extreme X9650 3GHz Cuz it was on special
EVGA GTX 580 3gig version
OS Drive: Dual Raptors 10K 120gig part
Spec from Blackmagic drive test Write: 93.8 Read: 99.3
SSD Drive for Ram: Enterprise Server edition for faster writes and reads
Spec from Blackmagic drive test Write: 194 Read: 235

Disk Speed Makes a difference. Oh next im going to try and run all the files in parts dir in ram. will post with results.


all i can say is i am now trying this with ARMA2's addons folder. Good luck folks.



Jimmy OUT!!! Good Job

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by jimmythedeath

all i can say is i am now trying this with ARMA2's addons folder. Good luck folks.

There is a big thread on BIS forums about it listing most frequently used files. Search for ramdrive or ram-disk.

[jimmythedeath]

Originally Posted by Ataros

There is a big thread on BIS forums about it listing most frequently used files. Search for ramdrive or ram-disk.

Ataros Snap your the best, I tried the addons folders for CO and yea 13 gig my sys did not like. BUT i did put all the BOB .sfs files in the mem ram drive thing and the game runs like its all in mem i like and i'm not going to change it.

Jimmy OUT!!!

[Allons!]

Originally Posted by jimmythedeath

OK i confirm that the first posted method works and is BAD ASS, I repeat BAD ASS and a must try. it took my 20 min just to make sure i was not screwign up my computer but its streight forward fallow the directions. and its like BUTTER. ok for the system specs.

Disk Speed Makes a difference. Oh next im going to try and run all the files in parts dir in ram. will post with results.

Hmhm, again, which files should be stored there? And how can one assure, the Image ist rewritten to HDD when shutting down your computer?

Greetz, Allons!

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by Allons!

Hmhm, again, which files should be stored there? And how can one assure, the Image ist rewritten to HDD when shutting down your computer?

Greetz, Allons!

Depends on the RAM drive software you use - some synchronize before shutdown and automatically load it on startup but others require manual synchronisation.

[335th_GRAthos]

Originally Posted by Allons!

Hmhm, again, which files should be stored there? And how can one assure, the Image ist rewritten to HDD when shutting down your computer?
Greetz, Allons!

My recommendation is to load on the RAMDRIVE only the files which are not changed while playing the game.
Then, you do not need to rewritte the image.
RAMDRIVE actually notifies you whether you want to save the changed image on the hard disk (awesome! this is so much better than my last ramdive experience; in the MS-DOS 4.0 days! :O). I never saved the image and never had problems.

As far as which files should be loaded, Jimbob mentions them in the first post. Then Ataros a few posts later (first page of this thread). Please remember that thse are the original files so, as patches become availble, there will be other files with similar names which will be added in you game directory and these would also be worthwhile to be added in the RAMDRIVE.




@Doc_uk
Doc, probably you have an SSD or a very ast HDD already. Then it would not make a difference...
My point was that it was better for me (value for money) to add another 6Gb on my rig and make a 6Gb RAMDRIVE than adding an SSD drive on my PC.


~S~

[Allons!]

OK all you lurkers out there waiting for a hint wether this works with actual patches and wether this setting is easy to setup and doing you some good....
I´m out to get me some more RAM - i´ve got an idea concerning ground_SFS because on the the ground there are trees and trees mean a lot for me....

Solo, Allons!

P.S. Kallimera & thx GRAthos, i wil post my system specs and findings later on - in short its a AMD X4-955 BE with 6 GB Ram and a NV GTX 460 1Gig and even Win7 grumbles on my HDD´s speed

[335th_GRAthos]

Originally Posted by Allons!

because on the ground there are trees and trees mean a lot for me....

Oh nooo, another ecology freak!

A word of caution (since you do not have your hardware specs posted on your signature):
The RAMDRIVE will help against the big stutters resulting from the game loading big amounts of code from the hard disk.
There are also other stutters which are the result of the limited VRAM your Graphics card has. "Limited" means that CoD needs more than 1,5Gb RAM on the GPU to run very well.
If your card has less than 1,3Gb RAM, it will be very quicky overfilled and the game will start swapping data up and down the VRAM of your GPU thus, your bottlenek will be there (your fps wil probably be half than before) and RAMDRIVE will be of no value.

~S~ and hapy shopping!

[JG5_emil]

Yep doesn't help with the micro stutters.

[LoBiSoMeM]

With textures in ORIGINAL in a fast 1GB VRAM card I still have microstutters even with RAMDISK. With textures in HIGH, no microstutters with or without RAMDISK, and same FPS.