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So who's made the leap to SSD?
iindigo:
It appears I was misunderstood when I said "when entering a new area".
WoW is entirely seamless except for separate continents. However, each zone uses completely different textures, models, etc. The game does not load all of these at login, but instead only when approaching said areas. That's when the lag I mentioned comes in - while approaching, sometimes my FPS will tank for 2-6 seconds (depends on the complexity) as the HD churns away plowing through files. My theory was that this would be alleviated by an SSD.
Also, which do SSDs tend to be better at? Opening a single very large file or many small ones at the same time?
temuchin:
still to expensive for me. i want a 500+gb drive for my next laptop. :'(
love the speed/durability of these drives.
fohfoh:
iindigo: How do you partition your current HDD? I know it's that 7200rpm one, but how do you do it? How much files are on it and how large of an area do you use for your OS/Programs. That alone might be an issue.
iindigo:
--- Quote from: fohfoh on June 16, 2010, 05:41:28 PM ---iindigo: How do you partition your current HDD? I know it's that 7200rpm one, but how do you do it? How much files are on it and how large of an area do you use for your OS/Programs. That alone might be an issue.
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My HD is 1TB with two partitions - 966GB for OS X and 33GB for XP (yeah, don't do much with Windows). 766GB of the OS X partition is in use. Fragmentation isn't an issue, because as long as you have at least ~30GB free, HFS+ keeps it very low automatically.
I typically find partitions annoying simply because I usually end up running out room on at least one of them, and readjusting partition sizes is a pain in the rear. That, and it's not difficult to reinstall the OS without bothering my files and apps if need be, so keeping the OS and apps/docs separate isn't really all that necessary.
fohfoh:
Even if fragmentation isn't an issue, don't you think that a 800GB partition would be somewhat slow? I've always found larger HDDs slower than smaller ones in comparison with same rpm rates. Or maybe I'm crazy.
(My media centre on a 1TB 5400rpm drive eats shit in speed in comparison to a 120GB 5400rpm drive)
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