Does game speed change with CD rom speed

[madmickey]

I am looking at buying a new computer I am mainly interested in playing games and I am looking at buying either a 52X CD ROM or a 16X DVD with CD ROM at 40x. Is there an increase in game speed with a higher CD ROM speed?

 

[flamethrower205]

No difference, unless some video is being played off cd. Then a 52x is very useful.

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[scamtrOn]

if you are buying it mainly for gaiming, then you should use nocd cracks. your games will be faster that way since you have to do a full install.

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[AMD_Man]

Seriously, CD performance does not vary that much with variable speed CD-ROM Drives. I have a 56X CD-ROM drive on one of my PCs. It's not that fast (only slightly faster than my Sony DVD-ROM Drive which reads at 40X) but IT IS LOUD!! I would go with a 40X drive anyday, even if it means to sacrifice some performance because 50X+ drives are way too loud.

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[lhgpoobaa]

indeed

the copy speed differnce between my old sony 52x and my dvd (40x) is negligible, and the dvd is alot faster to spin up, and alot quieter at full spin.



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[flamethrower205]

Whivch cd drive so do u have- I have one from Sony, and the thing is very, very silent. More silent than my 24x! And it spins up and all a lot faster than other cd drives I've seen.

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[AMD_Man]

I have a 12X Sony DVD-ROM drive. It's an excellent drive but it takes a bit longer to spin up with CD-Rs and CD-RWs than most CD-ROM drives I've seen.

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[flamethrower205]

Something I';ve noticed- it takes lsightly longer to spin up w/ black CD's, but then reads faster.

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[plbass]

i've had two creative 52X, two acer 50X and they've both f***ed up!!!! i dunno what's wrong with my comp, the 24X doesn't have a prob. maybe it's the psu or soemthing...

note: i didn't actually buy two of each, they were from RMA.

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