Impact of Games on external drive vs internal drive?

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I have my Quake, MS Flight, Wolfenstein, etc on my external USB drive. Does
this affect performance? Can this have an impact on connection?

 

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On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 12:24:03 -0500, Jason Aguon wrote:

> I have my Quake, MS Flight, Wolfenstein, etc on my external USB drive. Does
> this affect performance?

Yes, at least when loading/changing maps.

> Can this have an impact on connection?

Huh? You mean your internet connection? No.

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"Dan C" <youmustbejoking@invalid.org> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 12:24:03 -0500, Jason Aguon wrote:
>
> > I have my Quake, MS Flight, Wolfenstein, etc on my external USB drive.
Does
> > this affect performance?
>
> Yes, at least when loading/changing maps.
>
> > Can this have an impact on connection?
>
> Huh? You mean your internet connection? No.

No. The external drive is connected via USB 2.0. How much smoother would
the games operate if I kept in on the c:drive is the question.

 

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On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:42:31 -0500, Jason Aguon wrote:

>> > Can this have an impact on connection?

>> Huh? You mean your internet connection? No.

> No. The external drive is connected via USB 2.0. How much smoother would
> the games operate if I kept in on the c:drive is the question.

It might be smoother, certainly wouldn't be worse. I don't really know
for sure though. Why don't you try it and let us know. What's the point
of having the game installed on that external drive, anyway?

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"Dan C" <youmustbejoking@invalid.org> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:42:31 -0500, Jason Aguon wrote:
>
> >> > Can this have an impact on connection?
>
> >> Huh? You mean your internet connection? No.
>
> > No. The external drive is connected via USB 2.0. How much smoother
would
> > the games operate if I kept in on the c:drive is the question.
>
> It might be smoother, certainly wouldn't be worse. I don't really know
> for sure though. Why don't you try it and let us know. What's the point
> of having the game installed on that external drive, anyway?
>
Oh, just trying to keep the c: drive as pure as possible. Also using
external drive as a safeguard and backup protection.

 

[HarrY]

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i never heard of anybody playing an online game from an external drive
or single player games neither but the only way to find out about
performance betwee externals and internals is to install the game on
C:\ drive and compare..




On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 12:24:03 -0500, "Jason Aguon" <jax5050@aol.com>
wrote:

>I have my Quake, MS Flight, Wolfenstein, etc on my external USB drive. Does
>this affect performance? Can this have an impact on connection?
>

 

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"harry" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> i never heard of anybody playing an online game from an external drive
> or single player games neither but the only way to find out about
> performance betwee externals and internals is to install the game on
> C:\ drive and compare..
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 12:24:03 -0500, "Jason Aguon" <jax5050@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I have my Quake, MS Flight, Wolfenstein, etc on my external USB drive.
Does
> >this affect performance? Can this have an impact on connection?
> >
>
The majority of the components used to play the game are loaded into your
RAM (fastest storage on your PC) before the game even starts, you'd notice
slow down primarily when loading maps before you enter the game. Even your
C: is too slow to play games from which is why games load to RAM.

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