henke on 25/2/2015 at 15:40
Ah thanks. Resized C: to 63GB. That should be enough.
Also got the 1TB HDD installed and formated. Partitioned it in two halves, roughly down the middle.
edit: this is what I got from the SSD benchmark:
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : (
http://crystalmark.info/)
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]
Sequential Read : 505.176 MB/s
Sequential Write : 465.896 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 417.335 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 382.946 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 42.366 MB/s [ 10343.2 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 115.819 MB/s [ 28276.1 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 366.427 MB/s [ 89459.7 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 336.899 MB/s [ 82250.8 IOPS]
Test : 500 MB [C: 42.9% (27.1/63.1 GB)] (x3)
Date : 2015/02/25 17:56:15
OS : Windows 8.1 Pro [6.3 Build 9600] (x64)
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YAY! NUMBERS! :D
henke on 25/2/2015 at 17:24
Alright, played my first game. One that really pushed my old computer to it's limits, The Forest. Loaded super fast and looked super pretty! Smooth too, with almost everything cranked up to max.
(Crysis 3 is still downloading)
bikerdude on 25/2/2015 at 18:28
Quote Posted by henke
* Ah thanks Resized C: to 63GB. That should be enough. Also got the 1TB HDD installed and formated.
* Random Read/write 4KB (QD=1) : 42.366 & 115.819 MB/s
* how did you do it, wipe and start fresh or use that tool I mentioned above..? Either way you have to make sure the partitions are aligned (but judging from the CDM speeds they are)
* thats monster! and its where windows benefits the most, max speeds only come into play on large files. Also those speeds will drop of a bit once the drive beds in to around 30 & 90 MB/s
henke on 25/2/2015 at 19:11
Cool. :) I used the tool you suggested to resize C:. How can I tell if the partitions are aligned? There's no unallocated space left, if that's what you mean.
Briareos H on 25/2/2015 at 19:11
What's the point of partitioning a SSD?
bikerdude on 25/2/2015 at 23:53
Quote Posted by henke
Cool. :) I used the tool you suggested to resize C:. How can I tell if the partitions are aligned? There's no unallocated space left, if that's what you mean.
Google it as there many way, but that partition tool I linked you above is able to tell you what the alignment status oif paritions are
Quote Posted by Briareos H
What's the point of partitioning a SSD?
There are a few reasons, most people prefer to have ther OS, Data & Games on separate partitions. Some paeople like having their OS on its own partition when when they want to reinastall windows they dont have to worry about backing up and restoring their data & games. Ad the oldest reason is back in the days when all people had was HDD's and they were prone to having unrecoverable errors (mostly on the OS partition), it was very prudent to have your Data/Games on a separate partition or drive so the data wasn't lost.
henke on 26/2/2015 at 13:18
Alright, yeah, they're aligned.
Downloaded the GeForce Experience app, which lets you record gameplay footage without any slow-down, optimizes game performance and shows FPS. It's recommended settings for Crysis 3 is everything except Shading cranked up as far as it goes. Shading is just on "High", instead of "Very High". The FPS are in the 40's for the most part, with rare drops to the high 30's, and in-engine cutscenes at 60. I've got it installed on the SSD and loadtimes are almost non existant! ITS SO FUCKING GOOOOOOOD! :D
As for the game itself, it's, eh... alright.
bikerdude on 26/2/2015 at 14:58
Quote Posted by henke
. The FPS are in the 40's for the most part, with rare drops to the high 30's.
Check what resolution the game has been set by GFE to run it, odds are its using nVidia DSR and running at a higher than native res of the monitor. Lowering this will gain you more fps.
