Use a RAM drive to reduce stuttering

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by mazex

Did not seem to do any real difference on my rig at least... Used the RAMDisk tool instead and mounted a 2Gb image which i filled up with:

bob_buildings.SFS
bob_ground.SFS
bob_plane.SFS
bob_update.SFS
bob_update01.SFS
bob_update02.SFS

No joy like I said (on a 6Gb Windows 7 x64 system). Still stutters over land (when seeing buildings at least!) but OK over the channel.

What's your system out of interest?

[Troll2k]

With a ram disk what happens when you turn the machine off?

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by Troll2k

With a ram disk what happens when you turn the machine off?

It disappears of course! See OP, I already mentioned this is not an optimal solution but I'm using it until the patch at least. It really doesn't take long to set up when you are used to it.

[mazex]

Originally Posted by jimbop

It disappears of course! See OP, I already mentioned this is not an optimal solution but I'm using it until the patch at least. It really doesn't take long to set up when you are used to it.

I'm not sure if I misunderstand you, but Dataram RAMDisk has the option to save the data on the RAM-device to disk, both at shutdown and continuously at your own interval while running. Would be rather boring to get in a corrupt/inconsistent state if Steam updates the game and patches the RAMDrive files that gets nuked on reboot

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by mazex

I'm not sure if I misunderstand you, but Dataram RAMDisk has the option to save the data on the RAM-device to disk, both at shutdown and continuously at your own interval while running. Would be rather boring to get in a corrupt/inconsistent state if Steam updates the game and patches the RAMDrive files that gets nuked on reboot

Yes, you can sync back before shutting down.

[Doc_uk]

didnt work for me but i only get stutters at the begining of each mission
Plus im getting 50+ fps anyway, over land

[Fall_Pink?]

I tried the ram disk solution, but I'm afraid it won't help CoD. I've checked and even made a 4 Gb ram disk and placed the entire 'parts' dir. on it, but stuttering was still there. The stutters are therefore not caused by slow and/or frequent hard disk access. It's the game and render engine that produce these stutters and is not related to hard disk access.

Rgs,
FP

[Kankkis]

Originally Posted by Fall_Pink?

I tried the ram disk solution, but I'm afraid it won't help CoD. I've checked and even made a 4 Gb ram disk and placed the entire 'parts' dir. on it, but stuttering was still there. The stutters are therefore not caused by slow and/or frequent hard disk access. It's the game and render engine that produce these stutters and is not related to hard disk access.

Rgs,
FP

How was you hd, im pretty sure it used it because allways when i got stutter, my hd light is blinking. When it is smooth my hd doesen't do anything.

[Fall_Pink?]

When I had the ram drive enabled (I tried 2 and 4 Gb for sfs file), no disk access was going on, but I still had the stutters. I did not see any improvement, although it's quite a nifty and smart thing to do. I guess CoD still has a long way to go and will need several big core patches before it's a smooth over land as over sea.

Rgs.
FP

Ps. I'm using a RAID1 disk config so read ops., if any, should still be fast.

[JG5_emil]

Originally Posted by Fall_Pink?

I tried the ram disk solution, but I'm afraid it won't help CoD. I've checked and even made a 4 Gb ram disk and placed the entire 'parts' dir. on it, but stuttering was still there. The stutters are therefore not caused by slow and/or frequent hard disk access. It's the game and render engine that produce these stutters and is not related to hard disk access.

Rgs,
FP

No Joy for me I still get micro stutters which are only really visible if I look hard enough.

AS you say I think it is down to the rendering....maybe my GTX460M isn't quite up to the job. I know it's a stretch to play COD on a laptop.