Schku 0 Posted January 9, 2010 ingame when I turn around or do anything that change what is on the monitor my I can hear that my harddisk is working. this causes lag down to 10-15 fps (sometimes even lower) while when I look strait forward without anything happening I got 30-ish fps. What causes this? my harddisk is defragged and filled up to about 60%. (also in two partisions, one for windows, one for games and programs, Other stuff is on external) My specs: XP pro 32 bit. Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2,4 GHz 4 GB RAM (3,25 active) Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-x 1024 MB PS: extra question: should I format and reinstall windows? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
no use for a name 0 Posted January 9, 2010 If you just used the Windows defrag then you still will have slow load times as it's a very basic defragger that only keeps single files together but in no particular order. Use something like UltimateDefrag and tag the Arma2 folder for performance; which will put all the files in that directory on the outside of the HDD platter (which tends to have the fastest load times). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schku 0 Posted January 9, 2010 I tried to use the defrag function in "gamebooster" (It has a function to defrag seperate directories), it says that the files are not fragmented after I used win defrag.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kklownboy 43 Posted January 9, 2010 put your game on separate HDD/SSD. Get a faster CPU... I assume your View Distance is 1200m and you resolution is in the 1400/900 area? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schku 0 Posted January 9, 2010 VD is set too 2500 (anything less is useless in my opinion) tried it down to 1600, no change in fps for me. resolution 1280x1024 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
