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10000 RPM hard drive
Name: Tony Yayo Date: August 9, 2005 at 22:06:11 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: P3 866/ 192mb
Comment:
I am building a Pentium 4 computer with a 3.4ghz P4 i will overclock. My board has 2 Sata ports and doesnt have raid features. I was considering a 74gb 10000rpm hdd or a 160gb 7200RPM hddd. Both Sata. I was wondering if for the grand theft auto games a 10000 rpm would give me any improvement in performance over the 7200 rpm?
Name: Richard59 Date: August 10, 2005 at 00:39:47 Pacific
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I wouldn't think so since for the most part gaming is done within processor and ram, and most problems arise due to inadequate graphics card. Harddrive seek time would hardly be a limiting factor. and for the price versus storage capacity I'd go for the 7200 spin. If money is no object and the limited capacity of the drive doesn't bother you then go for the raptor.
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Response Number 2
Name: ham30 Date: August 10, 2005 at 07:57:08 Pacific
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"Harddrive seek time would hardly be a limiting factor.
That's correct, the hard drive speed has a minimal effect on game playing. The graphics card is the thing to worry about.
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Response Number 3
Name: tau_titan Date: August 10, 2005 at 10:22:41 Pacific
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How about if you have an inadequate amount of RAM? I know in my system when i take out a stick of RAM loading times on UT2004 skyrocket.
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