13 May 2012 at 14:41 #1 Drake5 Drake5 Soldato Joined 12 Dec 2005 Posts 14,460 Today I noticed my 250GB Sata HDD only has 8MB Cache. Is this likely to affect my performance in games much? Cheers
Today I noticed my 250GB Sata HDD only has 8MB Cache. Is this likely to affect my performance in games much? Cheers
13 May 2012 at 14:57 #2 Surveyor Surveyor Caporegime Joined 5 Sep 2010 Posts 25,573 I doubt that's much of an issue in itself. Your HDD is probably relatively poor in general compared to newer/larger capacity drives. With games it'll just take longer to load and shouldn't affect actual game play/frame rates.
I doubt that's much of an issue in itself. Your HDD is probably relatively poor in general compared to newer/larger capacity drives. With games it'll just take longer to load and shouldn't affect actual game play/frame rates.
13 May 2012 at 15:01 #3 arknor arknor Caporegime Joined 22 Nov 2005 Posts 46,818 the only thing it will effect is loading screens
13 May 2012 at 17:04 #4 Drake5 Drake5 Soldato OP Joined 12 Dec 2005 Posts 14,460 Thanks guys. Am I more likely to get loading stutters when in game though that create micro stuttering?
Thanks guys. Am I more likely to get loading stutters when in game though that create micro stuttering?
13 May 2012 at 17:23 #5 MagicBoy MagicBoy Soldato Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 19,372 Location South Manchester Won't make any noticeable difference.
13 May 2012 at 18:34 #6 arknor arknor Caporegime Joined 22 Nov 2005 Posts 46,818 Tom_D said: Thanks guys. Am I more likely to get loading stutters when in game though that create micro stuttering? Click to expand... no because everything will be cached to memory (not the cache on your drive)
Tom_D said: Thanks guys. Am I more likely to get loading stutters when in game though that create micro stuttering? Click to expand... no because everything will be cached to memory (not the cache on your drive)
