Hi guys,
I've been having stuttering problems for a while in games, more often than not without huge FPS drops.
My setup is;
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HD6970
Kingston SSD+ 96GB (OS and Origin)
Seagate Barracuda Sata 3 7200 1TB (Steam)
Origin games run fine, BF3 etc is smooth as butter, the main issue appears to be Steam games run from the secondary hard drive.
An example of this would be Batman Arkham City. I installed it in 2 locations, one on the SSD and one on the HDD. Even the opening scenes with the Nvidia logo etc had sound stuttering when run from the HDD.
Ran the same from the SSD, smooth as butter. FPS rock solid at 62 constantly, no sound stuttering or anything.
So basically i've managed to isolate it to the HDD. I've run various benchmarks and everything seems fine based on what you'd expect from that particular drive model, no errors reported through chkdisk or HD tune pro, 0% de fragmentation.
Which leaves me stumped, is there anything anyone can recommend that might help me out here please? Naturally my SSD isn't big enough to handle my Steam folder, and am reluctant to only have a couple of games installed at a time so really need to fix this if possible. I was considering trying a different mechanical drive but the prices have gone crazy over the last couple of weeks
Thanks
Aaron
I've been having stuttering problems for a while in games, more often than not without huge FPS drops.
My setup is;
[email protected]
HD6970
Kingston SSD+ 96GB (OS and Origin)
Seagate Barracuda Sata 3 7200 1TB (Steam)
Origin games run fine, BF3 etc is smooth as butter, the main issue appears to be Steam games run from the secondary hard drive.
An example of this would be Batman Arkham City. I installed it in 2 locations, one on the SSD and one on the HDD. Even the opening scenes with the Nvidia logo etc had sound stuttering when run from the HDD.
Ran the same from the SSD, smooth as butter. FPS rock solid at 62 constantly, no sound stuttering or anything.
So basically i've managed to isolate it to the HDD. I've run various benchmarks and everything seems fine based on what you'd expect from that particular drive model, no errors reported through chkdisk or HD tune pro, 0% de fragmentation.
Which leaves me stumped, is there anything anyone can recommend that might help me out here please? Naturally my SSD isn't big enough to handle my Steam folder, and am reluctant to only have a couple of games installed at a time so really need to fix this if possible. I was considering trying a different mechanical drive but the prices have gone crazy over the last couple of weeks
Thanks
Aaron
