Load times

underclocker · 9 Aug 2006 at 15:10

Im mainly playing BF2 and have found that a few friends can load it up quicker than me despite the fact that my pc is higher spec. I know its not that hot but even so it’s a reasonable set up and Im fed up with being beaten in to a game by a 4 year old Dell.

AMD 64 3700 Sck 939
MSI K8N Neo Plat
2x1GB DDR XMS3500LL Pro
6800 GT
37gb Raptor
50gb Spin Point
2mg cable

Following the guides I shut down as many unwanted processes as possible.

So what makes for quick load times?

From desktop to login screen = I’m thinking HD speed is the key here?

Connecting to account server = Processor/ cable speed??

Once you’ve selected a server time to load map and start game = no idea (this is the bit where my system is slow)????

Any ideas/ hints

(Not sure which forum section this should go in, please move if needed)

TheVoice · 9 Aug 2006 at 15:18

Have you defragged your HDDs? Could try using something like Diskeeper, if a drive is heavily fragmented it can shave up to half a minute or so from load times etc.

underclocker · 9 Aug 2006 at 15:28

Thanks The Voice, you think it could be just down to the hard drive? Ive defragged the HD, which was quite a mess after the many BF2 patches!
I use the raptor for the OS and BF2 and not much else.

TriedandTested · 9 Aug 2006 at 15:47

If your settings are set higher than that of your friend then it'll take longer load. Match his settings and i'd expect your higher-spec PC to load faster.

HangTime · 9 Aug 2006 at 18:00

^yep. The textures setting in particular will probably make a big difference.... a well kept midrange pc with textures set to medium probably stands a fair chance of beating a high end pc with textures set to high.

Hlebio · 10 Aug 2006 at 17:46

Yep, as has already been said, check the settings of your mate's game.. I bet your's are loads higher.

VeNT · 10 Aug 2006 at 17:51

also things like kinks in the cables can cause issues like that (are they SATA or IDE, don't forget SATA cables HATE being bent)