my games are really laggy and slow on my new ide 160 gb hard drive. the drive is 1 partition. should i split it up into several partions?
2006-12-18 08:59:57 · 5 answers · asked by huttman6021 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
its 7200 rpm and it seems so slow...
2006-12-18 09:11:44 · update #1
its a brand new drive... i play cs source, call of duty.... and lost of other high end games, its not my machine, im trying to play gta san andreas. its it choppy. like when it tries to load different parts of the game, it takes forever.
2006-12-18 09:38:48 · update #2
If your games are laggy, the problem probably isn't your hard drive as games seldom use the hard drive for large R/W operations. What games are you trying to run, and how much RAM and what kind of video card do you have in your machine?
2006-12-18 09:31:12 · answer #1 · answered by cs_gmlynarczyk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the speed of the drive too. If your old drive was 7200 rpm and the new one is 5400, you'll see a pretty significant drop in performance (the hard disk can't read information fast enough).
If it's a new drive, I can't imagine that it's heavily fragmented, though that can be an issue when spanning across larger platters in a hard drive.
But it sounds like a speed issue. I don't think changing the partitions will fix the problem. Instead, make sure that the speed of the drive is up to snuff. After that, make sure you're using cables that give you the fastest speed (there's a different between ata-66 and ata-100 or ata-133 cables). Finally, make sure the bios in your PC recognizes the correct speed and size of your drive. If the BIOS is a bit older, that could be the bottleneck as well. In that case, check your manufacturer's website to see if they have a bios update.
2006-12-18 09:07:34 · answer #2 · answered by Prakash V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It IS a lot slower if you dont deframent your drive regulary.. The data access time will slow down big time.. But as long as you defrag you will be cool whether its a 5400rpm or 7200rpm HD.. only big difference is getting a 10k rpm compared to 5400.. You could have 2 5400rpm hd's in raid0 and be faster for alot less money.
2006-12-18 09:11:55 · answer #3 · answered by keith s 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your new pc probalby has and IDE connector which will artwork inclusive of your previous PATA/IDE force (your new pc's dvd force likely is making use of an IDE connector). Open the case, and turn the cables with the dvd force. If the dvd force is SATA then hit upon the blue connector on the motherboard, it extremely is the IDE (aka UltraDMA). there is one likely you may come upon, if the dvd force is SATA, you may wish a potential adapter for the IDE force, or hit upon one from the potential grant. till you grant further practise mutually with make/style of the computer or motherboard, then we may be able to ascertain if there is an IDE controller onboard.
2016-11-27 02:44:17 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the size of the individual partitions shouldn't affect the speed at all. It might even make some things slower if you have more of them.
2006-12-18 09:02:17 · answer #5 · answered by hslayer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋