🚀 go-pugleaf

It's just a thought, but have the scratch pads might be
different in different disks in each of the game programs.
For example, the faster program may have scratch files in
two disks, but the slower program may have scratch files in
only one disk.

Tom

"Daniel" <zen6575@zen.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4204f66b$0$4100$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
> The partitions are 10GB (xp1) 10GB (xp2) then 60GB
(storage/games) which are
> on 2x western digital 7200rpm 8MB cache hard drives,
arranged in a RAID 0
> array, using a highpoint raid card.
>
> Hard disk performance is the same on both partitions, when
the games slow
> down, it is not reading from the hard disk, it has already
loaded - it is
> simply the frame rate slowing down.
>
> "Dave" <dave2972@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:zM5Nd.148697$K7.14502@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> >
> > "Daniel" <zen6575@zen.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:4204ddca$0$4097$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
> >> Hi,
> >> I have 2 seperate boot partitions on my PC, both have
Windows XP pro
> >> installed with exactly the same setup. Both have all
the same patches etc
> >> applied, and are running the same programs. Both have
exactly the same
> >> drivers for everything.
> >>
> >> PC is an athlon xp 3200+, geforce 6800gt (agp), 512mb
dual channel ram,
> >> abit an7 motherboard (nforce2).
> >>
> >> I have a weird problem, where in one partition,
everything runs fine - I
> >> have all the geforce settings to absolute maximum, and
any game runs
> >> perfectly - such as pro evo soccer 4, knights of the
old republic etc.
> >>
> >> In the other partition, I have a lot of slowdown and
jerkiness in these
> >> games. The games have the same performance options set
up - they are
> >> installed in the same folder on a seperate partition,
so they share the
> >> same files from both operating systems.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing this
in the 2nd
> >> partition - it has to be Windows related, since it does
work in the other
> >> partition, but other than the drivers, geforce setup
and game settings, I
> >> can't really think of anything to try changing...
> >
> > The second boot partition is on a much slower part of
the HD.
> >
> > How many partitions do you have?  How are they
organized?
> >
> > E.G.
> >
> > WinXP1 10GB
> > Games 140GB
> > WinXP2 10GB
> >
> > on a 160GB HD?
> >
> > Have you defragged?
> >
> > REM Insert insults here:-
> >
> > .......
> >
> > REM End insults.
> >
> > Work it out!
> >
> > Dave
> >
>
>