how space free for games to run smootly?

mrwolves · 11-13-2004, 10:20 PM

ok i got a 20 gb hardrive, i have cod, americas army, stream like cs etc , i got 5 gb free on my hardrive, but some of the games seem pretty laggy , and i defrag alot.

my pc is
ati 9700 pro
mobo msi kt400
2.1 ghz althon xp

how much should i have free to run smootly?

Nxs · 11-13-2004, 10:27 PM

5 gigs should be plenty! How much ram are you running?

mrwolves · 11-13-2004, 10:45 PM

512 ddr i think

Nxs · 11-13-2004, 10:46 PM

That should be fine. Mabey your vitual mem is set a little low

andy_wh2000 · 11-13-2004, 10:57 PM

how is your hard drive's fragmentation.

mrwolves · 11-14-2004, 12:48 AM

i used window xp defrag , but did not work very well so im using diskeeper now, but my games are pretty laggy , in areas and i know it should be fine, but its not

mrwolves · 11-14-2004, 12:48 AM

how high should i set my vitual mem ?

Bucky · 11-14-2004, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by mrwolves@Nov 13 2004, 08:48 PM
how high should i set my vitual mem ?

3x the amount of RAM is a good rule of thumb.

mrwolves · 11-14-2004, 01:05 AM

ok so wot would that be for 512? how i set it too, sorry not clever at this

Bucky · 11-14-2004, 01:17 AM

Just set it for 1500 MB.

Do you know where to go to do that?

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11-13-2004, 10:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
mrwolves is on the 2nd circle: Lust Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 158 Hellbux: 6,514	ok i got a 20 gb hardrive, i have cod, americas army, stream like cs etc , i got 5 gb free on my hardrive, but some of the games seem pretty laggy , and i defrag alot. my pc is ati 9700 pro mobo msi kt400 2.1 ghz althon xp how much should i have free to run smootly?

11-13-2004, 10:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
mrwolves is on the 2nd circle: Lust Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 158 Hellbux: 6,514	512 ddr i think

11-14-2004, 12:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
mrwolves is on the 2nd circle: Lust Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 158 Hellbux: 6,514	i used window xp defrag , but did not work very well so im using diskeeper now, but my games are pretty laggy , in areas and i know it should be fine, but its not

11-14-2004, 12:48 AM	#7 (permalink)
mrwolves is on the 2nd circle: Lust Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 158 Hellbux: 6,514	how high should i set my vitual mem ?

11-14-2004, 01:05 AM	#9 (permalink)
mrwolves is on the 2nd circle: Lust Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 158 Hellbux: 6,514	ok so wot would that be for 512? how i set it too, sorry not clever at this