Does installing games to there own partitions increase access speeds?

Reza · 11-May-06, 10:38 AM

Just a quick question really, I was wondering if installing games onto there own partitions would increase drive access speeds at all, I would think it would as if the only thing on a drive was the game the computer would have no other files to sift through.

Just a thought!

Scorpionic · 11-May-06, 04:51 PM

In theory it seems like a sound idea, and it's what I use on my system. Whether or not it makes a difference, I can't say. My load times are very quick, but I also have a brand new computer.

If anything it's great to have your games nice and tidy on their own drive instead of bloating up the Program Files dir.

post_break · 11-May-06, 05:58 PM

I doubt that would work, I do this and didnt see any performance gains. How about putting a gaming OS on its own partition? That would increase performance.

musclecars&computers · 11-May-06, 06:10 PM

Put 2K and games on it's own partion. Or put both on a scsi drive for better too.

Devrial · 05-June-06, 09:33 AM

i think the only way you'd really notice a difference is if you were booting to that partition as well as anything that may be causing system slowdown is still going to be loaded anyways even if it's not in the same partition although you'd prolly be exempt from needing to defrag the game partitions very often.

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Reza Apex Elite Expert Tech	Does installing games to there own partitions increase access speeds? Just a quick question really, I was wondering if installing games onto there own partitions would increase drive access speeds at all, I would think it would as if the only thing on a drive was the game the computer would have no other files to sift through. Just a thought!

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11-May-06, 04:51 PM		#2 (permalink)
Scorpionic Recycl-Hoe-tron	In theory it seems like a sound idea, and it's what I use on my system. Whether or not it makes a difference, I can't say. My load times are very quick, but I also have a brand new computer. If anything it's great to have your games nice and tidy on their own drive instead of bloating up the Program Files dir.

11-May-06, 05:58 PM		#3 (permalink)
post_break I Drive A Mac	I doubt that would work, I do this and didnt see any performance gains. How about putting a gaming OS on its own partition? That would increase performance.

11-May-06, 06:10 PM		#4 (permalink)
musclecars&computers Apex Tech Demi-God	Put 2K and games on it's own partion. Or put both on a scsi drive for better too.

05-June-06, 09:33 AM		#5 (permalink)
Devrial Apex Techie Wannabe	i think the only way you'd really notice a difference is if you were booting to that partition as well as anything that may be causing system slowdown is still going to be loaded anyways even if it's not in the same partition although you'd prolly be exempt from needing to defrag the game partitions very often.