• Dxtory Writing to HDD @ 10MB/s - How can I improve?
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Trying to record DayZ on these specs - GPU - Evga Geforce GTX670 - CPU - i3570k @ 3.4ghz - Mobo - Asus Maximums Formula V - Ram - 8gb - OS - Windows7 FPS sticks above 60, until I hit record where it varies between about 25 and 45. Write speed has varied between 6 and 22 ingame. I am benchmarkign right now and it is getting just 10mb/s I am writing to a 1tb Seagate Barracuda 1000 6gb/s, the same HDD that the game is installed on. If I write to my SSD I get a 300mb/s speed but that is for windows, theres not enough space on there for DayZ recordings. Ingame when recording to this it stays at a stable 30 write (capped in Dxtory) whilst fps is generally 45-55. Works a charm, shame its not a viable storage for me. Why is the HDD so slow to record to? I am only trying to get a stable 30 for my new Youtube Channel. I was thinking it would be because the HDD is also working the game itself textures etc, but the same problem exists when benchmarking running only chrome in the background.
It's slow because it's trying to read the game and write a new frame to the hard drive at the same time, the hard drive head just simply can't do it. Remove your temporary videos after you record them, or just record them to another hard drive and transfer them to your bigger hard drive afterwards
[QUOTE=The Chef;39085172]It's slow because it's trying to read the game and write a new frame to the hard drive at the same time, the hard drive head just simply can't do it. Remove your temporary videos after you record them, or just record them to another hard drive and transfer them to your bigger hard drive afterwards[/QUOTE] Ok. So if I was to just put the game on another drive, my SSD, then the harddrive should cope a lot better? I was thinking this, but it doesnt explain why it is still slow in benchmarks (out of game). It typically gets between 15-20mb/s sometimes more, sometimes less.
Yes, it would move faster that way As for why it's running that slow with the Benchmarks, How old is the hard drive, and is your operating system on it, as well as pagefile?
I built the computer towards the end of August. All new parts. Done nothing to strain it at all. The operating system is on my SSD, all programs and such are on the HD. Not many though, if I dont need something I uninstall it. ====== I just added a second HD drive. Benchmark tested each. SSD (120gb) 305mb/s write (Windows) HD1 (1tb) 26mb/s write (Everything else) HD2 (500gb) 83mb/s write (Clean) I know its got 150gb of other stuff on it, but that stuff isnt actually being used whilst benchmarking, so surely that cannot be why..
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