Fast computer, slow loading? - Garry's Mod

Alright, when i connect to a server, it takes about 4 to 6 minutes to connect. Now maybe that's not long for some of you, but considering my old P4 2.8 GHz took the same amount of time. I'm using the old hard drive from the old computer but that shouldn't be the problem. I do actually have something that i think is making me load slow. I have reskins of every weapon including CSS weps. Specs: Amd athlon x4 3.0 GHz 2 gig 800 MHz ram asus 785G motherboard Radeon HD 4200 Let me clarify. I connect to the server, it parses game data, downloads any of the files that it has to download and it freezes at that point for about 3-6 minutes depending on the map. Ive defraged my harddrive twice with 2 programs and it hasn't done anything with the speed. I don't know if i have to buy a new one or just reinstall garrysmod. But i would hate to loose all the reskins. And plus, i know something is up since my single core 2.2 GHz, 3 gigs of ram laptop loads faster :/. Heres my hard drive :P [url]http://www.axiontech.com/prdt.php?item=78685[/url]

Remove some addons and/or do a virus check

[QUOTE=Topzombie;25656275]Remove some addons and/or do a virus check[/QUOTE] Addon's are not a problem in this case. Removing addon's only help the Sending Client Info stage, and I do that in about 10 seconds.

Oh you call this a fast computer? Then my computer... Wow...

How many addons do you have?

Temporarily move all your addons etc. out of your folder. [editline]26th October 2010[/editline] Than try.

Well, don't have any garrysmod addons, just derma, CSS, tf2, and dod:s.

Any "packs" that you extracted onto your Garry's Mod directory?

[QUOTE=starpluck;25656785]Any "packs" that you extracted onto your Garry's Mod directory?[/QUOTE] Nope none at all. Just a whole shit load of reskins. I actually just went through everything and cleared it out, but that didn't really help.

How fast is your internet.

[QUOTE=starpluck;25656937]How fast is your internet.[/QUOTE] 8 megs download, 1 meg upload. According to speedtest.net

It's not so bad for me. It's worse when i launch Single Player :c

Has this issue occurred before you skinned your stuff?

[QUOTE=starpluck;25657002]Has this issue occurred before you skinned your stuff?[/QUOTE] Not sure, its been so long ago. But it doesn't happen on my laptop and it has about the same reskins.

Run something like CCleaner.

Okay i'll do that when i get home. Thanks!

It might be your RAM. 800MHz is quite low. I run 1600's. Also, what are the specs for your HD?

I know for a fact that it is not my graphics card. Considering that I get 70 plus fps on all high, 1280x1024. The ram is supposed to be clocked at 1066 since it's ddr2 but they lied. I have Kingston hyperx ddr2 ram installed. And It also could be my hard drive since it's IDE other than sata.

Clear your cache?

My shitty old computer did that. Could be your over 9001 reskins, since they are customized it might affect in loading them.

Have you actually considered the fact it might be your P4's hard drive?

Lol, I think i figured it out... I have only 10 gigs left in the 80GB hard drive. That's probably the problem but not sure.

[QUOTE=Somonez;25656229]Alright, when i connect to a server, it takes about 4 to 6 minutes to connect. Now maybe that's not long for some of you, but considering my old P4 2.8 GHz took the same amount of time. I'm using the old hard drive from the old computer but that shouldn't be the problem. I do actually have something that i think is making me load slow. I have reskins of every weapon including CSS weps. Get more ram. lol Specs: Amd athlon x4 3.0 GHz 2 gig 800 MHz ram asus 785G motherboard Radeon HD 4200 Let me clarify. I connect to the server, it parses game data, downloads any of the files that it has to download and it freezes at that point for about 3-6 minutes depending on the map. Ive defraged my harddrive twice with 2 programs and it hasn't done anything with the speed. I don't know if i have to buy a new one or just reinstall garrysmod. But i would hate to loose all the reskins. And plus, i know something is up since my single core 2.2 GHz, 3 gigs of ram laptop loads faster :/. Heres my hard drive :P [url]http://www.axiontech.com/prdt.php?item=78685[/url][/QUOTE] Get more ram. lol

I wound't call that the fastest. Lets just say, I know what would make a good Christmas present.

your ram and graphics card isn't that 'fast/new', lower your settings.

Yea, since its a IDE and I get about 200MB/sec less then I would with a sata hard drive. I will buy a 250GB hard drive from xmas money and probably the 5770.. Not worried about the ram since 2 gigs is really all you need for a 32 bit os. Plan to bump it up another gig but having 4-8 gigs on a 32 bit os is really not needed.

get more ram (3.5GB if you have a 32 bit os) and get a +200 hdd as a slave disk for your gmod and the 80 hdd for windows

Download more ram: [url]http://www.downloadmoreram.com/[/url]

If you focus on playing MP, you dont really need any other addons other than wire and PHX. [editline]28th October 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Xenoyia v2;25704689]Download more ram: [url]http://www.downloadmoreram.com/[/url][/QUOTE] :colbert: