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protokatie:
Speaking of multiple drives for Windows and programs, another good thing to do is add another small Hdd that is used for the pagefile. Or, if you are using 2 hdds, put windows and programs on one, and your data and the pagefile on the second one (partition the second one so the pagefile has its own partition).
I know I am going farther from the thread here, but I wonder why there isnt a commercial device out there that is basically a set of say 8 GB of old PC133 RAM on a SATA controller for use as a pagefile partition... Is PC133 Ram costly now that it is not really made anymore? Regardless, even if it was say 4 GB of DDR2, it could be added to a 32 bit system as a Ram/hdd to be used for the pagefile, which would be a major speed boost over having to use an Hdd pagefile with the limited ~3.5 Gb of ram a 32 bit system can have. Hmm, yeah. 32 bit with 3.5 GB RAM and 4 GB of pagefile space that operates at SATA bus speeds... That would be nice. </derail>
DeLuSioNal29:
If you really have your heart set on playing Blitz, try running the Dreamcast version. I believe it has improved graphics when compared to the arcade as a bonus. Gameplay is exactly the same. I have it running on my arcade using NullDC.
DeLuSioNaL29
acidblue0:
Hmmm never thought about running the DC version.
saurian333:
--- Quote from: protokatie on January 24, 2010, 07:53:48 pm ---I know I am going farther from the thread here, but I wonder why there isnt a commercial device out there that is basically a set of say 8 GB of old PC133 RAM on a SATA controller for use as a pagefile partition... Is PC133 Ram costly now that it is not really made anymore? Regardless, even if it was say 4 GB of DDR2, it could be added to a 32 bit system as a Ram/hdd to be used for the pagefile, which would be a major speed boost over having to use an Hdd pagefile with the limited ~3.5 Gb of ram a 32 bit system can have. Hmm, yeah. 32 bit with 3.5 GB RAM and 4 GB of pagefile space that operates at SATA bus speeds... That would be nice. </derail>
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Mmm...that would be slick. I like the way you think. :) I have seen PCI-E cards that do that, though...that would be potentially even faster (depending on which specification, etc.).
bkenobi:
Something like this?
http://www.ddrdrive.com/
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