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Dual OS configuration for max gaming performance?

Post Date: 2008-09-11
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    Posted: 11 Sep 2008 at 9:00am

I know that XP (I assume Vista) often loads a number of programs and misc bits into memory that I dont need/use and that these unused but running in memory programs drain small performance amount from my computer.

I know that over time with use, surfing the web, loading new programs, other users using computer for a time, incomplete uninstalls, etc., also end up robbing some amount of performance.

Is it worthwhile to set up some kind of dual boot system so that if I wanted to do normal work, surf internet, etc., I would boot off one and then have the duplicate OS just for gaming and only gaming and tweaked for gaming?

I mainly play singleplayer these days.
 
Would it make a difference if I had the gaming OS on a 10k rpm HD, and the day to day OS on a seperate, say, 7200rpm drive?  Vs. Having both run from a single (partitioned I guess) 10k RPM?  (I would store most of my files on an external HD).
 
Is this not even really an issue? Would the performance gain be insignificant?
 
Thanks for any thoughts..
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Just an add, I am getting a new computer soon and was thinking of requesting this type of setup...  Wouldnt bother with current system.
 
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If youre a hardcore gamer i would go w/ this setup - this is just my take for opt. performance.
 
Three drives in total.
 
You want your OS(s) on a fast HD, if you have money to throw around you could go w/ a 32+ gigs solid state drive.
 
500gigs/7200 rpm or 300gigs/10k rpm HD dedicated to storing games, latter being a better choice.
 
1TB/500gigs HD dedicated to storing junk.
 
If you throw in a possibility of including RAID all this will have to be adjusted.
 
As for dual boot, its really not needed for todays games, if youre worried about other people "screwing up" your system (for which youre about to pay a good amount of $$$) i would advise to read up and research topics on how to clean/edit your registery (there are many programs that can do it for you) and in general troubleshoot your *expensive* system, setting up security etc. That way if something goes wrong you can fix it yourself. I wouldnt trust anyone to lay a finger on my pc!
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I'm no expert, but I don't know about if you need a SS drive. I read Velociraptor 300GB is blazing fast.     The reason I disagree with Nomak is I believe you want your games as well on your fast drive for loading in-game so you don't want a real small SS HD just for your OS you need 100GB at least for a few games so might as well get the 300GB VR.

It does sound like a good idea to dual boot like you say, I know my current computer is a lot slower than when I got it but has picked up 6+ years of baggage.

I am not sure how easy to keep one OS free of accumulated programs, I am not a computer geek but if you know how to do this would be a smart idea. I know I am too lazy to keep two separate OS.




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anoldman, over time nothing is robbing of performance.

all you need to do is a bit of cleanup, the things you mention, installing, uninstalling, surfing the web, these are just matter of regkeys and files and they don't really take away performance.

your performance is related to your system specs and your processes running in the task manager.

download and install CCleaner and keep your PC clean of temp files and other things.

use the startup part of it to edit what you have starting with windows, things you don't need "disable"

if you have a good processor and 4GB of ram, nothing should touch your performance, unless you got too many thing running at once that you don't need or malware.

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