GP2 Performance - Is CD ROM Speed an Issue?

>I'm just about to buy a CD rom drive for my PC so that I can get GP2. What >affect does speed have on the games performance, I can get 2x drive for >next to nothing or I can dig deeper and get a 8x drive. >Any comments and recommendations welcome. >Mark. I have a 2x, and while loading is a little slow it doesn't seem to affect the game play at all. 4x are around $50 anymore - 1/3 of what I (Santa, actually) paid for for a 2x long ago and far away. 8x are around $100. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bob Bruss ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I'm just about to buy a CD rom drive for my PC so that I can get GP2. What affect does speed have on the games performance, I can get 2x drive for next to nothing or I can dig deeper and get a 8x drive. Any comments and recommendations welcome. Mark.

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> >I'm just about to buy a CD rom drive for my PC so that I can get GP2. What > >affect does speed have on the games performance, I can get 2x drive for > >next to nothing or I can dig deeper and get a 8x drive. > >Any comments and recommendations welcome. > >Mark. > I have a 2x, and while loading is a little slow it doesn't seem to > affect the game play at all. 4x are around $50 anymore - 1/3 of what > I (Santa, actually) paid for for a 2x long ago and far away. 8x are > around $100. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Bob Bruss > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My 2x CD plays fine although it's a little slow to load. Also the

program said it needed 300 bit transfer and mine is only 240. It still works though. RB

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> I'm just about to buy a CD rom drive for my PC so that I can get GP2. What > affect does speed have on the games performance, I can get 2x drive for > next to nothing or I can dig deeper and get a 8x drive. > Any comments and recommendations welcome. > Mark.

Dig deep! While the game is in 'menu' mode, it constantly plays music off the CD in the background. This isn't a problem if your drive is up to it, mine isn't and I hate it. I have a Creative 4x drive and the game locks up for 15 secs at a time while it loads the music. Greg Hingerty http://www.ozemail.com.au/~greghing

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>> I'm just about to buy a CD rom drive for my PC so that I can get GP2. What >> affect does speed have on the games performance, I can get 2x drive for >> next to nothing or I can dig deeper and get a 8x drive. >> Any comments and recommendations welcome. >> Mark. >Dig deep! >While the game is in 'menu' mode, it constantly plays music off the CD in >the background. This isn't a problem if your drive is up to it, mine >isn't and I hate it. I have a Creative 4x drive and the game locks up for >15 secs at a time while it loads the music. >Greg Hingerty >http://www.ozemail.com.au/~greghing

I also have a 4x CDROM but it never locks up during menus to load music. And, yes, I do have the music turned on. I also use the minimum install, which means that the CD is frequently used. Torgeir

:While the game is in 'menu' mode, it constantly plays music off the CD in :the background. This isn't a problem if your drive is up to it, mine :isn't and I hate it. I have a Creative 4x drive and the game locks up for :15 secs at a time while it loads the music. Why don't you use: C:\GP2>gp2 nomusic and save the wait? Anyway, my 4x Toshiba only takes 2 or 3 seconds to start playing the tunes on my P100. : :Greg Hingerty :http://www.ozemail.com.au/~greghing Ken

a cdrom doesnt affect realtime games like simulations in any way. a cdrom is just a medium like a harddrive for uploading bits to the mem. and even then, installations of sims put all their needed bits to the harddrive, and will use the cdrom just for original copy check. adventures use much memory and use alot of stored info for pictures and sounds. there it is fine to have a fast cdrom. if u are in sims, a quad is fine (u get them for 75-100$ today). if u like adventures, ull be happy with a 6speed or octet. michael

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>> I'm just about to buy a CD rom drive for my PC so that I can get GP2. What >> affect does speed have on the games performance, I can get 2x drive for >> next to nothing or I can dig deeper and get a 8x drive. >> Any comments and recommendations welcome. >> Mark. >Dig deep! >While the game is in 'menu' mode, it constantly plays music off the CD in >the background. This isn't a problem if your drive is up to it, mine >isn't and I hate it. I have a Creative 4x drive and the game locks up for >15 secs at a time while it loads the music. >Greg Hingerty >http://www.ozemail.com.au/~greghing

My Sony 2x drive has no noticable delays. You might want to check your settings for MSCDEX buffer size. Dave.

For what its worth - my P133 with an old CR563B DOUBLE speed CDROM *** off a SB16 has not problems at all with the sound.... -- Mark Phillips

The easiest way to solve this problem is to turn the music off by reducing its volume to zero. GP2 is clever enough to stop loading the sound data when it would have to play it with no volume :-)