FL is pretty low-end now days for physical demands on the computer. I've Ramdisked many other games and was thinking "Would there be any benefit to RamDisk FL?"
And I wonder if anyone else has.
The inherent problem I have, that isn't a problem for any other game, is that when I do video recording it destroys my FPS while playing FL. Making impossible to combat.
When you say "ramdisked" do you mean installed on a SSD? If that's the case, you won't squeeze much more out of FL than if it's installed on a newer regular hard drive. But if Fraps is slowing you down, OTOH, having it write to a SSD might help the FPS (although if it's only doing it for FL then there might be another issue).
(05-09-2013, 03:32 PM)onca Wrote: When you say "ramdisked" do you mean installed on a SSD? If that's the case, you won't squeeze much more out of FL than if it's installed on a newer regular hard drive. But if Fraps is slowing you down, OTOH, having it write to a SSD might help the FPS (although if it's only doing it for FL then there might be another issue).
A RAMdisk is basically what happens when a computer treats RAM as if it were a disk drive. Programs are loaded entirely into RAM then launched straight from there. It can be monstrously faster than an SSD, depending on how you set it up.
As for the actual usefulness of it, you'll need upwards of 8GB of RAM to make sure everything is stable and can happily cope. Usually, delay with Fraps is caused by I/O, so it might be worth writing your Fraps video files to the RAMdisk then copying them off. That's my two cents.
Zig, if you want to record with fraps, try to make it so that the folder you save the raw files to and Freelancer are not on the same HDD. This worked for me. Also having at least 4gb of ram (Since the files are capped at 2.5gb) is a good idea.
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(05-09-2013, 03:55 AM)Zigeris Wrote: FL is pretty low-end now days for physical demands on the computer. I've Ramdisked many other games and was thinking "Would there be any benefit to RamDisk FL?"
And I wonder if anyone else has.
The inherent problem I have, that isn't a problem for any other game, is that when I do video recording it destroys my FPS while playing FL. Making impossible to combat.
What are your ever so bright thoughts?
Have you tired recording to another Hard Drive? Recording your Fraps videos to the same drive as your game can cause your game to take longer to load due to disk usage. Hop on Amazon or visit a local retailer, grab hold of a new/used SATA drive, that should solve your FPS problems.
^ However, you'll need good PC for compress-in-time.
Also, frapsing to ramdisk makes sense - i don't think you'll gain something by running Disco from RAM
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Okay - reporting back with some of my tests. I allocated 10GB of RAM to a RAMdisk for this.
Loaded Freelancer into RAMdisk. Fraps ran as usual, saving to my main harddrive. Slight FPS increase, practically no loading times on undocking/jumps/etc, and that's about it.
Set Fraps to write to RAMdisk, Freelancer ran as usual. Massive FPS boost, no other effects.
Set Fraps to write to RAMdisk and loaded Freelancer into RAM. Both of the above effects combined.
Set Fraps to write to my second harddrive, Freelancer ran as usual. Moderate FPS increase.
Moved Freelancer to my second harddrive, Fraps saved to my primary. Slightly better increase, but longer loading times. (Possibly due to my secondary having a slower I/O speed)
Overkill mode! Freelancer AND Fraps onto the RAMdisk, recording to RAMdisk then encoding straight from RAMdisk to my main harddrive. Huge FPS increase, loading was quick as hell.
So, to summarize - setting Fraps to save to RAMdisk is the best if you have moderate amounts of RAM - above that, mix and match; below that, acquire either more RAM or, if you have a secondary harddrive, save to that.