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YetiPL

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Hi guys,
I seem to be having a problem with my PC (specs at the bottom). When I play certain games (Shogun 2 Total War or Remember Me for instance) the game slows down to a lag when loading new models/textures/locations. When I move around in already-loaded areas it works fine and smooth. Any ideas what the problem is here? Is it time for an SSD?

My specs:
AMD FX6100 @4200MHz (aftermarket air cooling - no overheating)
AsRock 970 Pro3 MoBo
8GB Kingston 1600MHz DDR3
MSI Radeon HD7850 2GB
1TB HDD (AHCI SATA3 7200 RPM)
 
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Have you cleaned your system lately of resource hogging crap and registry errors? Run CCleaner and do the Clean and Registry both. Run it until it come back clean. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
Then check your systemconfig/startup file for boxes you can uncheck. Mine has 6 checked. The more crap you have running in the background, the harder the processor and HDD have to work and the longer stuff takes to complete.
 
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YetiPL

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First of all - thanks a lot for a reply.
Yeah, I know CCleaner, I run it twice a week and clean everything I can. In startup I only have the AMD app and Saitek Volume Control (that's for volume control from keyboard). BTW: Including Start-up tab in task manager was an excellent move by Microsoft for W8.
I also use a piece of software called GameBooster which stops services and programs during gameplay. The issue comes up both with and without it.
 
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It's a retail game. I like having the boxes :p Well, its seems only a few games have this issue, some work perfectly fine.
I'd like to ask you a side question - You have an SSD listed as a cache drive in your signature. Does it speed up programs like games or just the system? 60 gigs seems an awful lot for windows-only cache. I'm considering getting an SSD for this laggy reason.
 
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That question I can answer easily! Yes, the SSD/cache is great. I used to have the SSD as a stand-alone C: drive until I got tired of working between 2 drives. Once the cache "learns" your usage, it seems just as fast as when I had it as C: drive SSD. And yes, it will cache everything you do on the PC. It is a persistent cache that never empties (unless you do it manually).

Unfortunately IRST only works with Z68/Z77 or newer Intel boards. However, my 2nd machine is an FX-6300 that also has a SSD cache, but it is a 32GB SanDisk ReadyCache™ SSD: http://www.sandisk.com/products/ssd/sata/readycache/?capacity=32GB
That PC seems just as quick loading as my Intel rig. It is a very inexpensive way to speed up your system's loading of Win7 and associated programs you use everyday.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171667
 
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Great, I will just try this. It's really cheap in comparison to moving to SSD completely. My hope is that when Windows switches to using the SSD cache more of HDDs performance will remain for gaming. Thanks a bunch. I'll mark the answer if that solves it, should be 2/3 days.
 
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