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dannyhefc69

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I dont know if this is due to ram, cpu or gpu but when I play some games the texture take a noticable second to load textures. By this I mean I see the outline of objects and then the detail in the odject like a second later. Meanly in borderland pre sequel but I have noticed it in other games

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Z97 pro wifi ac

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8gb 1333mhz ddr3 ram

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It isn't a hardware problem. This has been happening for years depending on the game.

Even old games running on new hardware- for example, the Witcher 2. I am using a GTX 970 and game is on SSD.

It still happens. Seems like an issue with the engines.
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It's just a common problem in games these days. Might be fixed in game patches or driver updates.

I notice it very often too especially when first loading up the game and most often in AC4: BF or other Anvil-based games (mostly affects big open world games or games with large scale levels)
 
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If your graphics card does not have what it needs in vram, it will need to load it.
If the textures reside in ram, that should not take long.
If the testures must be read from a hard drive, that will be exceptionally long.

My first suggestion is to upgrade to 16gb of ram, preferably 1.5v 1866.

 
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dannyhefc69

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My gpu has 4gb ram so I cant see ut being that. My games are all installed on a 2 tb hdd I use the ssd for os. So im guessing it might be that. 16gb ram is a little overkill for games dont you think?
 
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It isn't a hardware problem. This has been happening for years depending on the game.

Even old games running on new hardware- for example, the Witcher 2. I am using a GTX 970 and game is on SSD.

It still happens. Seems like an issue with the engines.
 
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Sometimes lowering texture quality to just high rather than very high reduces the likelihood of the loading thing happen and I never notice a difference in quality.

The biggest texture loading time reducer for me is lowering object quality but that affects the presentation greatly as it will take away pieces of the models (for example less leaves or no flowers on some foliage). That means less images to apply to objects and less physics and lighting to apply which when all added up, it reduces the load times a good bit. But when running on high end hardware no one wants to turn down settings, even if they make no difference.

I do understand though there is a lot that goes into rendering just one frame (geometry, models, textures, lighting, physics, volumetric effects, tessellation, antialiasing, user interaction, and HUD) So it's no surprise that there could be some latency in the process. I would assume it's because of the developer's overlooking some aspects in order to meet a deadline and then possibly patching it later as long as it doesn't make the game broken or unplayable. (which happens quite often).
 
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For me it seems to be manly borderlands, I remember it doing the same thing on 1 and 2 with my 7850. But as you say lowing graphics my solve the problem but for the money I put into this bulid I will feel abit robbed if I lower setting for a less demanding game
 
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How much ram is being used while in game. I have 8 gigs also and since I upgraded to a ssd for os and games I havent seen any significant lag points.

Do you have rapid storage technology enabled?
 
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putting the games on the hdd wont help with load grafx load times. basicly any program you want to be fast has to be on the ssd. hdd should be for large files that dont need to be accessed often like movies music zip backups photos or programs that dont rely on performance like office.

rapid storage tech is a intel feature. its drivers are on your MB cd. or looks like here. http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/sftwr-prod/imsm

im not sure what it does specificly but it dramaticly improved the ssd performance. then i used the samsung magician software to enable it.
 
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Hi!
I'm sorry to disturb you, but I experience the same problems only nowadays, it didn't occur in the past four years since I have my pc. Even the ram has been upgraded from 4 to 8 gb and my processor from 4 to 8 cores. Even GTA San Andreas loads things slowly and when I ride a really fast car, it starts to lag, because it didn't load the textures and the models yet. It's really annoying, could you help me in this matter please?

My Specs:
CPU - AMD FX-8320
GPU - Geforce GTX 650 1 GB - connected via VGA cable
RAM - KINGSTON 1333 Mhz 8 GB - non basic Cooler Master cooling, but loud AF
HDD - WDC WD20EARX-22PASB0 ATA Device (2 TB, SATA-III)
OS - WIN10 Home Premium
 
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