G73JH + SSD + Skipping Video Playback

I installed an 80GB Intel x25-M SSD as my OS/main program drive in my G73JH, and when playing back videos that are stored on the SSD, I get what I can only call video freezes. In WMP, the progress bar continues to move but the video seizes up for a few seconds, then starts back up. If the video I'm playing is on the 500gb 7200rpm HDD storage drive, no stutter/lag occurs. Ideas?



Fixed! See post below

 

There is markedly bad performance of SSD drives on the G73, likely related to this.

 

Hm, this is sad to hear. Spent a good chunk of change on this drive, love how quick it loads up the OS and programs as well. Is it some sort of hardware controller conflict?

 

No idea to be totally honest. I just know a little bit about what others have said. There are registry hacks, but the can come at the expense of higher taxation of your processor.

 

Hm, thats no good. Guess I can go back to a different drive and RMA this one. Wonder if this has anything to do with my weird FPS caps I'm getting in FFXI and FFXIV. I doubt it, but hey I can't seem to find any other excuse >.<

 

FFXI has a hard cap of 30fps.
You shouldn't be seeing capped anything in FFXIV (the G73 can play it fine, but it isn't overpowered for the game).

 

Oh I know FFXI has a 30FPS cap (trust me, I've played over 6 years lol), but, its capping full time at 24.4 FPS, always. XIV is capping at 50FPS, instead of 60. Never goes higher, even in character creation or wide open fields.

 

Any one tried the seagate monentus 500gb hyrid drive? Amazon.com: Seagate Momentus XT 500 GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 32 MB Cache 2.5 Inch Solid State Hybrid Drive ST95005620AS-Bare Drive: Electronics was thinking of getting it.

 

For those interested and possibly having any sort of playback issues such as this, I fixed this issue just now. By forcing a driver update of the Intel(R) 5 Series 4 Port SATA AHCI Controller, from the 64-bit folder of the file located here, the video stuttering issues have disappeared. Still not a solution for my weird FPS problems, but that is most likely a 5870m driver issue (have tried 10.8 and 10.9a).

 

What driver were you using before?

 

The chipset drivers from the Asus G73JH page. It probably didn't even install the driver at all, so I was likely using the default Windows 7 driver. Before installing the driver that fixed my issues, there were 3 devices listed under "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers", but after the install there is only one, labeled as "Intel(R) 5 Series 4 Port SATA AHCI Controller".

 

What server for FFXI?

 

I'm on Fenrir

 

I have ordered it to go with my G53 because personally I am not too fond of SSD.
I have heard good things about it (but only if you see it as a hard drive). it is faster than average 7200RPM hard drive even without the SSD boost comes in place. The SSD memory will help to load up programs about 3-4 seconds faster according to my fd who also was interested

 

Your link is for desktop motherboard drivers xStealth. We/ should be using the Rapid Storage Technology driver for the Mobile Intel 5 Series Chipset. Found here:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Sea...s+Chipset&ProdId=3172&LineId=1088&FamilyId=40

 

Ah, that's why I asked.

I always recommend using the latest Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver. The latest version handles the TRIM functionality for Intel SSDs, performs better than the generic IDE driver, and you don't need to "force" the install on a G73JH (because it's the right driver ).