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    Seagate Momentus XT & Asusg74jh

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by baastrup, Jun 16, 2010.

  1. baastrup

    baastrup Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello.

    Has anyone installed a Seagate Momentus XT into the asus g73jh and do it give any performance incresse in games?
     
    baastrup, Jun 16, 2010
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  2. alucasa

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    Seagate Momentus XT is out ?
    Can't find it anywhere in Canada.
     
    alucasa, Jun 16, 2010
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    Why would there be a performance increase in games?

    If the drive has faster read speed than the drive it replaces then you'll see better performance when anything is read from the disk...like when games load.
     
    <MarkS>, Jun 16, 2010
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    Canadacomputers.com
     
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    there is absoultely nothing called an Asus G74 (yet).
     
    Hasib1522, Jun 16, 2010
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  6. alucasa

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    Zero stock. :cry:
     
    alucasa, Jun 16, 2010
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    It will not give you a performance boost while playing games.
    It will load levels faster but that's about it.
     
    IKAS V, Jun 16, 2010
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    Canadacomputers.com
     
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    Meh. It's a 4gb cache of small files.

    You might see an improvement when initially launching the game, getting to the title screen. I'd lay even money that actually loading levels and zones is 5% better at best.

    Get the XT for fast boots and zipping around the OS and installed programs; not for gaming.
     
    ieatrocks, Jun 16, 2010
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    You can tried newegg, I think they do have it.
     
    ninedragon, Jun 16, 2010
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    if you repeatedly play a game like BC2 or TF2 it will speed up the load times theoretically.

    Or you could get an SSD and use that.
     
    betaflame, Jun 17, 2010
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