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    hard drive speeds

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Ajbeagles, Dec 31, 2008.

  1. Ajbeagles

    Ajbeagles Notebook Evangelist

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    hi when i ordered my xps m1730 i got it with a 320 gb 5400 rpm drive would the 5400 rpm slow up gameplay im not talking about loading time but will it give me lag in games
     
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    no it won't
     
    Ice Cold, Dec 31, 2008
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    no. the 320gb 5400rpm hdd's are very fast
     
    boypogi, Dec 31, 2008
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    ok because i saw that i could get a 320 with 7200 rpm and was hoping that i didnt make a huge mistake
     
    Ajbeagles, Dec 31, 2008
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  5. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    The speed of your hard drive should not affect anything but your load times. Maybe if you have a really paltry amount of memory and your game starts raping the page file, you'll get some sort of slowdown, but for the most part hard drive speed should have no relationship to fps.
     
    Commander Wolf, Dec 31, 2008
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