Best Skyrim Performance

Post » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:24 am

Hi! :)
So using the instructions found http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1255299-skyrim-ramdisk-step-by-step-instructions/page__hl__ramdisk I placed every bsa of the vanilla (unmodded) skyrim game except textures.bsa onto a virtual RamDisk. I already noticed a dramatic decrease in loading times, and am loving it so far. But I want faster!
:bolt: My ram disk is 4 gbs in size. I have 12 gbs of ram total, which gives me an option to choose from. Would I be better off purchacing the full version of the program used to create the ram disk, then creating a 8gb ram disk and copying some more of the files I use onto it? With my textures and all the mods, my skyrim data folder is about 25.5 gb, so I obviously could not place all of the files onto it. If this is the better option, which files would I be better off moving?
My other option is to buy an external SSD harddrive then move my entire skyrim folder onto that. The labtop I play on has usb 3.0 technology, so the ports are not an issue. This is the method I'd prefer, but I want to be sure that this will give me a bigger increase in performance and a decrease in load times before I spend money on one of these.

Thanks for the help! I would like to get a skyrim as seamless as possible, with very short load screens between my epic battles! :cool: You guys know what I'm talking about.
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Nomee
 
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Post » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:35 pm

Post this on the PC section?
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Guy Pearce
 
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Post » Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:20 pm

From what it looked like that was more for Issues about the game, and this isn't really an issue. But I will request to have it moved if people think that's a better place for it.
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Post » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:53 pm

I think you would get a better response if it were in that forum. :thumbsup:
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Post » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:35 pm

:lol: I came into this thread thinking I'd get to vote on the best performance by a voice actor or something. :P
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Post » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:13 am

Ok I'll request to have it moved. :tops:
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