How many optical drives do YOU have???

How many optical drive do you have working on your computer???

  • 1

    Votes: 20 31.7%

  • 2

    Votes: 36 57.1%

  • 3

    Votes: 4 6.3%

  • 4

    Votes: 3 4.8%
  • Total voters
    63
1. no need for more, i dont do a whole lot of burning... and when i do most of the process is conversion. dual core cut that time in half, and core 2 duo from X2 almost cut it in half again :)
 
2 - CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive and a DVD-RW

Taking out the combo drive to stick in a celery D rig I just assembled, its been unplugged for a bit anyways.
 
Rambo said:
Really? That's weird, since the files it uses are all stored on the HDD. It only requires you have the game disc in, so it know's you own the game...
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Yah, it helps a lot with loading times and increases FPS and loads textures better. Amazing huh?:D Maybe only because my HDD is a Maxtor Dimond Max 10 3GB/s but hay, i could be wrong.
 
ADE said:
Yah, it helps a lot with loading times and increases FPS and loads textures better. Amazing huh?:D Maybe only because my HDD is a Maxtor Dimond Max 10 3GB/s but hay, i could be wrong.
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Well, I'm not totally convinced... The files are stored on your HDD, so using a Virtual Drive vs Physical Drive would make no difference (unless the game actually does require files from the disc [which most games don't]).
 
Rambo said:
Well, I'm not totally convinced... The files are stored on your HDD, so using a Virtual Drive vs Physical Drive would make no difference (unless the game actually does require files from the disc [which most games don't]).
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I have noticed while playing F.E.A.R. That it needs to read from the disk in order to gather info on the loading level. Maybe a reference to where to look on the HDD. But all I can say is that my HDD reads at 3GB/s and my 56x CD-ROM only reads at 11MB/s (32 on bursts) and if you ask me that's a reason for a boost. And if it didn't help at all why create them in the first place????
 
yeah, i got 4...


2 26X cd writers
and...
2 16X dvd burners

yup i make a lot of cd's and dvd's, in fact, they are almost constantly burning

i produce a lot of stuff for people's businesses, and presentations for what not
 
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