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(07-08-2010, 04:15 AM)shawnanastasio Wrote: [ -> ]here is a free version (in the middle of the post): http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/27/free-ramdisk-for-windows-vista-xp-2000-and-2003-server/
EDIT: On Vista/7 you need to run as admin

lol when i was checking the superspeed website last time there was a free version on the side, seems its gone now...
Lol, coincidence?
ok so i downloaded this but everytime i try to intsall it it says fail...ran as admin too....???
Quote:on the other side.. is hdd slower than dvd?

Oh god no. HDD are almost exponentially faster than any kind of optical disk. I'll make this real simple so that I can end these questions, going from faster to slower:

Register
Cache
Ram Memory (system memory)
NAND Memory (SSD)
Magnetic Disk (HDD)
Flash Memory (flash drives)
Optical Disk (CD/DVD/Blu-ray)
SD Card

Any other storage methods I have forgotten?

Dolphin only loads the gamedata that is needs at the moment from HDD into ram, what you are doing with this program is copying the entire game into ram. However because it is a separate program that is managing the virtual disk dolphin is still copying the data from the game into the ram space that is allocated to it. The speedup comes from the exponentially faster streaming of data (copying from ram to ram instead of from HDD to ram) which does not actually improve rendering or emulation speed but rather reduces stuttering caused by streaming new gamedata, which results in a higher framerate in some games where this is a problem. I would imagine that metroid prime would get a tremendous speedup from this since it has to stream the data for en entire room every time you open a door. I am curious to see how this affects the famous hyrule field slowdown.
About the "famous hyrule field slowdown", when I use RAM Disk + twilight princess (GC version and I bought the Wii version too today Smile Smile!!) The speed is still the same as normal. (20-21 FPS).
ok so i just finally got ramdisk installed...if ur having a problem google it...and youll hav to use disk manager and a diff type of ram disk... just google tht ram disk wont install ive got QSoft installed on mine.... but anyway

how do i decide my disk size?? wat sounds like the best for 6gb of ram?
im sorry if i sound retarded and stuff with this...i still dont really hav anyidea of what it does...and

dark shadw I cant really understand ur video...could you type it out or sumthin...the screen is just a little to small thts all...
Hmm, yeah i also noticed its a little bit too small when I watched it on youtube, i will make a other one with detailed onformation.
Quote:About the "famous hyrule field slowdown", when I use RAM Disk + twilight princess (GC version and I bought the Wii version too today Smile Smile!!) The speed is still the same as normal. (20-21 FPS).

Thanks. That helps me more than you know.
Ok Big Grin.

EDIT: Okay, updating the video Smile, better quality, 720p (not 1080p).
(07-08-2010, 07:18 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: [ -> ]
Quote:About the "famous hyrule field slowdown", when I use RAM Disk + twilight princess (GC version and I bought the Wii version too today Smile Smile!!) The speed is still the same as normal. (20-21 FPS).

Thanks. That helps me more than you know.

Same I have to report a minimum of 10% boost in speed. And in some parts 40% boost!!!!!!!!!

This is freakin amazing!

Does anyone know if the paid versions are any better for dolphin than the free versions?
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