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It takes me a solid 1-2 minutes to load in to a BF4 server on a 1TB 7200rpm and yes I know it drastically shortens the time if I move it to my SSD but I don't have enough space.

 

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  • Disabling Origin In Game
  • Repairing the Game

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SSD

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Put it on your ssd, or use a ramdisk

 

 

SSD

 

I had posted that SSD is not an option but I had highlighted all my text and accidentally pressed X.

 

Explain Ramdisk please.

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Unless you have a crazy amount of ram(64GB+), ramdisk is not really an option. So a new ssd is your best bet.

 

RamDisk is just using a bit of your ram as a "SSD". 

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I had posted that SSD is not an option but I had highlighted all my text and accidentally pressed X.

 

Explain Ramdisk please.

Cheap SSD is an option. 

 

I saw an x in the OP. 

 

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Cheap SSD is an option. 

 

I saw an x in the OP. 

 

RAM disk: 55825076274fd277f54e62f46c9a2613.png

 

I have a 60GB SSD and I shouldn't have to spend more money just to play Battlefield 4 properly.

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I have a 60GB SSD and I shouldn't have to spend more money just to play Battlefield 4 properly.

Properly? Oh come on, 1-2 min isnt that bad.

 

If you want faster speeds, you are going to have to use money. Bigger SSD is the option that makes the most sense and is cheapest.

 

You always come with these annoying posts where you complain and whine about minor things and refuse to accept the only reasonable solution. I can think of at least 5 occasions where i have seen you post stuff in that way.

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Properly? Oh come on, 1-2 min isnt that bad.

 

If you want faster speeds, you are going to have to use money. Bigger SSD is the option that makes the most sense and is cheapest.

 

You always come with these annoying posts where you complain and whine about minor things and refuse to accept the only reasonable solution. I can think of at least 5 occasions where i have seen you post stuff in that way.

 

Because generally, that option isn't possible, thus isn't a solution.. Not in the mood for another one of yous tbh I just want help.

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You are playing it properly now. You are spending more money to get the optimal experience.

 

I'm getting bad rubber banding right now and I think I may have to buy powerline adapters to stop teleporting backwards.

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Tip, reformat and sett the cluster size to the max. Before it took me 2 minutes to load titan fall maps, now it's 20 seconds

 

How do I do that?

 

Do you mean reformat my whole hard drive :o

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Unfortunately running a large game like that from a hard drive, will give you slow loading times, there is no way around that apart from replacing it, though coolaxgaming's idea might be worth a try but small files will fill up space damn fast.

 

As for the rubber banding, is your wireless signal poor i'm guessing?

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I have a 60GB SSD and I shouldn't have to spend more money just to play Battlefield 4 properly.

What else do you suggest then? cos if you want to feel and be one with the load time then your going to have to get a secondary SSD for big games and programs. 

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This guy (250GB EVO) has BF4, Titanfall and COD:AW on it and they load much faster than they previously did. AutoDesk, Metro Las Light and Ground Zeros are all there as well.

 

There really isn't a another option if you want better load times. 

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Unfortunately running a large game like that from a hard drive, will give you slow loading times, there is no way around that apart from replacing it, though coolaxgaming's idea might be worth a try but small files will fill up space damn fast.

 

As for the rubber banding, is your wireless signal poor i'm guessing?

 

No, constant 5 bars. Used to be fine until I upgraded my internet for some reason.

 

What else do you suggest then? cos if you want to feel and be one with the load time then your going to have to get a secondary SSD for big games and programs. 

 

This guy (250GB EVO) has BF4, Titanfall and COD:AW on it and they load much faster than they previously did. AutoDesk, Metro Las Light and Ground Zeros are all there as well.

 

There really isn't a another option if you want better load times. 

 

Guess I just have to put up with it :'(

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http://www.pingtest.net/  and   http://www.speedtest.net/  if it's only after changing internet, could be an issue with the new connection?

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http://www.pingtest.net/  and   http://www.speedtest.net/  if it's only after changing internet, could be an issue with the new connection?

 

Had to replace router within first month of having it, so I think they are just dicking us around.

 

Ping is a constant less than 50 yet I still rubber band.

 

Not a problem in any other game.

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http://www.pingtest.net/  and   http://www.speedtest.net/  if it's only after changing internet, could be an issue with the new connection?

 

Uh oh, it never used to be this bad. So essentially should I complain to my ISP on the problems I have been having?

 

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EDIT: Testing again, I had a hidden download ongoing.

 

EDIT 2: Slightly better, I updated the link

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Yeahhhhhhhhhhh, if it's that bad with a download going on virgin media (Got it myself) then you have an issue haha. Try testing with a closer server? Frankfurt is a fair distance away

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Yeahhhhhhhhhhh, if it's that bad with a download going on virgin media (Got it myself) then you have an issue haha. Try testing with a closer server? Frankfurt is a fair distance away

 

It chose an automatic one, so i'm assuming that's the best one...

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Huh, yeah then there's definitely an issue, try it again in a while and try the speed test one, but that'll be why you've had issues in game

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Huh, yeah then there's definitely an issue, try it again in a while and try the speed test one, but that'll be why you've had issues in game

 

Speedtest always says ping is lower than 60, pingtest give me really high results.

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Speedtest does the ping test just once to establish that the server can talk to your computer, after that it completely ignores it, what speed results do you get? What package are you meant to be on?

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