Re: BF2042 stuttering issue and high CPU, GPU & RAM usage

@1201BCG  @Wrath_Unleasher 

Perform 4k alignment ssd , it is something like HDD defragmentation, although 4K sector alignment is about that, it aligns all 4k sectors, so that the system has access to fast 4K write cells. 4K sector alignment does not move files, so you don't consume write cells.

Golden rules:

1. Disk defragmentation is not used on SSD drives (it does nothing except to consume more of the drive's write cells, - SSD does not have a data reading arm, also the physical arrangement of files will not do anything that occurs during defragmentation). Windows admittedly aligns the SSD itself during installation, although after a long time the 4K cells may need to be aligned again. You can find a ton of programs on the Internet to perform this operation.

2. Do not collapse SSD drives to full, the more data an SSD has (more in % occupied space), the slower it reads data. When critically full (70% or more), it can be much slower than traditional HDDs.

3. If your SSD is running very slowly despite the large amount of space (70% of the drive is free), then run a read and write test of the drive with CrystalDiskMark, for example. If the test comes out poor, then your drive is running out of space and needs to be changed before it enters 'read-only' mode. Also install CristalDisckInfo and check the total writes to the drive and see what TBW your drive has. If the write total is 200 TB and the TBW of the SSD is 250 TB, for example, then look for a new drive.

4. If you only have an SSD drive, you have to disable the pagefile paging file (it uses write cells very intensively and therefore quickly consumes the SSD drive, and can even overheat it). Pagefile is used by Windows, for example, when you fire up BF2042 having only 16 GB of ram (what it does not accommodate it dumps to Pagefile.sys).  Disabling pagefile.sys when there is too little RAM can cause applications that require a large amount of RAM to shut down. If you have 2 drives (one SSD the other HDD) then create a paging file pagefile.sys on the HDD and disable it on the SSD.

@Wrath_Unleasher 

Install the HWINFO software, turn on HWINFO in ,,sensors-only' mode and upload screenshots of the temperatures you have while playing (temps of all components including SSD disc).

Think about buying 16 GB of ram (with the same clocking, latency etc. - preferably the same pair of RAM as you have now)

GL