Adding SSD for game development
by JeongWook Son · in Hardware Issues · 02/26/2010 (6:10 pm) · 5 replies
Hi,
I am using Torque3D for developing educational games.
As I add game objects more and more, my laptop is getting slower and slower to lose mouse control in game develop tool.
So, I am considering upgrading the laptop.
But, the only part I can upgrade may be hard drive since CPU and GPU are very difficulty or impossible to be upgraded.
If I replace my 7200rpm hard disk with decent Solid State Drive (SSD), would it be helpful to improve the speed of machine especaiily for Torque3D game development tool and 3dsmax work?
The spec of my machine is Mobile Core2Duo T9300, 4GB DDR2 SDRAM, and NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M(512mb).
I really appreciate any advice and comment in advance.
I am using Torque3D for developing educational games.
As I add game objects more and more, my laptop is getting slower and slower to lose mouse control in game develop tool.
So, I am considering upgrading the laptop.
But, the only part I can upgrade may be hard drive since CPU and GPU are very difficulty or impossible to be upgraded.
If I replace my 7200rpm hard disk with decent Solid State Drive (SSD), would it be helpful to improve the speed of machine especaiily for Torque3D game development tool and 3dsmax work?
The spec of my machine is Mobile Core2Duo T9300, 4GB DDR2 SDRAM, and NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M(512mb).
I really appreciate any advice and comment in advance.
#2
How about the speed of mouse movement during game development?
As I mentionded, I am often suffering slow movement and dalay in game development environment.
02/27/2010 (1:04 am)
Thank you for reply, TomHow about the speed of mouse movement during game development?
As I mentionded, I am often suffering slow movement and dalay in game development environment.
#3
First bring up the task manager and look at the CPU meter... if its hovering around 90% all the time your probably CPU bound.
Remove any apps that are running in the background... if you have a virus scanner trying disabling it temporarily or finding one that uses less CPU... maybe try to add more memory to the laptop.
If your CPU is the problem and SSD won't solve that.
02/27/2010 (1:52 pm)
@Eddy - That sounds more like either your video card or you CPU is overloaded. On a laptop there is usually not much you can do for that. First bring up the task manager and look at the CPU meter... if its hovering around 90% all the time your probably CPU bound.
Remove any apps that are running in the background... if you have a virus scanner trying disabling it temporarily or finding one that uses less CPU... maybe try to add more memory to the laptop.
If your CPU is the problem and SSD won't solve that.
#4
02/27/2010 (8:12 pm)
Thank you so much, Tom. 
#5
04/22/2010 (4:31 pm)
Imho 8 gb RAM for 3dsmax cheaper upgrade than SSD and relatively easy to do. 
Associate Tom Spilman
Sickhead Games
If the SSD is a reasonable price its worth doing the upgrade IMO. At the very least you'll have much quicker build times and application launches.