While playing GLQuake or Quake 2, the game will often freeze or pause for a few seconds while the hard drive light comes on (disk thrashing). Is there any way to stop this?
Annoying pauses during the game are usually caused by Windows accessing swap files. If you have enough memory, this will happen less often, or not at all. If you never want to see one of these pauses again, install at least 64 Mb of RAM in your computer. This will prevent Win95 from ever accessing swap files on the hard drive during a game of GLQuake or Quake 2. Memory is pretty cheap right now. Despite what you have been told, you do not have to pay a premium for memory made specifically for your computer. Any modern Pentium system will run just fine on generic 60ns EDO 72-pin simms, and all PentiumII systems will run on 100 Mhz SDRam. Additionally, all Quake engine games demand 100% of your system’s resources. There are also ways to improve gaming performance in general. Try these suggestions: Keep your system clean: Make sure you’re not running anything else while the game is running – it needs all of your system’s resources. Other than GameSpy, or any other front-end you might be u
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