Really weird Problem with Harddrive in DCS ( Stutters/Freezes)

[K4nnix]

Heyo, I just wanted to share my experience because it may be something the Devs should have a look at..

 

I have installed Win10 64bit on my C: Drive (SSD), Dcs is installed on the same SSD-Drive..

 

Also I have a second Harddrive D: (HDD) with 1TB for storage, no Dcs related files are on that drive installed..

 

However, if i run DCS, my game is suttering pretty hardy, everytime i look around, feels like the game wants to load textures or models or some stuff and cant handle it properly.. In that state the game is unplayable for me but I just found out why that is..

 

My second Harddrive (which has no relation to DCS) jumps around at 90-100% Load all the time when playing DCS causing the stutter/freezes..

 

Yesterday I just plugged out the second Drive and see there, the game runs like never bevore, not a single stutter, just flawless..

 

I dont know why that is, but i have this only on DCS, no other game does that to me..

 

Is there any report/Log that i can record that you guys need ?

[BitMaster]

This is most likely related to swap file usage by the OS.

 

When there is a 2nd drive available WHICH IS NOT an OS drive it will be preferably used as a swapfile storage over the system drive ( when settings are on OS manages swap files ).

 

Since WIn10 does indeed swap many things out this will cause some AHCI fire on your bus and clog the system = stutter.

 

You can set the swapfile to your system drive SSD and DISABLE it elsewhere but I recommend NOT to disable it everywhere.

 

Swapping can cause stupid behaviour....

[BIGNEWY]

Just as bitmaster has said above.

 

Ensure the fastest drive is the one using the Vram and not any others, especially mechanical drives if you have SSD.

 

In my example my OS drive which is an SSD is set to system managed, all of my other drives are not used for Vram.

[K4nnix]

Thanks Bud's, ill try it out later..