Could having a game in an external hard drive affect performance?

[Vicboy]

I never had one, and I think I'll get a 400GB soon.

But I've always wondered if having an external hard drive with only one USB affect performance.

 

[Dr Super Good]

No, it should not as it is purply a data store and has nothing to do with RAM and processor. However do not expect the drive to preform as well as internal ones due to transfer rate differences (USB being slower I belive) so I would advise not running any games or programs from it.

 

[Vicboy]

No, it should not as it is purply a data store and has nothing to do with RAM and processor. However do not expect the drive to preform as well as internal ones due to transfer rate differences (USB being slower I belive) so I would advise not running any games or programs from it.

thanks.

Is it possible to recover files after it falls down and most of the files disappear (But oddly, the folders don't)?

Cause my friend is really down right now since all his memories were lost.

 

[Dr Super Good]

It might be, but it is beyond people like me as it probably invloves heavy HDD analysis and lots of binary.

 

[Draknyte1]

i run oblivion of my external and it runs fine.. i also run lots of other games from it aswell eg warcraft 3, dungeon siege and they all run at great speeds and i dont have to reduce performance levels.

the only downside is that MY external needs a power point so there may be something there, i dont no.

And thats just my opinion

 

[Samuraid]

USB2.0 runs around 480Mb per second (about 60MB per second), so it will provide reasonable performance. Granted, if you are running the drive natively through SATA, a good 7200RPM drive can burst up to higher speeds, but 60MB per second is sufficient for many uses.

 

[Captain Griffen]

Performance should be totally unaffected, but load times may be a bit higher, particularly compared with high end internal HDDs.