New HD PCI-e

[Multibocks]

Well honestly I guess I would need to DL some hd testing software as Im not real savvy in that dpt. I do however see a major improvement already. Dalaran is extremely smooth, no hiccups. I put 3 of the windows on this drive and the 2 other off my cheaper SSD (agility 120). I was thinking maybe I should further divide up the load and put 1 on the raided raptors. So then it would be 2 on new SSD, 2 on old SSD and 1 on HDs. I guess I could start upping the graphics settings, right now Im only 1080x760(?) and most effects are off.

[Drommon]

Well honestly I guess I would need to DL some hd testing software as Im not real savvy in that dpt. I do however see a major improvement already. Dalaran is extremely smooth, no hiccups. I put 3 of the windows on this drive and the 2 other off my cheaper SSD (agility 120). I was thinking maybe I should further divide up the load and put 1 on the raided raptors. So then it would be 2 on new SSD, 2 on old SSD and 1 on HDs. I guess I could start upping the graphics settings, right now Im only 1080x760(?) and most effects are off.

I have an SSD and with it I drive 1920x1200 at max settings on the main monitor and the other 4 toons on min settings on another monitor. I also use InnersSpace which help manage the graphics load on multiple GPUs. With all this I see 40-50 FPS in dalaran when multiboxing 5 toons. I have 2 4850 graphics cards and a quad core Q9550 CPU with 8mb of ram. So I believe you can get some serious eye candy with your setup.

Drommon

[Sajuuk]

I have 2 4850 graphics cards and a quad core Q9550 CPU with 8mb of ram. So I believe you can get some serious eye candy with your setup.
Drommon

Dang, 8MB, that's hardcore!


Multibocks: You mean you just didn't copy the data folder of wow to your new, shiny expensive PCIE raid array and symlink your directory(ies) to it? Why not just put all your folders on it? Seems like a waste to send so much on hardware only to split it between it and your older hardware.

[Drommon]

Dang, 8MB, that's hardcore!


Multibocks: You mean you just didn't copy the data folder of wow to your new, shiny expensive PCIE raid array and symlink your directory(ies) to it? Why not just put all your folders on it? Seems like a waste to send so much on hardware only to split it between it and your older hardware.

LOL!!! I meant 8GB... hehe

[Multibocks]

Dang, 8MB, that's hardcore!


Multibocks: You mean you just didn't copy the data folder of wow to your new, shiny expensive PCIE raid array and symlink your directory(ies) to it? Why not just put all your folders on it? Seems like a waste to send so much on hardware only to split it between it and your older hardware.

Well here's my reasoning. The Ioxtreme can burst to 700, but usually its around 500. The agility 120 can do I think 300s. The raptors are a bit lower than that. If I throw all 5 on the xtreme thats 5 clients requesting data from one drive right? So my bottleneck is 500, so 100 per window(I know its not as simple as that, but lets say average). If I put two windows on the agility, suddenly they all jump up in bandwidth (500/3 and 300/2) further dividing the load add the raptors and you have (500/2) (300/2) and uhm hrm I think raptors are in the 200s so 200/1. Lowest bandwith there is 150 on one window. If my thinking on this is incorrect then go ahead and right my sinking ship.

Drommon: How are you assigning your GPUs? I tried using the config in IS and as soon as window 2 launched it crashed saying it couldnt find the GPU. I have the crossfire ATI 5870x2s (damn so long since I thought about it, I'm not even sure thats the right number, lol)

edit: p.s. the first thing I did was transfer my symlinked setup from the agility to the ioxtreme. Turns out something was bad with the data and it BSOD me when I was playing. I reinstalled WOW and decided to try my "experiment" using multiple drives.

[Drommon]

Well here's my reasoning. The Ioxtreme can burst to 700, but usually its around 500. The agility 120 can do I think 300s. The raptors are a bit lower than that. If I throw all 5 on the xtreme thats 5 clients requesting data from one drive right? So my bottleneck is 500, so 100 per window(I know its not as simple as that, but lets say average). If I put two windows on the agility, suddenly they all jump up in bandwidth (500/3 and 300/2) further dividing the load add the raptors and you have (500/2) (300/2) and uhm hrm I think raptors are in the 200s so 200/1. Lowest bandwith there is 150 on one window. If my thinking on this is incorrect then go ahead and right my sinking ship.

Drommon: How are you assigning your GPUs? I tried using the config in IS and as soon as window 2 launched it crashed saying it couldnt find the GPU. I have the crossfire ATI 5870x2s (damn so long since I thought about it, I'm not even sure thats the right number, lol)

edit: p.s. the first thing I did was transfer my symlinked setup from the agility to the ioxtreme. Turns out something was bad with the data and it BSOD me when I was playing. I reinstalled WOW and decided to try my "experiment" using multiple drives.

I may be wrong about this. But when you copy a folder with symlinked subfolders they become unlinked. What I did is create the symlinked folders from scratch after each install. Yes my crappy SSD fails sometimes but I have a backup on a NAS server. Whenever I copy from the NAS to the SSD I have to recreate the symlinks.

I don't know what to say about innerspace in your case. But I see a big performance boost when I create a primary and secondary display profiles. I have crossfire disabled and I also made sure that the OS actually sees a second card. Oddly, when I turned off crossfire the OS stopped seeing the second card, I dont know why. I use Ultimate Vista 64 bit. Make sure your OS and MOBO bios and all drivers are latest. In my humbe opinion I really would encourage you to drive all wow folders from your new SSD. I know you will see a boost. Don't do the crossdrive stuff, I would imagine it could create a bandwidth issue on the bus (but not really sure).

I hope this helps,

Drommon

[wowphreak]

Well honestly I guess I would need to DL some hd testing software as Im not real savvy in that dpt. I do however see a major improvement already. Dalaran is extremely smooth, no hiccups. I put 3 of the windows on this drive and the 2 other off my cheaper SSD (agility 120). I was thinking maybe I should further divide up the load and put 1 on the raided raptors. So then it would be 2 on new SSD, 2 on old SSD and 1 on HDs. I guess I could start upping the graphics settings, right now Im only 1080x760(?) and most effects are off.

You have an io extreme ?? just put wow on it and use symlinking to conserve space, anything else will be slower

crank the graphics till yer comp screams uncle :P