Game freezes\pauses often and accesses HD

April 2, 2003 2:37 PM from

The Game freezes\pauses often and accesses HD For sometimes 30-60 secs. This occurs at random and also in the following instances:

When a movie\cut scene plays(movie will not play through without stuttering and pausing)
when speaking to races for trade etc.
any suggestions on how to stop this?
AMD 2000
512 RAM
TI 4600 128 MB NVIDIA video card

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Reply #1 April 2, 2003 2:38 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

Its the auto save. The bigger your galaxy, the bigger your save file, and thus the longer it takes.

Reply #2 April 2, 2003 2:40 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

As for movies stuttering, are you sure your HD isnt running in PIO mode? Sounds like your HD is mega slow. Try installing a decent system wide benchmark like Sisoft Sandra or PCMark and check to see that your scores are up to par.

Reply #3 April 2, 2003 8:57 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

pc mark results on HD

Hard Disk Tests

Cached File Write 25.1 MB/s

Uncached File Write 26.3 MB/s

Cached File Read 25.3 MB/s

Uncached File Read 27.4 MB/s

File Copy 1.5 MB/s

Reply #4 April 2, 2003 8:58 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

I downloaded extra media from star dock could this be my problem? Even the opening sequence pauses and stutters. :notsure:

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