Hey guys I was just wondering what the times of launching Alice client were with SSD'S. I use a hdd and it takes upwards 10 minuites to launch.. I didn't know how much faster it took for those of you with ssds or if anyone knows some kind of trick to make it launch faster.
Your CPU matters the most. It takes 3 to 5 minutes for me on my desktop and I don't use it on my SSD there. On my laptop with its SSD, it takes more than 15 minutes.
Oh... That really sucks. I have an fx 6300 and I was hoping I could buy an ssd and whisk this problem away. Oh well
5-8 min on my desktop (xeon 1230) suckas. And huh that's interesting thought a ssd would speed it up a lot more but I guess not. Why is that?
I agree with SK, your CPU definitely matters the most. In reinforcement of that statement...I've timed how long it takes for my SKCraft to start up from the time I hit login to a functional menu screen and that's around 7 minutes and 27 seconds. This is while running on an SSD (Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB) with two Xeon E5620's (total of 8 cores) running at about 2.66 GHz. Also, take note since you have an AMD processor. It sells as a 6-core processor, but in actuality it's 3 cores with 2 logical cores for each, meaning 6 in total. Intel has a different (more....honest) method, which means mine is sold a 4-core processor with 4 cores and 2 logical cores each, meaning 8 in total. Therefore, they're in a sense using that marketing method to make you seem like you're getting a great deal when it's really about half the performance you should be getting for that amount of money. I strongly suggest that if you do upgrade your computer, grab a higher clocked Intel i3 or i5 as compared to whatever AMD you felt like. Although I have 8 cores (16 logical), while booting up SKCraft the CPU usage of all cores would stay at a nearly constant 11% or so with a few spikes here and there, while the clock speed was always at the highest available. So in this case, aim for a higher clock speed, and just be wary that although AMD can advertise as having higher cores and processor speeds for less, the efficiency per calculation still doesn't necessarily add to the power of an Intel core that has less cores and/or processor speeds. If you can, I'd love to hear about your startup time - since you have an AMD processor that goes up to 4.1 GHz.
Most of the time isn't spent reading from disk. It's spent using the data that was read from disk and processing it on the CPU.
