Joe_Carrick Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Joe, Have you checked to make sure NVidea Graphics is being used rather than the "OnBoard GPU"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 39 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said: CA does a ton of read writing and memory spikes galore...whereas you just wont see that much difference between the same gfx/mem/HD hardware system with one being a 4ghz 8 core and the other a 3ghz quad core...YET, you'll see a world of difference between an SSD with low ram vs an NVME primary, SSD secondary, with tons of RAM and a RAMDISK plus a larger page file on the second drive. An ultrabook, setup with a lot of RAM and NVME's can smoke a gaming computer in PRODUCTIVITY in my opinion...I am so much faster on an iPad remotely connected to my laptop than on my laptop itself....b/c of the touch screen. see screener: 20 min sample of me working and CPU usage is very low on the whole but read writes and HD activity are huge Again, I don't doubt your analysis, just wish Chief had some verification somewhere to make buying a new system easier. Referring to older posts/articles by Chief about not requiring that much RAM because Chief doesn't/can't access it and your experience showing the more RAM the better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builtright3 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Joe_Carrick said: Joe, Have you checked to make sure NVidea Graphics is being used rather than the "OnBoard GPU"? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Just now, builtright3 said: Yes On both Monitors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, HumbleChief said: Again, I don't doubt your analysis, just wish Chief had some verification somewhere to make buying a new system easier. Referring to older posts/articles by Chief about not requiring that much RAM because Chief doesn't/can't access it and your experience showing the more RAM the better... More RAM the better for utilizing it to increase page files on secondary slow drives and RAMdisk partitions for better read write speeds- not because I need more memory for CA(I need it for other programs running while CA is taking up its fair share of RAM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builtright3 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 38 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said: On both Monitors? I only have one graphics card Is that what your talking about Joe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builtright3 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said: More RAM the better for utilizing it to increase page files on secondary slow drives and RAMdisk partitions for better read write speeds- not because I need more memory for CA(I need it for other programs running while CA is taking up its fair share of RAM) 256 GB PCIe NVMe solid state drive I upgraded this to a TB and I think I may have lost the NVME when they did it. How can I check? Edited March 12, 2019 by builtright3 Clarification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 1 minute ago, builtright3 said: 256 GB PCIe NVMe solid state drive I upgraded this to a TB and I think I may have lost the NVME when they did it. How can I check? nvme uses the m.2 slot, as opposed to a standard SATA port that an SSD would use...so if you upgraded than it should still be an NVME, though not all NVME's are created equal- they are still faster than SSDs by a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builtright3 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 13 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said: nvme uses the m.2 slot, as opposed to a standard SATA port that an SSD would use...so if you upgraded than it should still be an NVME, though not all NVME's are created equal- they are still faster than SSDs by a lot My tech told me it should still be the same. I'm going to see him soon and I will verify that stuff. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 29 minutes ago, builtright3 said: 256 GB PCIe NVMe solid state drive I upgraded this to a TB and I think I may have lost the NVME when they did it. How can I check? It could have Both ...nvme for the OS and the 1TB for Data/storage , many laptops do. The 1TB in your sig. is a HDD not an SSD though. https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-FireCuda-Gaming-Solid-Hybrid/dp/B01IEKG484 Are you using the mini-displaport for the external monitor? Edit : forgot to say device manager should show the installed Disk Drives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builtright3 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 21 minutes ago, Kbird1 said: It could have Both ...nvme for the OS and the 1TB for Data/storage , many laptops do. The 1TB in your sig. is a HDD not an SSD though. https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-FireCuda-Gaming-Solid-Hybrid/dp/B01IEKG484 Are you using the mini-displaport for the external monitor? Edit : forgot to say device manager should show the installed Disk Drives I have both (SSD and Standard) I have everything on the SSD drive and nothing on the standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, builtright3 said: I'm assuming thats your second drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 8 minutes ago, builtright3 said: I have both (SSD and Standard) I have everything on the SSD drive and nothing on the standard Looks like the 1TB HDD got swapped for a 1TB Sata SSD ? SDD is faster for sure but you should have a 256 NVME Disk too either that or you have 2 x 1TB drives ? 1 Sata SSD and 1 HDD (Hybrid) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Just now, Renerabbitt said: device manager wont show an NVME in disk drives, I believe it shows up in Storage controllers Both actually... but only the onboard controller is under Controllers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Just now, Kbird1 said: Both actually... but only the onboard controller is under Controllers yeah I deleted that, realized I was wrong as soon as I hit enter, haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builtright3 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Here are both of my drives. I'm not using the smaller one at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Renerabbitt said: yeah I deleted that, realized I was wrong as soon as I hit enter, haha Oh so you did , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builtright3 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Yep, I think this is the problem! What do you think? Im on the SSD but it doesnt appear to be NVMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, builtright3 said: Here are both of my drives. I'm not using the smaller one at all hmm very fishy, I can't think of any reason other than to scam that your 256gb NVME would no longer be in your system-thats just flat out wrong...someone may have taken advantage of you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 6 minutes ago, builtright3 said: Here are both of my drives. I'm not using the smaller one at all So You have 2 SSDs neither of them NVME , both are SATA , so your system specs , don't match your Sig. The EVO is faster than the WD SSD though. You can use the 2nd Drive to run backups to or even Image the 1st drive too for emergencies..... I would have the Evo as the Storage Drive and get a 500GB 970NVME for the m2 slot.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builtright3 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said: hmm very fishy, I can't think of any reason other than to scam that your 256gb NVME would no longer be in your system-thats just flat out wrong...someone may have taken advantage of you Yes, or they dont know what they are doing. Either way I wont accuse him because we have had a long time good relationship but I will demand that he makes it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 5 minutes ago, builtright3 said: Yes, or they dont know what they are doing. Either way I wont accuse him because we have had a long time good relationship but I will demand that he makes it right. m2 isn't always NVME , some are combo Ports that can use NVME or SATA drives in the 2280 Format... But assuming you have the Strix Scar II 15" GL504GM it seems it had a NVME drive as per your sig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, builtright3 said: Yes, or they dont know what they are doing. Either way I wont accuse him because we have had a long time good relationship but I will demand that he makes it right. It would be a clever scam, 90 out of 100 consumers have never heard of an NVME drive and wouldn't know that it was missing and then could make a quick $100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builtright3 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 46 minutes ago, Kbird1 said: Are you using the mini-displaport for the external monitor? Yes for one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builtright3 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Kbird1 said: m2 isn't always NVME , some are combo Ports that can use NVME or SATA drives in the 2280 Format... But assuming you have the Strix Scar II 15" GL504GM it seems it had a NVME drive as per your sig. Yes it did have it as original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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