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World of Warcraft (WoW), Fallout 3 and more on Windows 7 -- defrag game time

Lewis Allard, from Colorado Springs, is a 25-year old programmer for a major defense contractor. While at his job he gets programming performance boosts from PerfectDisk, I'm writing today about the performance improvements his systems get while playing video games. Lewis plays a wide variety of games, with World of Warcraft probably being his favorite.

WoW is big -- it takes up 15GB for the game and another 1.5GB for patches, which Lewis keeps on hand in case he needs to reinstall and repatch. As he says, "even by today's standards, it is a HUGE game." Another of Lewis' favorites, Fallout 3, takes up another 6GB. Lewis originally purchased PerfectDisk to increase his framerate in WoW's most populous areas, such as major cities and player versus player battlegrounds. Not only did PerfectDisk help improve his game's frames per second (FPS), it also improved the time it takes to load World of Warcraft (and other games). Lewis points out that "obviously some factors of loading into the game are out of control of the computer due to the games online connectivity, but the overall time was significantly lower than previous logins without PerfectDisk.                   

When Lewis moved to the Windows 7 Beta, he knew he would need the same firepower he had previously to keep on top of his games. He found that "on Windows 7, logged into WoW sitting in Dalaran (the game's most populous city), I could get roughly 20-45 FPS, depending on the time of day. Those aren't bad frames on a game that runs 11 million-plus people worldwide, but I felt I could do better with PerfectDisk." Sure enough, he got to 35-50 FPS in the same situations.

Just ask Lewis...if you're going to take on the world, you better have the best tools.

                          

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Windows 7 -- defrag it

                          

Information Week's website reports today that 83% of businesses won't deploy Windows 7 next year, meaning it will be at least 2011 before they start to move. We know the move by consumers will come more quickly, as we already have tens of thousands running PerfectDisk 10 on Windows 7. Still, with the official release of Windows 7 likely to come this year, corporate IT departments are in no rush. They continue to try to squeeze everything they can out of what they have, which is why we see the business world defragmenting more than ever.

                       

But for those consumers that are already using the Windows 7 beta or those who are anxious to get their hands on the gold release, PerfectDisk gives them what they need and can't get from Microsoft today...or with Windows 7. Things like patented optimization. Things like StealthPatrol automatic background and Screen Saver defrag, and the most comprehensive and flexible scheduling available. The most complete free space consolidation possible, along with the ability to pick and choose particular files. And comprehensive Space Management capabilities that gives users not only a detailed view of their drives, but the ability to clean their drives and recover valuable space.

A smarter way to defrag Windows 7.