Do you think FPS is affected by installing the demo on an ext HD? I know I can reinstall on the C drive to find out but would appreciate any insight into using an external. Its a 160GB USB 2.0 7200 WDThanksBill

The external drive will be a fair bit slower. You should install on the internal.

Go ahead and install it on the external drive. The FPS performance you see on the external drive will be identical to what you would see on your C drive. FPS will never be affected by the HDD configuration. There could be a slight lag in texture loading caused by the relatively slower speed of the USB port but it's not even noticeable with FS2004 and probably won't be with the FSX demo either.Doug

> Go ahead and install it on the external drive. The FPS>performance you see on the external drive will be identical to>what you would see on your C drive. FPS will never be>affected by the HDD configuration. There could be a slight lag>in texture loading caused by the relatively slower speed of>the USB port but it's not even noticeable with FS2004 and>probably won't be with the FSX demo either.>>Doug Thats what I thoughtThanks for the repliesBill

> Go ahead and install it on the external drive. The FPS>performance you see on the external drive will be identical to>what you would see on your C drive. FPS will never be>affected by the HDD configuration. There could be a slight lag>in texture loading caused by the relatively slower speed of>the USB port but it's not even noticeable with FS2004 and>probably won't be with the FSX demo either.>>Doug I don't think it's real safe to say that if something happens in FS2004 it will happen in FSX."FPS will never be affected by the HDD configuration" are you talking about games in general? This seems really not, you know, true.

"I don't think it's real safe to say that if something happens in FS2004 it will happen in FSX." And, I agree. But that's not what I said - read it again. As far as FPS go, the discussion here at about FS2004/FSX, not "games in general". Why try to put such a fine point on it? I think the meaning is clear from the comtext.Doug

>"I don't think it's real safe to say that if something>happens in FS2004 it will happen in FSX." And, I agree. But>that's not what I said - read it again. As far as FPS go, the>discussion here at about FS2004/FSX, not "games in general".>Why try to put such a fine point on it? I think the meaning is>clear from the comtext.>>Doug>>>Oh, no, it certainly should have gotten the point across. I agree with that. It's also true that hdd transfer speeds can affect a lot of things, especially in games. I just thought that should be pointed out too.

Every game I have is on external harddrive, since I also use a laptop an external harddrive is faster than my internal. It doesn't change anything on fps.