FAT32 faster than NTFS?????

[Big Booger]

I did a system evaluation over at http://www.pcpitstop.com

and it discovered the following:

Description Drive C Drive D Drive G

Partition format NTFS FAT32 NTFS

Cluster size 4 KB 16 KB 4 KB

Drive label DRIVE_C DRIVE_D DRIVE_G

Size 24999 MB 32224 MB 38162 MB

Free space 5320 MB (21%) 1883 MB (6%) 34703 MB (91%)

Drive health Not tested OK Not tested

Last scan Unknown Unknown Unknown

Data fragmentation Not tested 2% Not tested

File fragmentation Not tested 0% Not tested

Last defrag Unknown Unknown Unknown

Junk files 143 MB (1%) 0 MB (0%) 0 MB (0%)

Cached speed 332.24 MB/s (137%) 436.04 MB/s (180%) 292.34 MB/s (121%)

Uncached speed 2.94 MB/s (59%) 4.74 MB/s (95%) 4.69 MB/s (94%)

Reading that it seems that FAT32 is much faster than NTFS. Had I known this in the beginning, I might have reconsider the "upgrade" for I think speed is vital especially when gaming.

THen I read this below the data

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"One or more partitions are using the NTFS file system. Although this file system offers many good features such as encryption and improved security, it is generally much slower than the FAT32 file system. You may notice a significant performance difference between FAT32 and NTFS partitions on the same drive. "

Very interesting.

Big Booger

[Conan]

I got that at PC Pitstop too when my PC was brand spanking new. I tried going back to FAT 32 and re-tested, sure enough my scores were higher. However whenever it was time to defragment my drives, it just took too long compared to NTFS, plus the speed gain wasn't really noticable, so back to NTFS I went.

[Reverend]

I have found my games seem to run smoother running FAT32 as opposed to NTFS.Anyone else noticed this?

[zErO]

I find my games run much better under NTFS, working beautifully under xp. Wouldnt be in a hurry to go back to FAT32 file system, quite happy with the performance of ntfs

[Big Booger]

c&c ALICE, BLACK &WHITE AND TRIBES 2 ON A FAT32

and now that I think about it, my games ran smooth and faster than NTFS, though I think it might be my imagination. I noticed this especially in graphic intensive situations.

BB