I have a OCZ Vertex 2 60 GB solid state drive. It's my OS drive and has about 35 GB worth of free space. That's more than enough for a game or two, but like many of you, I have many, many games on Steam and it likes to keep everything under one directory.
So I did a bit of searching to see if I could somehow split my Steam install. Apparently, you can! I found this little trick on the Steam forums. Note that this guide only works with Windows Vista and Windows 7
It essentially works like this:
This can be done on a game by game basis. The guide is easy enough to follow, but still a little inconvenient. Then I flipped to the last page of the thread and discovered this SteamTool Library Manager utility which handles the whole process in a nice GUI:
Everything works as it normally does. Steam can still see the files on your SSD and it'll update as per usual. With this tool, at least some of your games, can bask in the greatness of SSD!
This would be great for those frequently played games or ones with horrendous load times.
Edit:
Civilization V load times decreased by approximately 5 seconds
Crysis: Warhead load times decreased by approximately 15 seconds
So I did a bit of searching to see if I could somehow split my Steam install. Apparently, you can! I found this little trick on the Steam forums. Note that this guide only works with Windows Vista and Windows 7
It essentially works like this:
Overview:
Install Steam and games on Hard Drive 1
Move required games folder/files to Hard Drive 2
Use Windows command to point Steam to folder on Hard Drive 2
This can be done on a game by game basis. The guide is easy enough to follow, but still a little inconvenient. Then I flipped to the last page of the thread and discovered this SteamTool Library Manager utility which handles the whole process in a nice GUI:
Everything works as it normally does. Steam can still see the files on your SSD and it'll update as per usual. With this tool, at least some of your games, can bask in the greatness of SSD!
This would be great for those frequently played games or ones with horrendous load times.
Edit:
Civilization V load times decreased by approximately 5 seconds
Crysis: Warhead load times decreased by approximately 15 seconds