Does using a System Card 3.0 (instead of 2.0) improve load times in games?

[storino03]

Just wondering. Talking about regular CD games.

[Tatsujin]

Yeah! It instantly turns your single speed into a 4x speed CD-ROM























unfortunately NOT

[storino03]

Yeah, I know that. I just read that it has increased ram. So it's probably just to allow Super CD games to run.

[BigusSchmuck]

Yeah, I know that. I just read that it has increased ram. So it's probably just to allow Super CD games to run.

Unless its one of those cdrom 2 games that work either version 2.0 or version 3.0 then yes to a certain extent. If you really want to decrease those loading times I believe a gear replacement will help:
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=10224.0

[vestcoat]

Yeah, I know that. I just read that it has increased ram. So it's probably just to allow Super CD games to run.

Unless its one of those cdrom 2 games that work either version 2.0 or version 3.0 then yes to a certain extent.

No. Terraforming and Sherlock 2 are just normal CD-ROM2 games marketed as SCD's.

[nodtveidt]

Just wondering. Talking about regular CD games.

No. At least not with the original CDROM hardware. The Duo has a faster laser sled and quicker spinup time so games sometimes start faster, but unless the sled has to move all over the place (like in games like Cosmic Fantasy 2 when it loads cutscenes), there's not gonna be much difference in load times.

[Tatsujin]

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