The loading times are killing me....

[khelvan]

7-8 minutes to start the game....
5-6 minutes to load the savegame...
2 minutes to start the script...
3-4 minutes to get the first turn going...
2-3 minutes to load the first battle...
25 minutes...everytime I start a game..sometimes even HALF an HOUR...
Are the lengthy descriptions/traits/faction descriptions really worth this chore?

Equipment:
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.67GHz
- 4.0 GB Mushkin DDR2-800 XP2-6400 eXtreme
- Sapphire Radeon X1950 PCI Express 512MB DDR4
- WD Raptor 74GB SATA 10,000RPM HDD w/16MB Buffer

Vanilla RTW 1.5

Loading times:
Total Load Up(from double click to Main Menu): 25s
Campaign Load Up: 10s
Campaign End Turn: 7s
City Battle Load: 14s

EB 0.8, RTW 1.5

Loading times:
Total Load Up(from double click to Main Menu): 30s
Campaign Load Up: 15s
Campaign End Turn: 11s
City Battle Load: 15s

[Caratacos]

My load times are similar to that of Teleklos Archelaou. My machine is getting pretty old though, so i cut it some slack.

However that old saying comes to mind-- Good things take time. And i daresay that EB qualifies as a good thing. But 25mins, hellenes... i suggest keeping a book or something close-by.