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General Category => News => Topic started by: Glen73 on June 07, 2014, 07:56:13 AM
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So recently I have been hearing some chatter that a ssd is a must for gaming and can reduce fps stutters, well I'm a huge fan of ssd's and run my OS on one, have done so since there introduction, but also run a good old fashion hdd for gaming content. It makes sense to me, when I turn on my system I want it to boot as quickly as possible and I want windows sitting on something fast. So a 60 gig ssd fits perfectly, although now prices have come down considerably would change my OS ssd to a 120 gig, but I will still keep fighting the fight and keep windows on a diet.
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So enough of my drible and onto a article that compares directly swap in swap out of hdd to ssd with real gaming results (http://m.hardocp.com/article/2013/12/10/hdd_vs_ssd_real_world_gaming_performance/1#.U5Iz6n1_XMI).
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No time to read it right now, but I expect there'll be little difference if any. I'll read it later to see if I've guessed right :)
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I just skipped to the conclusion and it confirms my thoughts, no difference in game play.
I just use it for the load times. ;D
(it really helps with Nordschleiffe ;))
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I just skipped to the conclusion and it confirms my thoughts, no difference in game play.
I just use it for the load times. ;D
(it really helps with Nordschleiffe ;) )
Yeah, just what I would have thought.
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interesting... but i can confirm time between maps is much better in BF4 with the SSD option. thats the only difference i can see and its enough to make me want my games on SSD :D
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interesting... but i can confirm time between maps is much better in BF4 with the SSD option. thats the only difference i can see and its enough to make me want my games on SSD :D
And I could easily justify to buy one for that reason alone as well :D but the reason I posted this up was to show it makes no difference at all to gaming performance once the map/track is loaded and you shouldn't think your game will improve FPS or run a lot smoother because you have your games on a SSD.
If I was building something new from scratch then a Samsung 840 250G Evo SSD would probably go in ;D
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Thanks, guys, for the executive summary, that's what I thought.
I'd put in a 1TB Samsung 840 to be honest. I still may, just for the fun of it :)
Nah, actually the 256GB is plenty. Especially paired with a 2TB SSHD.
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Good test and write-up. Thanks.
I'm not sure how many people are under the impression that an SSD will make actual gaming performance better? Perhaps if there is a lack of RAM?
I upgraded to an SSD purely because of the decrease in loading times. In games like Rise of Flight they can take a number of minutes to load on a HDD, but with an SSD this is cut down to around 15 to 20 seconds. This alone makes an SSD a must for someone like me who plays sims and hates waiting :)
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funny thing just happened in BF4, public servers now have a spawn delay to give everyone the chance to get in the server before starting... negates the people who bought SSD's for better load times... i used be able to nick a couple of control points before some players even got in... alas no more in this game title!