Ssd Vs. Hd
#1
Posted 03 March 2015 - 08:42 AM
#2
Posted 03 March 2015 - 08:45 AM
No fps drop so go right ahead.
#3
Posted 03 March 2015 - 08:45 AM
#4
Posted 03 March 2015 - 09:05 AM
#5
Posted 03 March 2015 - 10:00 AM
In other games it dramatically lowers level load times, which means I almost never get to read the "hints" developers put on load screens.
#6
Posted 03 March 2015 - 10:15 AM
Last time I ran SSDs they basically died after a couple months of recording to... both. =/
#7
Posted 03 March 2015 - 10:45 AM
#8
Posted 03 March 2015 - 11:02 AM
Every game.
Every stupid foxin game.
Damn it, people... get some SSDs and don't let me wait sooooo long every match...
#9
Posted 10 March 2015 - 07:29 AM
#10
Posted 10 March 2015 - 07:55 AM
Having said that, I really like mine in my desktop. I haven't put the two in my laptop to use yet, but I fully plan on getting that second or two back whenever I reinstall MWO on my laptop.
#11
Posted 10 March 2015 - 09:17 AM
Could lower the size of the pagefile or get rid of the hibernate file instead.
#12
Posted 16 March 2015 - 04:16 PM
Hyper99, on 03 March 2015 - 08:42 AM, said:
I just noticed that mine is down to 10% capacity free and is giving a warning. It was only a small SSD, but I noticed that NewEgg has quite a few 500gb SSDs for under $200 and a few terabyte SSDs for about $300. Just ordered a Crucial to replace my old Intel. Hopefully it will be as reliable.
#13
Posted 19 March 2015 - 05:33 AM
My experience is that I load into a match faster (usually one of the first one's in but I have a low ping also) and patching is way faster (you have to ensure that the patcher uses the ssd also). The patching is slow on a hdd due to the unpacking and repacking of the game files, an ssd greatly increases this process. As to just general gameplay, it does not make a difference for me but I am running an I5 at 4.2Ghtz and stay pegged at my monitor's 60fps both when running off of the hdd and ssd, so in game (once level is loaded) an ssd make absolutely no difference from my experiance.
#14
Posted 20 March 2015 - 07:41 PM
Soy, on 03 March 2015 - 10:15 AM, said:
Last time I ran SSDs they basically died after a couple months of recording to... both. =/
Isn't that a downgrade? I went to a Samsung 850 Evo from a 36gb Raptor a few months ago...also had a 300gb VelociRaptor. SSD is much faster than even a 10k rpm HD.
#15
Posted 20 March 2015 - 07:53 PM
#16
Posted 22 March 2015 - 05:54 AM
Soy, on 03 March 2015 - 10:15 AM, said:
Last time I ran SSDs they basically died after a couple months of recording to... both. =/
http://techreport.co...theyre-all-dead
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actually thats a lot of writes
even for professional video recording/editing
SSD's are great, but they don't bring more fps
windows feels more snappy, boot time is shorter
I guess a pagefile can be more of use on a SSD, though only if you really have too little RAM
one thing should be noted
if you run Skyrim with loads of mods (think texture sizes/HD mods) it might do a lot for you
or similar games that use streaming in new game content on big "endless" open maps
Far Cry 4 comes to mind too
also since Windows 8 the hibernation file is used for a "faster" boot up time
though with an SSD it might only shave off like a second or 2, not more
if you're squeezed for room its easier to get rid off the hibernation file and the pagefile
Edited by Peter2k, 22 March 2015 - 05:55 AM.
#17
Posted 22 March 2015 - 06:22 AM
Past 500GB you would probably be using RAID arrays just to not be waiting around all day for your drives to write data, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to use Raptors at that point either for the same reason.
The trick is just to buy a good SSD. Avoid Sandforce drives because the controllers have a long history of being ticking time bombs and I haven't seen a good enough track record yet to not be leery of them (and there's no reason to preference them), avoid Intel since they have a built-in self destruct, even get a professional level drive if you're really concerned though somehow I doubt you're really going to break a Samsung 850 EVO without some serious effort.
Edited by Catamount, 22 March 2015 - 06:33 AM.
#18
Posted 18 April 2015 - 05:34 AM
Prices just keep getting better, just make sure to get a good one. I haven't seen an SSD fail in the last 2 years. (Company 100+ people) Not since my run of Vertex 2 failures. (I think I had one Vertex 3 fail...)
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