No SSD.

[NerenJara]

Hi, anyone playing the game without an SSD, just with an HDD. Is it possible all other specs met. Thanks

[Raelic]

The only right answer is to try to match ALL the minimal specs if not the required specs.

And SSD is in the minimal specs.

Additional Notes: SSD required

SSDs aren't just for faster loading screens.

Big games load visual cones in front of the player. As you pan the camera, it's also loading assets in. SSDs help facilitate that loading and referencing faster.

Anything below the minimum requirements is subjective on what's "Playable."

I listen to a streamer duo while I play the game. One of them is on an SSD and the other is on a Hard Disk Drive. The HDD can play, but it's not a great experience.

[Hawke]

Yes, it possible, but the loading times might be long and the cut-scenes looking odd (objects still loading during the cut-scenes).

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by kafká:

No SSD.
Hi, anyone playing the game without an SSD, just with an HDD. Is it possible all other specs met. Thanks

Yes.

[Canadian Ninja]

Can you? Yes.

Should you? Really, really, no. Especially since you can buy a portable USB SSD relatively cheaply.

[NerenJara]

thanks for quick answers, will try first with ninja's suggestion, buy a portable one

[Plant]

Yes you can. You'll see some slow loading especially on character models. There is a setting called "Slow HDD Mode" in the game you can check that helps a lot.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by kafká:

thanks for quick answers, will try first with ninja's suggestion, buy a portable one

You are doing yourself no favour with that, considering internal ones are in general cheaper nowadays.

[pascal.difolco]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by kafká:

thanks for quick answers, will try first with ninja's suggestion, buy a portable one

You are doing yourself no favour with that, considering internal ones are in general cheaper nowadays.

Indeed, the portable ssd are just slower and more expensive!

[redwitch]

I do have a SSD, but since I had installed the EA version of the game on my HDD before adding that SSD, I kept it that way, and I have no problems at all running the game, performance and loading times are absolutely OK. So, you don't need a SSD to run the game.

[One-handed Arbuzovich]

i'm playing on HDD all good

[flatlining]

I only have an internal HDD, I installed on an external SSD via USB 3.1, game runs beautifully. Loading in even the largest zones takes less than a minute. It's no NVMe but very doable. A speed test rates my external SSD read speed at 900 MB/s.