Will this game run well on standard (SATA) SSD's or a NVME PCIE3/4 SSD is necessary?

[Jean]

On Steam's game page says "SSD required". But it means a standard SATA ssd will be enough? Or a more fast NVME SSD like the XBox Series has is necessary?

[fauxpas]

I don't think we know yet.

[-={LG}=-]

If the only thing you can upgrade your current machine to is a SATA SSD, I would do that. It will be faster than your mechanical hard drive. I wouldn't waste a dime on an external SSD though.

[A. Silvermane]

I just got a standard sata ssd, the evo 870. While slower far as I know it's enough.

[Chryseus]

SATA will be fine, it's more about the fast random access time rather than the sustained speed.

[tilarium]

My guess (and that’s all this is) is that a regular SATA SSD will be fine. If they wanted a NVME, they would have specified such to avoid people getting a SATA SSD and then complaining because it wasn’t the right type.

As for me, when I upgrade next month, I’ll be adding in a gen4 NVME because I can and I also believe in going above and beyond the recommended settings.

[alex010300]

Should be any SSD, just don't use the outdated HDD

[Ģ◊иℤ◊⚡ℤ∀муpΛй]

Originally posted by Jean:

On Steam's game page says "SSD required". But it means a standard SATA ssd will be enough? Or a more fast NVME SSD like the XBox Series has is necessary?

Cyberpunk also demand SSD but it also runs without, but be aware you will have longer loading times.

[Ruin]

Originally posted by Ģ◊иŽФ⚡∀mηЯΛ¥:

Originally posted by Jean:

On Steam's game page says "SSD required". But it means a standard SATA ssd will be enough? Or a more fast NVME SSD like the XBox Series has is necessary?

Cyberpunk also demand SSD but it also runs without, but be aware you will have longer loading times.

Yeah, I have to wonder if it's more than that, as I did notice with FO4 that there was far less environmental "pop in" when moving it from a HDD to an SSD, clearly due to the faster reads...

It's possible Bethesda are requiring an SSD for smoother loading of the environment, etc...

[tilarium]

Originally posted by Ģ◊иŽФ⚡∀mηЯΛ¥:

Originally posted by Jean:

On Steam's game page says "SSD required". But it means a standard SATA ssd will be enough? Or a more fast NVME SSD like the XBox Series has is necessary?

Cyberpunk also demand SSD but it also runs without, but be aware you will have longer loading times.

And BG3, which a lot of people don’t seem to notice. Always hear people referring to CP requiring one but never hear anyone mention BG.

[vonbleak]

Im sure a sata ssd will be fine...

[BEEP!]

Any SSD will be fine I'm willing to bet there will be a lot of loading screens & a lot to load in between theses loadings & it was most likely a terrible experience on HDDs so they recommended SSDs across the board or if we're lucky there using direct storage that would be very cool.

[Jacob Locke]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

I don't think we know yet.

Yeah. We don't know. It's likely an nvme drive will outperform a standard sata drive so you might see a little quicker load and streaming times but a standard SSD is all that's listed so I don't think anyone has much to worry about. Keep in mind their engine has been updated but it's still a very old engine and typically Bethesda games do not push the hardware envelope like a Crysis or Cyberpunk.

[Chryseus]

Originally posted by Ģ◊иŽФ⚡∀mηЯΛ¥:

Originally posted by Jean:

On Steam's game page says "SSD required". But it means a standard SATA ssd will be enough? Or a more fast NVME SSD like the XBox Series has is necessary?

Cyberpunk also demand SSD but it also runs without, but be aware you will have longer loading times.

I tried that myself to see if it would work, it pretty much breaks the game as things like vehicles and people struggle to load in leaving the streets practically empty.
It was pretty funny but it goes to show that some games absolutely require an SSD to function properly.

[Nishi Kinuyo]

Originally posted by Ģ◊иŽФ⚡∀mηЯΛ¥:

Originally posted by Jean:

On Steam's game page says "SSD required". But it means a standard SATA ssd will be enough? Or a more fast NVME SSD like the XBox Series has is necessary?

Cyberpunk also demand SSD but it also runs without, but be aware you will have longer loading times.

Cyberbug is the only game I am so far aware of that recommends an NVMe for the higher settings.

Originally posted by Ruin:

Originally posted by Ģ◊иŽФ⚡∀mηЯΛ¥:

Cyberpunk also demand SSD but it also runs without, but be aware you will have longer loading times.

Yeah, I have to wonder if it's more than that, as I did notice with FO4 that there was far less environmental "pop in" when moving it from a HDD to an SSD, clearly due to the faster reads...

It's possible Bethesda are requiring an SSD for smoother loading of the environment, etc...

Again, that is more to do with access times than read times.
An SSD does not have to physically find the spot on the platter with a read head to load the data. It can just check the file system entries and instantly know where it is to load the data.

You'll probably only notice the difference between SATA and NVMe when you're either travelling very fast, or there are a lot of objects that enter rendering range.

And xboxz0rz mostly claims the requirement of a certain speed in order to "guarantee" a certain level of desired performance. Not like you can replace the SSD on an xbox anymore anyhow. They put a hidden partition on the SSD with a key on it to make sure that you simply can't replace it unless you send the entire console back to M$. You can't pair a new SSD to your xbox, unless you make a clone of the SSD every single time there's an update.

Source for the last paragraph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQnsXR68Gb0
(At least an xbox typically takes longer to become a paperweight than a Macbook A2141 which can send 12V to its soldered-on SSD).

[AmaiAmai]

SSDs are typically wanted because there is no seek time, I doubt it will make a difference. I used SATA and noticed no difference. Worry more about PCI bottlenecks.