does starfield makes our SSD work a lot?

[elstirthibaut]

hello, i've noticing that the little light on my computer that correspond to the ssd flickers a lot when i'm playing starfield meaning the ssd is used a lot.
i've checked in the task manager and it is slow though.

so my question is does starfield makes ssd work hard??

[Zé do Caixão]

I'm trying to understand your post....

I think you're asking about SSD usage when running starfield, so I will answer that.

Yes.

You only need to worry of you have problems tho, your SSD should be fine.

[elstirthibaut]

Originally posted by Zé do Caixão:

I'm trying to understand your post....

I think you're asking about SSD usage when running starfield, so I will answer that.

Yes.

You only need to worry of you have problems tho, your SSD should be fine.

yes exactly is the ssd usage very high during play?

[Bad Behavior Defender]

Originally posted by elstirthibaut:

yes exactly is the ssd usage very high during play?

Yes, but that's okay since an ssd is made to last between 15 to 25 years with regular use.

[Deadoon]

Assets are streamed from the ssd as needed, rather than in large bursts.
That is why the use light is constantly turning on, every time it pulls a small file the light will stay on for a moment before turning off again, those small reads get chained and the light will stay on for extended periods of time, even if the drive is mostly idle and actually not pulling very much data.

Reading from an ssd doesn't actually do much to it, it isn't like it is constantly reading and writing data from a cache or swap file(unless you don't have much ram).

[Ar Murazor]

Too much for my part.

[elstirthibaut]

thank you i was worried that the game was hammering my ssd^^

[Bad Behavior Defender]

Originally posted by Ar Murazor:

Too much for my part.

If you feel this is an issue you can try this mod
https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/2245?tab=description

[Ar Murazor]

I know this mod.
Performances are barely better. I'm more worried about the lifespan of the disk as its usage is high compared to other titles which also require an SSD.

[Bad Behavior Defender]

Originally posted by Ar Murazor:

I know this mod.
Performances are barely better. I'm more worried about the lifespan of the disk as its usage is high compared to other titles which also require an SSD.

SSDs are long lasting. Easily 15 to 25 years with daily heavy usage. And that's with Reading/Writing, reading only is even less demanding for an SSD.

[Deadoon]

Originally posted by Ar Murazor:

I know this mod.
Performances are barely better. I'm more worried about the lifespan of the disk as its usage is high compared to other titles which also require an SSD.

Originally posted by Deadoon:

Reading from an ssd doesn't actually do much to it, it isn't like it is constantly reading and writing data from a cache or swap file(unless you don't have much ram).

Writing is the issue, not reading.

[Yggdrasil]

With this game, I get notices once in a while of high disk usage from Norton 360 for Gamers.

[elstirthibaut]

Originally posted by Yggdrasil:

With this game, I get notices once in a while of high disk usage from Norton 360 for Gamers.

so it does use the ssd a lot

[WastingSanity]

You can monitor that with Task Manager>Performance> Disk the game is installed on.

[dulany67]

It's a non issue.

[Zeev]

Originally posted by Zé do Caixão:

I'm trying to understand your post....

I think you're asking about SSD usage when running starfield, so I will answer that.

Yes.

You only need to worry of you have problems tho, your SSD should be fine.

tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho.