SSD or HDD?

[MrFrootcake]

I was wondering, since the store page doesn't specify, would an SSD be recommended? Because I don't have a ton of storage on my SSD, but I can try to free up some by deleting other stuff. However, I have enough free already on my hard drive, so (if it wouldn't be too awful) I could just install it there.

However, this may be a redundant post at the time, due to the game not being out yet.


Edit: I did not realize this would start as big of an argument as it did.

[JinxTheWorld]

Originally posted by potato:

Originally posted by Doom Sayer:

There is difference between loading screen and long lod, texture model loading or such while playing a game. Will get similar bottle necking as cpu one.

bro no one cares how much you know about pcs or how much you think you know

loading is loading

Yeah sure, you're not wrong. However the difference in most cases between an HDD and NVME is 20-40 seconds or 2-6 seconds. Dunno about you, but I would rather have the faster load times.

After using NVME gen4 for 2 years, I refuse to go back to even a regular SSD. Forget an HDD, which is just excruciating.

If you want to see the perfect example of the difference, look no further than Warframe on PS4 and PS5. The time to load is so dramatic that PS4 players will sometimes get booted from a lobby because the game is treating them as inactive. Since the PS5 player has already been moving through the mission for 40-50 seconds.


So yeah, loading is loading, while correct, it is also disingenuous to say without mentioning the degree at which they differ.

What you just said is equivalent to just saying "a screen is a screen". In regards to the difference between a 4k OLED vs a 40 yr old CRT monitor. Saying as such is not wrong, just disingenuous.

[Jerricky Jebates]

Originally posted by potato:

Originally posted by TrippyTaka:

minimum requirements for this game are SSD

there's no such thing as an ssd requirement for a pc game, you can run any game on an hdd, it will simply load slower

yeah there is, you need to be informed. Times have changed. ofc you can run anything on a 10 year old cpu and gpu but it doesn't mean its going to perform well. There is much more to ssds than just loading times.

https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/251518 (ssd required minimum specs)

https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/jedi/jedi-survivor/pc-system-requirements (ssd recommended)

[potato]

Originally posted by TrippyTaka:

yeah there is, you need to be informed. Times have changed. ofc you can run anything on a 10 year old cpu and gpu but it doesn't mean its going to perform well. There is much more to ssds than just loading times.

https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/251518 (ssd required minimum specs)

https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/jedi/jedi-survivor/pc-system-requirements (ssd recommended)

no, requirement means it won't launch on a hdd, but there isn't a single game that doesn't launch on an hdd

nothing has changed, the only difference is that it will load things quicker

i also played the diablo 4 beta on an hdd for testing purposes, it still stuttered just as much as on my nvme

[Jerricky Jebates]

Originally posted by Doom Sayer:

Originally posted by potato:

any game will load faster on an ssd, it's basic stuff

Its more than load it depends on game but if assets are loading in on the fly your game will cry if your using a hDD with some games.

this in some games it will be the difference between getting stutter and not getting stutter.

[Citizen Cook]

The original was a stutter fest on mechanical drives. The faster your nvme, the better your experience is likely to be

[LusterBunny]

game crashes on hdd

[Frag Maniac]

Originally posted by potato:

there's no such thing as an ssd requirement for a pc game, you can run any game on an hdd, it will simply load slower

Actually some devs say a SSD is recommended anymore, because there have been many games made that stream in textures.

[Marcc112]

Originally posted by TrippyTaka:

Originally posted by Doom Sayer:

Its more than load it depends on game but if assets are loading in on the fly your game will cry if your using a hDD with some games.

this in some games it will be the difference between getting stutter and not getting stutter.

Well, in this game you get stutters anyway, doesn't matter if it's HDD or SSD (but yes, in a better optimized game this could be a slution for micro stutters).

[krozzbe]

my nvme died can i use a good sata ssd or should i just find mega bucks for another nvme?

[Saif]

Originally posted by potato:

Originally posted by Doom Sayer:

There is difference between loading screen and long lod, texture model loading or such while playing a game. Will get similar bottle necking as cpu one.

bro no one cares how much you know about pcs or how much you think you know

loading is loading

You are clearly just ignorant. Asset streaming is done on the fly in open world games, if the game has to wait for your hard drive to top load then you will get stuttering.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Saif:

Originally posted by potato:

bro no one cares how much you know about pcs or how much you think you know

loading is loading

You are clearly just ignorant. Asset streaming is done on the fly in open world games, if the game has to wait for your hard drive to top load then you will get stuttering.

Did you completely miss the context of the conversation before quoting that? Because the person you're attacking had already said that:

Originally posted by potato:

any game will load faster on an ssd, it's basic stuff

You bumped a year old thread just to ignore the actual conversation and post a pointless insult.

[Frag Maniac]

Originally posted by MrFrootcake:

Edit: I did not realize this would start as big of an argument as it did.

Because you apparently don't know how redundant a question it is in this day and age. Pretty much any AAA game with above average graphics details recommends solid state drives anymore, and a LOT of players are now using the faster NVMe drives.