SSD vs HDD?

[Kameraden]

Thinking of getting this game. I have both an SSD and HDD. Just curious if anyone can confirm any serious differences between the two. I doubt it's an open world game like say Hogwarts, so I'd assume an HDD wouldn't murder the game.

[Hepi34]

Im using a HDD as well and have no issues at all.

I don’t see why I would need to use a ssd? I have 2x500GB SSD (not nvme since my pc is already 31/2yrs old). I also have 2x2TB HDD wich I got for 6€. Can you get a 4TB SSD for 6€? No, you can’t.

The only time games should be on an ssd is if loading screens matter, for example in shooters, when you can select your agent faster (valorant) or jump out faster (fortnite) etc.

[Sharkle_Bunwich]

Originally posted by JackieTheDemon:

How is anyone still on an HDD in 2023?

The cost of SSDs is low enough to where that's not an excuse anymore.

You know how much the best 2TB gaming NVMe (the SN850X) costs? $180. You know how much a 6TB high performance HDD costs from the same manufacturer? $110. That's how.

[solid_snek_em]

i mean its okay to own a HDD for cheap storage. man people here acting like its some stone age technology that's not relevant lmao.

[JackieTheDemon]

Originally posted by Sharkle_Bunwich²:

Originally posted by JackieTheDemon:

How is anyone still on an HDD in 2023?

The cost of SSDs is low enough to where that's not an excuse anymore.

You know how much the best 2TB gaming NVMe (the SN850X) costs? $180. You know how much a 6TB high performance HDD costs from the same manufacturer? $110. That's how.

Your games, and your OS will load 10000% faster.

[Sharkle_Bunwich]

Originally posted by JackieTheDemon:

Originally posted by Sharkle_Bunwich²:

You know how much the best 2TB gaming NVMe (the SN850X) costs? $180. You know how much a 6TB high performance HDD costs from the same manufacturer? $110. That's how.

Your games, and your OS will load 10000% faster.

Don't move the goal posts. You asked how anyone could have an HDD in 2023. I pointed out how; because you can get a ton more storage on a high performance 7200RPM HDD for a fraction of the cost compared to an SATA SSD or an NVMe which is very inticing.

Besides, I have my OS and all my startup and productivity programs on a 512GB SATA SSD. I have a few small handful of games I install to the drive that benefit from an SSD like Fortnite. If I don't have it on an SSD, I don't load into the game on first boot until the battle bus has almost has cleared the entire map. Resident Evil 4 Remake, on the other hand, genuinely loads within a couple of seconds (like seriously, it's like less than 5 seconds) upon hitting continue game or reloading a checkpoint upon death on my Western Digital Black HDD.

Sometimes an SSD is unnecessary and this is one of those times. SSD elitism is really freaking annoying. However, having an AR least an SSD is as a boot drive for Windows is a vast improvement. Having HDDs as secondary drives isn't a problem.

[redeyedraven]

that was like a legitimate question 10-15 years ago. But they're not nearly as expensive anymore.

Nowadays, even on slightly older systems you'd really always want a SSD.
"bUt HdD hAs MoAr CaPaCiTy" bla. My old PC had a 500 GB SATA HDD and it was that system's bottleneck.
In 2018 I was so fed up with that ♥♥♥♥ I bought a new system with a 1 TB M2 SSD.

I would NEVER go back to HDD.

[Kat The Wolfheart]

Originally posted by Kameraden:

Thinking of getting this game. I have both an SSD and HDD. Just curious if anyone can confirm any serious differences between the two. I doubt it's an open world game like say Hogwarts, so I'd assume an HDD wouldn't murder the game.

Since people want to lecture you here because of a straight forward question. I will answer it instead.
I wanted to first try the game on HDD, thought of switching if it worked like ♥♥♥♥. TBH I haven't had a single crash on HDD and the game looks and plays great. So, now it's your decision.

[Kameraden]

Originally posted by Kat The Impaler:

Originally posted by Kameraden:

Thinking of getting this game. I have both an SSD and HDD. Just curious if anyone can confirm any serious differences between the two. I doubt it's an open world game like say Hogwarts, so I'd assume an HDD wouldn't murder the game.

Since people want to lecture you here because of a straight forward question. I will answer it instead.
I wanted to first try the game on HDD, thought of switching if it worked like ♥♥♥♥. TBH I haven't had a single crash on HDD and the game looks and plays great. So, now it's your decision.

Did the same, decided to put it on the HDD to see how well it worked. Used the Recommended Graphic Settings based on my Hardware. Game runs smoothly, and loading times are not even really noticeable. Similar to the demo video I posted loading screens on this game are so short that SSD vs HDD really doesn't seem to matter at all.

Ironically, this means RE4 Remake runs better on an HDD than Resident Evil 5 does.

[DeadSlash]

Originally posted by twiggy:

Originally posted by DeadSlash:

Ok, I concede that point.



What is so wrong? I just upgraded to NVME M.2 about a year ago and it is insanely faster than HDD.


I must have a faster than fastest PC set-up, because I'm not having that issue. It's crazy because I don't even have a 4090, imagine if I did! It would break the space time continuum...

Or conversely, it just doesn't doesn't stutter on everyone's rig and you are using hyperbole.

more like it does stutter on everyones rig but not everyone is perceptive enough to notice it. im watching a yt video of frametime spikes on a 4090+i9 13900k right now. the easiest one to detect is at the very start of the game when you walk up the steps outside the very first house. you can even walk up and down them back and forth and youll get the same stutter every time.

https://imgur.com/a/JP8J0J7 heres a pic of it for proof

You know what, I'll take that. It stutters for everyone, but it is imperceptible to the average person, so most people don't know. Only "specials" can see it.

I'll also accept your second answer that there is a set of stairs in the beginning of the game on one house that causes stutter.

In summary, the "stutters" won't bother the average person, since they simply don't have the ability to see them, unless of course, they never leave the staircase on a house in the very beginning of the game. People who fall into the category of superior people (is a blue check mark required, or optional?) or if a stutter on a staircase you traverse in the opening of the game and never return to again is enough to ruin the rest of the game with it's imperceptible stutters (But you know they are their because someone better than you can see them) then you'll be fine.

You truly put me in my place.

[Krypto]

Originally posted by Kameraden:

Thinking of getting this game. I have both an SSD and HDD. Just curious if anyone can confirm any serious differences between the two. I doubt it's an open world game like say Hogwarts, so I'd assume an HDD wouldn't murder the game.

HDD is fine for older games like the original RE4, but for newer titles, you really should be using some kind of SSD. I have a 2TB NVME drive and the difference between HDD and SSD load times are drastic enough that I will never use an HDD for anything ever again.

[Kameraden]

Originally posted by Darkwalker:

Originally posted by Kameraden:

Thinking of getting this game. I have both an SSD and HDD. Just curious if anyone can confirm any serious differences between the two. I doubt it's an open world game like say Hogwarts, so I'd assume an HDD wouldn't murder the game.

HDD is fine for older games like the original RE4, but for newer titles, you really should be using some kind of SSD. I have a 2TB NVME drive and the difference between HDD and SSD load times are drastic enough that I will never use an HDD for anything ever again.

Seems to not even matter on Resident Evil 4 Remake. There is barely even a loading time even on an HDD. Game runs smoothly as well.

[Krypto]

Originally posted by Kameraden:

Originally posted by Darkwalker:

HDD is fine for older games like the original RE4, but for newer titles, you really should be using some kind of SSD. I have a 2TB NVME drive and the difference between HDD and SSD load times are drastic enough that I will never use an HDD for anything ever again.

Seems to not even matter on Resident Evil 4 Remake. There is barely even a loading time even on an HDD. Game runs smoothly as well.

Then you're fine and have nothing to worry about.

[Kameraden]

Originally posted by Darkwalker:

Then you're fine and have nothing to worry about.

Enough people said it runs perfectly fine on an HDD, and I found a video comparing HDD vs SSD when it comes to in game performance, and there is literally no real noticeable performance difference.

I'm honestly surprised that the loading time was so fast. Didn't even feel like it was installed on a HDD.

Played it for a while and didn't notice even a stutter, didn't see any textures not loading in, or low poly models. Runs smoothly.

[Krypto]

Originally posted by Kameraden:

Originally posted by Darkwalker:

Then you're fine and have nothing to worry about.

Enough people said it runs perfectly fine on an HDD, and I found a video comparing HDD vs SSD when it comes to in game performance, and there is literally no real noticeable performance difference.

I'm honestly surprised that the loading time was so fast. Didn't even feel like it was installed on a HDD.

Played it for a while and didn't notice even a stutter, didn't see any textures not loading in, or low poly models. Runs smoothly.

Well, that's the RE Engine for you. Even on PS4, it loads really quickly.

[zombie cat]

Originally posted by -iD-:

a lot of people complaining about stutters, but im on an nvme ssd and dont experience stutter. that just might be the kicker.

i have ssd as well, and the game was intended to run on them due to no loading at all. if you run on a hdd..it will incur massive stuttering even if your pc is good.