do you get a performance boost if you use a ssd vs a hdd?

[thorman123456789]

im just curious i have had performance issues since day one of the games release and i am wondering if its just because i have a super small ssd for windows and all of my games go on a 3TB hdd... would i get a big performance improvement if i bought another ssd? right now in my cities with no mods and loading the map in a new game will give me 45 fps at 1920x1080p minimum settings since the game has been released

specs:
AMD RYZEN 1600 @ 3.4 GHZ
AMD RX 580 4GB MSI GAMING X
2X CRUCIAL BALLISTIX SPORT LT 2400MHZ 8GB

should i buy another ssd? Thanks in advance

[MarkJohnson]

SSD has no performance enhancement. It can make things more responsive. But FPS is purely a GPU thing and the only thing that will improve it's performance is a better GPU.

You can try to lower setting to give more processing time to the GPU. But 45FPS at building level is good. about 30FPS zoomed in all of the way.

The best thing SSD will do is shorten loading times and writing to file times.

But games use the drive very little once games are loaded. But windows on SSD will help keep things flowing smooth. You click a button and something happens right away. SSD can eliminate or reduce lag'stutter from loading.

I bought an SSD for windows and it was awesome. I bought an SSD for Steam only, and not so much. Load times are slightly quicker for games, but game play has little effect. Occasional I get a micro stutter when scrolling across some game map and it needs to load in more map data. But that's about it.

EDIT:

But you'll probably get a minor speed increase from faster RAM. Ryzen benefits from faster RAM. 2400 is just too slow, but adequate. You can usually boost your RAM200mhz without messing with all of the BIOS settings. I have 3200MHz and see a difference in gameplay from 2400MHz. Less lag/stutter in busy parts of games.

[grapplehoeker]

Go do some homework and learn what an SSD is.
Then go learn what RAM is.
Then you'll know what it is you need for more storage and what it is you need for more performance.

[thorman123456789]

Originally posted by grapplehoeker:

Go do some homework and learn what an SSD is.
Then go learn what RAM is.
Then you'll know what it is you need for more storage and what it is you need for more performance.

um i built this pc my self and i know what ssd and ram and even processor cores and gpu cores mean for my pc... so you can say i have done years of homework just for this one pc i have built...

i also know that certain games have massive read + write activity during the game and needs to constantly bring stuff in from cache to the game (look up fallout 4 ssd vs hdd lod pop in) and it can cause severe perfornance issues if it cant bring in the items quick enough...

i thought with cities skylines that similar to fallout 4 it puts stuff not on screen into cache and that it would bring it back upon needed similar to fallout 4... but alas i was wrong and there is no need to tell me to do my homework on ssd's for asking a simple question...

i guess i will just have to live with 45 fps until i can get better ram for my pc with the atrocious ram prices lately... i will just have to wait until prices drop then buy better ram

[grapplehoeker]

Originally posted by thorman123456789:

Originally posted by grapplehoeker:

Go do some homework and learn what an SSD is.
Then go learn what RAM is.
Then you'll know what it is you need for more storage and what it is you need for more performance.

um i built this pc my self and i know what ssd and ram and even processor cores and gpu cores mean for my pc... so you can say i have done years of homework just for this one pc i have built...

i also know that certain games have massive read + write activity during the game and needs to constantly bring stuff in from cache to the game (look up fallout 4 ssd vs hdd lod pop in) and it can cause severe perfornance issues if it cant bring in the items quick enough...

i thought with cities skylines that similar to fallout 4 it puts stuff not on screen into cache and that it would bring it back upon needed similar to fallout 4... but alas i was wrong and there is no need to tell me to do my homework on ssd's for asking a simple question...

i guess i will just have to live with 45 fps until i can get better ram for my pc with the atrocious ram prices lately... i will just have to wait until prices drop then buy better ram

Well then you know that file/cache swapping only really occurs when your system is forced to creating a virtual memory in the form of a page file, because you have exceeded your RAM capacity. To mitigate this, some players have opted for SSD as a cheaper alternative to upgrading their RAM on the assumption that it is a faster read/write than a regular HDD. To an extent, yes for that reason, it is a better option than an HDD, but make no mistake, it is nowhere near as fast as RAM and is not a suitable alternative for RAM.
If you want a faster storage medium for the purpose of storing and retrieving data, then get SSD. Don't assume though that it is a viable replacement for RAM.
Given the current expense of either SSD or RAM, the simplest and most practical solution is to just bite the bullet and keep your custom content addiction to within your RAM capacity and avoid page filing at all ;)

[GrandFactor]

I don't think ram or storage is the issue. Did you ever fix it? If so let us know your solution please.

[MarkJohnson]

Um, this is 4-years old. I think it was resolved by now, one way or another.

[jediron]

SSD does not do much for loading times in this game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAhUgrb-hDg The only thing that boost cities skylines loading = faster cpu + more then enough ram. With mods and dlc to can go over 32Gigs of ram usage. So if you are a hardcore modded gamer, 32 GB or more is the best thing you can do for this game. ps: do not rely on FPS in this game, 25~30FPS is walhalla when you run a big city. The larger the city, the more the fps will drop. It all has to do with this game-engine. This isn't a FPS shooter!!!!