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MikeHuge Jun 7, 2015 @ 6:09pm
Does Hard Drive affect FPS?
Just curious here but would saving the game on an SSD increase FPS at all?
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T-Bone Jun 7, 2015 @ 6:50pm 
ARK is only 20GB. Besides, on full load it's under 1MBD/U for 70 clients. Not bad...
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morva.adam Jun 7, 2015 @ 6:50pm 
Alright. I actually have a degree in this, and here's the thing:

SSDs help a great deal in loading times. It also speeds up the game in those times when it wants to load something from your hdd to memory (I'm not sure, but I would bet that it happens often in ARK, since the game is like... 20 gigs, and there is no way it puts even a fraction of that to your RAM when you join a server), so those times you would notice a performance boost as well.

When your memory is full, your operating system uses a so called pagefile on your hdd as virtual memory. When this happens games get insanely sloooow. In these cases you should see a huge performance increase with SSDs, but gamers should avoid this scenario, and just have enough RAM. If you have this issue it would be cheaper and more beneficial to get additional RAM.
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omegazeda Jun 7, 2015 @ 6:50pm 
I only trust Amazon when it comes to service and delivery!
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T-Bone Jun 7, 2015 @ 6:51pm 
It's on Amazon as well. Copy/Paste/Search the Zon.
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Cpt CoolVille Jun 7, 2015 @ 6:51pm 
god forbid you look up a ide to sata connection or anything.
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T-Bone Jun 7, 2015 @ 6:52pm 
Originally posted by Cpt CoolVille:
god forbid you look up a ide to sata connection or anything.
I refuse to use hard drives under 900MB read/write.
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omegazeda Jun 7, 2015 @ 6:54pm 
Even my 486 had smaller than that lol and i used to do my online shopping on BBS(Bulleting Board System)
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T-Bone Jun 7, 2015 @ 6:57pm 
lol
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omegazeda Jun 7, 2015 @ 7:00pm 
This game looks like modified version of Outcast to me o.0
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MikeHuge Jun 7, 2015 @ 7:10pm 
Okay Thanks!
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omegazeda Jun 7, 2015 @ 7:12pm 
Well it has Turok and Outcast mix to it, plus it's online :) loved those games.
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T-Bone Jun 7, 2015 @ 7:23pm 
It is a fun title that has had more updates in such a short time frame than any of the other early access titles I have purchased. The developer communication is impressive.
Last edited by T-Bone; Jun 7, 2015 @ 7:23pm
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Athedus Jun 7, 2015 @ 7:29pm 
Like someone previously said my SSD turns stalls into stutters, so when you load in a new area your game stutters instead of freezing.
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SanctifiedDevil Jun 7, 2015 @ 7:33pm 
Mine is running on a Vertex 4 SSD...FPS still sucks. Loading times are good though...
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Viscus Jun 7, 2015 @ 7:38pm 
I just switched over to a 240 SSD today, and the boost is amazing.

I run an i5, 8gb ram, GTX 680

I can play the game on high, with no stuttering at all. FPS hits around 25-30, depends on the area but it is good enough!

On Medium I get a solid 35-40, low gives me the same amount as medium.
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