How to decrease loading times?

[Zackarias]

So both me and my boyfriend own Hogwarts Legacy and I have noticed that on his computer that it takes him under 2 seconds to load from the astronomy tower to the room of requirement. Whereas it takes me at least 23 seconds. While this is tolerable, this is not ideal. I have tried lowering my graphics down to medium just like his. but My loading times still hover over 20 seconds. Is there a way to speed it up without having to resort to potato quality graphics? I have a nividia geforce version 528.49 on a MSI GE75 Raider 95E

[Orion Invictus]

Install the game on a fast SSD.

[Zackarias]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Install the game on a fast SSD.

I have it installed on a Samsung SSD.

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Zackarias:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Install the game on a fast SSD.

I have it installed on a Samsung SSD.

Internal SSD? What's its read/write speed?

[Zackarias]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Originally posted by Zackarias:

I have it installed on a Samsung SSD.

Internal SSD? What's its read/write speed?

External SSD. and how do I determine its speed?

[Rimmorn]

Originally posted by Zackarias:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Internal SSD? What's its read/write speed?

External SSD. and how do I determine its speed?

yeah no, you're limited by the connection speed

[Zackarias]

32.09 MB/s

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Zackarias:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Internal SSD? What's its read/write speed?

External SSD. and how do I determine its speed?

You need an internal SSD. With the external SSD you're limited by the USB port's speed, which can be a fraction of the SSD's top speed.

The manufacturer will have information on the speed, if you know the device's name/model number/other unique designation.

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Zackarias:

32.09 MB/s

That's nowhere near good enough. It's actually slower than my internal HDD (about 100 MB/s), which is absurd.

[Zackarias]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Originally posted by Zackarias:

External SSD. and how do I determine its speed?

You need an internal SSD. With the external SSD you're limited by the USB port's speed, which can be a fraction of the SSD's top speed.

The manufacturer will have information on the speed, if you know the device's name/model number/other unique designation.

I see. Though it is not connected directly to the laptop itself. It is connected through a usb extention that is connected to the laptop. If I were to unplug it from the extension and plug it into the laptop itself would it have any effect on the speed?

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Zackarias:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

You need an internal SSD. With the external SSD you're limited by the USB port's speed, which can be a fraction of the SSD's top speed.

The manufacturer will have information on the speed, if you know the device's name/model number/other unique designation.

I see. Though it is not connected directly to the laptop itself. It is connected through a usb extention that is connected to the laptop. If I were to unplug it from the extension and plug it into the laptop itself would it have any effect on the speed?

Only if the extension is also being used by at least one other device simultaneously, and even then the difference would probably be very small. The disk needs to go inside the laptop, it's where the fastest connections are.

[Zackarias]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Originally posted by Zackarias:

I see. Though it is not connected directly to the laptop itself. It is connected through a usb extention that is connected to the laptop. If I were to unplug it from the extension and plug it into the laptop itself would it have any effect on the speed?

Only if the extension is also being used by at least one other device simultaneously, and even then the difference would probably be very small. The disk needs to go inside the laptop, it's where the fastest connections are.

Yeah the issue is that both my C drive and D drive are woefully lacking on Memory. my C drive has 36 GB free of 286 GB and my D drive 157 GB free of 169 GB. This is strange considering that this laptop is meant for gaming.

[Dr.]

Originally posted by Zackarias:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

You need an internal SSD. With the external SSD you're limited by the USB port's speed, which can be a fraction of the SSD's top speed.

The manufacturer will have information on the speed, if you know the device's name/model number/other unique designation.

I see. Though it is not connected directly to the laptop itself. It is connected through a usb extention that is connected to the laptop. If I were to unplug it from the extension and plug it into the laptop itself would it have any effect on the speed?

if your usb extention is usb 2.0 and your ssd supports usb 3.0 then a direct connection via a usb3 cable to a usb3 port on the laptop/pc would fasten it up, without knowing what you exactly have, impossible to accurately answer.

[Impy]

Originally posted by Zackarias:

32.09 MB/s

looks like the USB-Hub is only using USB 2.0 - try an other USB-input, buy an USB3-Hub or just stick the drive drive directly into an USB3-Port of the laptop

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Zackarias:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Only if the extension is also being used by at least one other device simultaneously, and even then the difference would probably be very small. The disk needs to go inside the laptop, it's where the fastest connections are.

Yeah the issue is that both my C drive and D drive are woefully lacking on Memory. my C drive has 36 GB free of 286 GB and my D drive 157 GB free of 169 GB. This is strange considering that this laptop is meant for gaming.

Disclaimer: The following is simply my opinion, don't take it as fact.

Laptops should not be used for gaming. They have poor air circulation, cooling, power supplies, and more that do not make them an adequate choice for gaming. Their hardware needs to be tuned down because of all these issues, which stem from the fact that laptops need to be portable.

Now for the facts.
The laptop might have an additional slot for disks, especially since this is an SSD. If it doesn't, however, your only choices are between swapping out one of the disks for a high-capacity SSD (should be relatively cheap to get a 1 TB SSD) or dealing with the long loading times.

[Kerm]

All this talk of SSD and my HDD does it in 3 second