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Cosmo Feb 28 @ 5:58am
If there is no SSD, USB-FLASH is an alternative to SSD?
The game only requires an SSD.
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Cosmo Feb 28 @ 6:02am 
I have Fallout 4 installed on a flash drive and it starts up fine.
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Diogenes49 Feb 28 @ 6:03am 
get an nvme drive stick it into the matching enclosure it will be very fast
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Cosmo Feb 28 @ 6:05am 
If a game requires an SSD and does not support HDD, can I install such a game on a USB-FLASH? Technically it's analogous. I need the opinion of a person who experimented like this.
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Wolfpig Feb 28 @ 6:08am 
Yes you can install stuff on it.
It may be slower then a SSD.....even slower then a ssd put in an external case and connected trough usb.

So if loading issues happen you know why they happen.
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Cosmo Feb 28 @ 6:11am 
Originally posted by Wolfpig:
Yes you can install stuff on it.
It may be slower then a SSD.....even slower then a ssd put in an external case and connected trough usb.

So if loading issues happen you know why they happen.
Have you tried this? If the system requirements for the game are at least SSD, is it possible to “bypass” them by installing the game on USB-FLASH?
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Wolfpig Feb 28 @ 6:17am 
Originally posted by CS 24:
Originally posted by Wolfpig:
Yes you can install stuff on it.
It may be slower then a SSD.....even slower then a ssd put in an external case and connected trough usb.

So if loading issues happen you know why they happen.
Have you tried this? If the system requirements for the game are at least SSD, is it possible to “bypass” them by installing the game on USB-FLASH?


I have not tried this.
But i know that a ssd over usb is faster as i put one of my unused in an external case and got 10 times faster speeds then with one of the usb flash sticks i usually use for stuff.
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Stormer Feb 28 @ 7:37am 
Do not do this unless its a tiny indie game unless you want to rapidly burn out and break that flash drive in a few months

if your only playing it rarely its fine though
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Knee Feb 28 @ 7:45am 
I use an external HDD over USB and it works for me.
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Start_Running Feb 28 @ 8:20am 
Yeah That can work but that's gonna be slower than even an HDD.
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nullable Feb 28 @ 9:29am 
Originally posted by CS 24:
The game only requires an SSD.
A flash drive is not a cheap/small SSD.

If a SSD is really necessary, then you need a SSD, instead of trying to find some clever workaround. And the only thing sillier than trying to use a flash drive as a substitute for a SSD would be trying to set up a usb flash drive RAID0 array to try and improve the performance to SSD-like levels(obviously a joke)
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NakiBest Feb 28 @ 9:31am 
There are good, fast external (USB) SSDs too. :)

But basic specs of the laptop or PC in question would be useful to have, if not we are just guessing around.
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Lystent Feb 28 @ 12:25pm 
I am irked at the very thought of refusing to work on a HDD; AFAIK, only major difference between a SSDs and HDDs that really matters for running a game basically boils down to read/write stats. Obviously SSDs are faster that HDDs, but there is always potential for some HDD of "tomorrow" having comparable performance of some SSD of "now", making it a moot point in the process.

Now if the game just referred to the read/write stats instead, I don't think what I mentioned would be an issue.
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NakiBest Feb 28 @ 2:28pm 
No, not really.

SATA3 SSDs, maybe.

But the current fast nVME SSDs - very unlikely.
Moving parts is what makes HDDs slow.
Even with 2 or 3 heads (most HDDs now have 1 head only) they are still very, very far.. :)
Last edited by NakiBest; Feb 28 @ 2:34pm
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Lystent Feb 28 @ 7:05pm 
Originally posted by NakiBest:
No, not really.

SATA3 SSDs, maybe.

But the current fast nVME SSDs - very unlikely.
Moving parts is what makes HDDs slow.
Even with 2 or 3 heads (most HDDs now have 1 head only) they are still very, very far.. :)
Thing is though, is that it doesn't really matter if it is a decent m.2 of "today", or a budget 2.5" from "yesterday", if the check is just seeing if it is a HDD or not.
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nullable Feb 28 @ 7:26pm 
Originally posted by Lystent:
I am irked at the very thought of refusing to work on a HDD; AFAIK, only major difference between a SSDs and HDDs that really matters for running a game basically boils down to read/write stats. Obviously SSDs are faster that HDDs, but there is always potential for some HDD of "tomorrow" having comparable performance of some SSD of "now", making it a moot point in the process.

Now if the game just referred to the read/write stats instead, I don't think what I mentioned would be an issue.

Well what game is refusing to run if it's installed on a HDD? Games have all sorts of minimum requirements stated, they're informational for the user, the game is usually not designed to fail to load if you go beneath the minimums.

I think you may be jumping to conclusions between a statement that the SSD is required and the developer being determined to force the game not to run.

Plus, I don't recall a specific title being mentioned. So guessing at the behavior might be a little error prone.
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