Are SSD important for gaming

[bigjohnny]

im currently building mainly for 1080p gaming.Ive been told that games like Batman Arkham Knight and Fallout 4 suffer from stuttering because of slow storage which is the only reason im thinking of getting the SSD

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[rkzhao]

The speed benefit is noticeable for load times. Stuttering can happen in games if the drive can't keep up with what the game want's to load in the background.

That said, games are optimized to primarily rely on memory for operation, which is way faster than even the fastest SSDs. A good HDD should be good enough. So for a gaming rig, I would prioritize everything else before worrying about a SSD. If you have the money though, then sure, go for it.

 

[Supahos]

As cheap as you can get a 250 GB SSD now I'd never build another PC without a SSD.

 

[NEmpire95]

In my experience very few games actually benefit from SSD's, meaning you aren't likely to see a huge performance benefit from them in game. For example Fallout 4 has very slow loading times regardless of using a hard drive or ssd (I have tried it on both and seen very little performance gain). That being said, SSD's are great if you are going to use them as a boot drive or are running programs on them like Photoshop ect. as they will greatly increase speed and boot times.

 

[rgd1101]

In my experience very few games actually benefit from SSD's, meaning you aren't likely to see a huge performance benefit from them in game. For example Fallout 4 has very slow loading times regardless of using a hard drive or ssd (I have tried it on both and seen very little performance gain). That being said, SSD's are great if you are going to use them as a boot drive or are running programs on them like Photoshop ect. as they will greatly increase speed and boot times.

Can you test it again with the official high resolution texture pack?

 

[NEmpire95]

In my experience very few games actually benefit from SSD's, meaning you aren't likely to see a huge performance benefit from them in game. For example Fallout 4 has very slow loading times regardless of using a hard drive or ssd (I have tried it on both and seen very little performance gain). That being said, SSD's are great if you are going to use them as a boot drive or are running programs on them like Photoshop ect. as they will greatly increase speed and boot times.

Can you test it again with the official high resolution texture pack?

Is that even out yet? I would still say that VRAM and DRAM are of more importance for gaming than and SSD though aside from initial load times.

 

[rgd1101]

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