Game loading screens excessively long even after substantial GPU upgrade: Will an SSD help?

[hammer326]

So per the title, I've had some real issues with a specific game (Dragon age inquisition) loading horribly slow most of the time. I have since upgraded to an almost $300 GPU, the GTX 1060 6GB, and this game, now 2 years old, refused to load anywhere near as quickly as any other game I own including many modern titles. I am out of ideas and am wondering if these SSD's everyone loves so much will help specifically with game loading screens compared to my current HDD's. Perhaps it's another issue though, as my CPU is quite dated AND is shown to be working really hard in-game, per my Keyboard's LCD display of CPU and RAM usage.


System specs:
EVGA GTX 1060 6GB
12GB RAM
intel DH77KC mobo
intel I5 3330 CPU
Corsair 750w PSU
2x Seagate 500GB HDD's
Windows 7 64 bit


Thanks in advance.

 

[MrNiemo]

Any idea how many RPMs your Seagate drives are? How long is "excessively long"? I was playing some DAI recently and loading screens never seem to be more than a few seconds. I have the game on a WD Velociraptor, but it really isn't much faster than a normal 7200 RPM drive. If you have less than 7200 RPM drives, they're really not ideal for gaming. SSDs are faster than any spinning drive and will generally shave a second or two off of load screens in my experience.

 

[jossrik]

I've loaded DAI off HDDs, SSDs, and RAID SSDs. The load times get faster and faster as you increase your throughput. I recommend a SSD for anything you're playing a lot and currently. Right now I have about 6 or 7 games loaded to my SSD (512Gb Mushkin) and D3 loaded in a RAM drive. Yes, a SSD will decrease load times, however, this is about the only change you'll see from a SSD to HDD in game. You won't get any more FPS or a smoother experience out of it. Up to you whether or not that's worth the price of a SSD.

 

[darkguset]

You got it wrong kiddo - your GPU has nothing to do with loading times - The following things affect it in order: Hard Disk, CPU, Memory

If you want shorter loading times you will have to upgrade the components in the order shown above (depending where your bottleneck is).

Your system looks in decent shape, so I would go to an SSD first (trust me, you will see a HUGE difference).

Good luck my friend!

 

[hammer326]

FYI, you're all right, more or less. I did imply at least that I should expect better load times from a better GPU which I concur is not how it works. I meant to say that on the OLD GPU the game's framerate was nothing exceptional either.

I am happy to report that I have finally invested in and installed a Crucial 525GB SSD and moved my install to it. DRAMATIC difference. Thanks again friends!