How long does arma 3 take to download

[6854]

Hey guys, i was wondering how long armA 3 will take to download, i have 33.51 mbps download speed and 1.16 mbps upload speed.
thanks
P.S should i put arma on my ssd (120gb) or my HDD (1 tb)

 

[fa324]

Assuming the download is 15 GB (minimum space required)

15000*8/33.51=3581 seconds (one hour)

If i'm not wrong arma 3 get some performance benefits from an ssd over an hdd

 

[fa324]

Of course it's just an estimation of time but it's pretty accurate if you download from steam and that is your maximum bandwidth.

The SSD question is more than legit.
Most games don't get much benefits from an SSD over an HHD except for loading time, arma (if i remember correctly) is an exception being an openworld

 

[Chayan4400]

Hey guys, i was wondering how long armA 3 will take to download, i have 33.51 mbps download speed and 1.16 mbps upload speed.
thanks
P.S should i put arma on my ssd (120gb) or my HDD (1 tb)

To the OP: Arma 3 v1.40 is 10.7GB to download. With a stable internet connection, the download should take around 1 hour and 10 minutes, accounting for small fluctuations in speed. Accounting for a 10Mbps drop, even at 25.6 Mbps it'll take around 1 hour and 25 minutes, which would be the average time taken if your internet speed fluctuates by about +- 5-7Mbps.

Regarding your question on where to put it, I'd go for the HDD, since you won't see any increase in FPS when you put it on the SSD. It is better to save space on the SSD and put in on the HDD. Keep in mind, however, that if you do put it on the SSD, your loading times will decrease significantly.

 

[6854]

Hey guys, i was wondering how long armA 3 will take to download, i have 33.51 mbps download speed and 1.16 mbps upload speed.
thanks
P.S should i put arma on my ssd (120gb) or my HDD (1 tb)

To the OP: Arma 3 v1.40 is 10.7GB to download. With a stable internet connection, the download should take around 1 hour and 10 minutes, accounting for small fluctuations in speed. Accounting for a 10Mbps drop, even at 25.6 Mbps it'll take around 1 hour and 25 minutes, which would be the average time taken if your internet speed fluctuates by about +- 5-7Mbps.

Regarding your question on where to put it, I'd go for the HDD, since you won't see any increase in FPS when you put it on the SSD. It is better to save space on the SSD and put in on the HDD. Keep in mind, however, that if you do put it on the SSD, your loading times will decrease significantly.

So i won't see any benefits in game if I save it on my ssd? How long will it take to boot up on ssd vs HDD

 

[6854]

Of course it's just an estimation of time but it's pretty accurate if you download from steam and that is your maximum bandwidth.

The SSD question is more than legit.
Most games don't get much benefits from an SSD over an HHD except for loading time, arma (if i remember correctly) is an exception being an openworld

So will I see any in game benefits if I save it on my ssd?

 

[fa324]

Of course it's just an estimation of time but it's pretty accurate if you download from steam and that is your maximum bandwidth.

The SSD question is more than legit.
Most games don't get much benefits from an SSD over an HHD except for loading time, arma (if i remember correctly) is an exception being an openworld

So will I see any in game benefits if I save it on my ssd?

As a general rule, games don't get any benefits from an SSD over an HDD.
However there are a few exceptions.
An SSD won't give you an higher frame rate (that's mainly your GPU job and marginally your CPU) but it can reduce loading time and stuttering.
In Arma 3, being a large sandbox, stuttering is due to the time your HDD/SSD needs to access textures/models and load them in your GPU's RAM.
SSDs have a much lower access time and higher transfer rate, giving them an advantage over HDDs to handle stuttering.

Long story short, if you have enough space in your SSD (120GB is not much actually) install Arma there, otherwise put it on your HHD as any other game and it won't change much.

 

[Chayan4400]

Of course it's just an estimation of time but it's pretty accurate if you download from steam and that is your maximum bandwidth.

The SSD question is more than legit.
Most games don't get much benefits from an SSD over an HHD except for loading time, arma (if i remember correctly) is an exception being an openworld

So will I see any in game benefits if I save it on my ssd?

As a general rule, games don't get any benefits from an SSD over an HDD.
However there are a few exceptions.
An SSD won't give you an higher frame rate (that's mainly your GPU job and marginally your CPU) but it can reduce loading time and stuttering.
In Arma 3, being a large sandbox, stuttering is due to the time your HDD/SSD needs to access textures/models and load them in your GPU's RAM.
SSDs have a much lower access time and higher transfer rate, giving them an advantage over HDDs to handle stuttering.

Long story short, if you have enough space in your SSD (120GB is not much actually) install Arma there, otherwise put it on your HHD as any other game and it won't change much.

EDIT: I agree with everything above . Never mind what I said earlier, I was wrong. After the watching the video linked below, it seems that stuttering and improper loading of textures is a major problem with the HDD. However, what's interesting is that this happens on the SSD as well, with only the RAMDisk being able to run the game with almost all textures loaded. This leads me to think that Arma 3 has a somewhat poorly optimized texture loading system, so it may benefit from being on the SSD after all.

See this video for a true comparism of arma 3 on an SSD vs an HDD (And a RAMDisk, but you won't have to worry about that.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eeRse5mtGA&feature=youtu.be

 

[fa324]

This leads me to think that Arma 3 has a somewhat poorly optimized texture loading system,

Yeah... Bohemia interactive and optimization have never been friends.