[SOLVED] How would playing an open world game like RDR2 be like with 30 MB/s?

[tr4405]

Would it even be possible?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Depends on full system specification - cpu, gpu, ram.
But probably - would have to endure painfully slow loading times.

 

[tr4405]

Depends on full system specification - cpu, gpu, ram.
But probably - would have to endure painfully slow loading times.

Would you have any other problems since the game has to frequently get assets from the HDD?

 

[kanewolf]

Would it even be possible?

30MB/s is flash drive speed. Is this a raspberry PI with a CF card? Normal PC storage will be way above 30MB/s.

 

[hotaru.hino]

From what I gather, most games now generally load in lower resolution assets just so you have something to work with and load in higher resolution ones later.

However there's definitely a limit. I tried running GTAV from a network drive over 802.11n. Chunks of the world were outright missing. So I can only imagine RDR2 being worse.

 

[tr4405]

30MB/s is flash drive speed. Is this a raspberry PI with a CF card? Normal PC storage will be way above 30MB/s.

I know but theoretically would gaming be possible with those speeds?

 

[hotaru.hino]

I know but theoretically would gaming be possible with those speeds?

It depends on the game and how much stuff it wants to load. In a technical answer, yes, playing an open world game is possible on 30 MB/sec because GTA 3, GTA Vice City, and GTA San Andreas all ran from the PS2's 4x DVD drive, which has a throughput of about 5.3 MB/sec

 

[tr4405]

It depends on the game and how much stuff it wants to load. In a technical answer, yes, playing an open world game is possible on 30 MB/sec because GTA 3, GTA Vice City, and GTA San Andreas all ran from the PS2's 4x DVD drive, which has a throughput of about 5.3 MB/sec

What about gta 5, rdr2, or far cry 5?

 

[hotaru.hino]

What about gta 5, rdr2, or far cry 5?

If you want to figure this out on your own and you have said games, use Windows Performance Monitor and log the storage drive throughput while playing said games. If it's constantly above 30MB/sec, you'll have your answer.

 

[revodo]

Damn, I thought this was an internet speed question. I was about to be all reassuring.