Hardware & Technical ssd drive

warlock · Jan 21, 2016

Seriously contemplating an ssd . Would like to know if it dramatically increases the loading time of E.D. Answers please.

SyreCorp · Jan 21, 2016

Not dramatically, no. I notice. And enjoy. But still have time to go make coffee.

avow555 · Jan 21, 2016

Not seeing anything significant load time in ED or other games, however OS load time is extremely fast around 20 seconds from cold for me.

Asp Explorer · Jan 21, 2016

You'll enjoy having an SSD

Barking_Mad · Jan 21, 2016

Have no idea about Elite, but they are excellent.

MottiKhan · Jan 21, 2016

I've found that an SSD speeds up those games that keep going back to the HDD. I haven't seen ED/H do that, but I haven't tried it without an SSD either.

I agree with Asp Explorer that you'll like an SSD. It might be for other reasons, such as speedy reboot times though.

Caldric · Jan 21, 2016

I have Samsung 500g Evo is far faster than any 7200rpm I have ever had. You will not go back once you have one. ED loads fast for me anyway and never had it on a spin drive.

CMDR SilverStar_ · Jan 21, 2016

No real help except game's loadding time, system map is still a problem and need to take care.

_Fissure · Jan 21, 2016

avow555 said:
Not seeing anything significant load time in ED or other games, however OS load time is extremely fast around 20 seconds from cold for me.

Same for me. I run my OS and one game on an SSD, and everything else is stored on an HDD. My computers boot-up is insanely fast. Better than my own computer, when u could hit the power button and then leave to make and eat breakfast.

-Joe · Jan 21, 2016

If you fit an improved SSD drive does it increase the jump range of your computer?

warlock · Jan 21, 2016

-Joe said:
If you fit an improved SSD drive does it increase the jump range of your computer?

Chuckle...... +1 rep

shadragon · Jan 21, 2016

warlock said:
Seriously contemplating an ssd drive. Would like to know if it dramatically increases the loading time of E.D. Answers please.

If looking at an SSD, look into PCIe SSD's first. They do not use SATA which has limits to bandwidth for high speed drives. PCIe cards are a lot faster. Here's a cheap one.

http://www.amazon.com/Plextor-256GB-Express-Internal-PX-AG256M6e/dp/B00JM2EQTS

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who? · Jan 21, 2016

-Joe said:
If you fit an improved SSD drive does it increase the jump range of your computer?

Thinking of installing an LSD drive for my next trip.

-Joe · Jan 21, 2016

I've strapped a Space Hopper to mine, that has upped it's performance by leaps and bounds.

OfftheRails · Jan 21, 2016

Night and day. Less so for something like ED where the textures are dynamically generated but there's no other upgrade that comes close to the responsiveness you get from an SSD.

CMDR Heisenberg B. Damned · Jan 21, 2016

Agree with most others SSD is excellent but the thing that's going to speed up Elite loading is a better graphics card. Got four small SSD's with RAID 5 on them, boots in no time and that includes the RAID setup kicking in.

warlock · Jan 21, 2016

ssd ordered.

Aldaris · Jan 21, 2016

Solid State Drive Drive.

Malryc · Jan 21, 2016

Having an SSD made worlds of difference for a lot of my games loading times. Can't specifically say for ED, but I do know that it was one of the best/cheapest upgrades I made to my rig.

Soothsayer · Jan 21, 2016

I seem to remember a bunch of predictions a few years ago about how SSDs would've made HDDs completely obsolete by now. Too bad that hasn't actually materialized. Seems like the exorbitant price of SSDs is here to stay, especially in light of recent advances in HDD technology.