[Glen73]

So recently I have been hearing some chatter that a ssd is a must for gaming and can reduce fps stutters,  well I'm a huge fan of ssd's and run my OS on one, have done so since there introduction, but also run a good old fashion hdd for gaming content. It makes sense to me, when I turn on my system I want it to boot as quickly as possible and I want windows sitting on something fast. So a 60 gig ssd fits perfectly,  although now prices have come down considerably would change my OS ssd to a 120 gig, but I will still keep fighting the fight and keep windows on a diet.

So enough of my drible and onto a article that compares directly swap in swap out of hdd to ssd with real gaming results.

[Bird]

No time to read it right now, but I expect there'll be little difference if any.  I'll read it later to see if I've guessed right

[Bacchulum]

I just skipped to the conclusion and it confirms my thoughts, no difference in game play.
I just use it for the load times.
(it really helps with Nordschleiffe )

[Wally]

I just skipped to the conclusion and it confirms my thoughts, no difference in game play.
I just use it for the load times.
(it really helps with Nordschleiffe )

Yeah, just what I would have thought.

[Brit]

interesting... but i can confirm time between maps is much better in BF4 with the SSD option. thats the only difference i can see and its enough to make me want my games on SSD

[Glen73]

interesting... but i can confirm time between maps is much better in BF4 with the SSD option. thats the only difference i can see and its enough to make me want my games on SSD

And I could easily justify to buy one for that reason alone as well but the reason I posted this up was to show it makes no difference at all to gaming performance once the map/track is loaded and you shouldn't think your game will improve FPS or run a lot smoother because you have your games on a SSD.

If I was building something new from scratch then a Samsung 840 250G Evo SSD would probably go in 

[Bird]

Thanks, guys, for the executive summary, that's what I thought.

I'd put in a 1TB Samsung 840 to be honest.  I still may, just for the fun of it  
Nah, actually the 256GB is plenty.  Especially paired with a 2TB SSHD.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Good test and write-up.  Thanks.

I'm not sure how many people are under the impression that an SSD will make actual gaming performance better?  Perhaps if there is a lack of RAM?

I upgraded to an SSD purely because of the decrease in loading times.  In games like Rise of Flight they can take a number of minutes to load on a HDD, but with an SSD this is cut down to around 15 to 20 seconds.  This alone makes an SSD a must for someone like me who plays sims and hates waiting

[Brit]

funny thing just happened in BF4, public servers now have a spawn delay to give everyone the chance to get in the server before starting... negates the people who bought SSD's for better load times... i used be able to nick a couple of control points before some players even got in... alas no more in this game title!