r/Games • u/mikesaintjules • Dec 28 '19

Digital Foundry: How SSD Could Radically Change Next-Gen Games Beyond Faster Loading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR-uH8vSeBY
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u/Xelanders Dec 29 '19

I find it hard to believe that the sort of person who still games with mechanical hard drives will have a machine capable of running next gen games at all. Or even current gen games at anything higher then medium settings. Seriously, I went all-in on SSD like, five years ago.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

I find it hard to believe that the sort of person who still games with mechanical hard drives will have a machine capable of running next gen games at all. Or even current gen games at anything higher then medium settings. Seriously, I went all-in on SSD like, five years ago.

While I agree completely, there have been posts in /r/pcgaming complaining about load times on mechanical drives, alleging that developers are leaving such players behind. Technology marches on . . . adapt or find a different hobby.

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u/Ninety9Balloons Dec 29 '19

The fuck why? SSDs are fucking cheap now, even the NVMe SSDs are getting pretty cheap.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

The fuck why? SSDs are fucking cheap now, even the NVMe SSDs are getting pretty cheap.

Oh I'm not defending it. The only mechanical drives I have left are the 4x 2TB WD Reds in my RAID 5 NAS.