Gaming SSD

enigmo · 27 May 2011 at 11:37

8igdave said:
At the moment the sweet spot is a 480gtx. But in a month there likely won't be any 480#s left. Prices are rocketing now on other sites up to £600 where they have literally 1 left.

Out of interest, I can see why at their stock price they're totally worth it over a 560Ti, but surely not £300+, or am I missing something?

MumboJumbo · 27 May 2011 at 12:34

enigmo said:
Out of interest, I can see why at their stock price they're totally worth it over a 560Ti, but surely not £300+, or am I missing something?

Nope definitly not worth it as they are compariable to a 570 and a tad slower than a 580. Both of which are right in the £300 price range and they are cooler and quieter.

However at £200 they are just rediculas. I've got two 480GTX SE's in sli and they are £300 cheaper than 580 sli and 10% slower, usually closer to 5% in less demanding games.

Atom · 27 May 2011 at 12:49

I considered a ssd for games but didn't think it was worth the cost. Got a Velociraptor off the MM and I use that now..

MooMoo444 · 27 May 2011 at 14:17

SSD for gaming is just a nice tweak to have. It's the overall system performance that makes it worth

I really notice it in WoW though.

enigmo · 27 May 2011 at 14:58

Well, I'm going to feed the new beast a 120GB Force3 already. If I can't get the scratch together in the next few weeks for a 480GTX, I'll just plump for a 560Ti and have done with it for another two years.

enigmo · 27 May 2011 at 15:00

While I'm here, one other basic question: Whatever gfx card I get will currently just be driving a single 22" screen. If I were to add a second 22 to that (purely for desktop work, not dual-screen gaming) would going over 1GB in a gfx card be of any benefit? Aer there even any games that would benefit from dual screens anyway other than WoW and EveOnline?

MooMoo444 · 27 May 2011 at 15:23

Well all games benefit in the sense that, you can keep the game open on one without having to tab out to do other stuff.

enigmo · 27 May 2011 at 17:00

MooMoo444 said:
Well all games benefit in the sense that, you can keep the game open on one without having to tab out to do other stuff.

True... Which I'll find of very limited use tbh.
Right, ta

Amraam · 27 May 2011 at 18:06

I don't see how an SSD would boost gaming performance, other than loading the game and maps etc.

enigmo · 1 Jun 2011 at 10:19

Amraam said:
I don't see how an SSD would boost gaming performance, other than loading the game and maps etc.

In terms of raw fps, probably not at all, but from my mates who already have PCs with SSDs, the whole experience of reduced booting, loading, and caching times makes your whole PC feel much more responsive. So, gaming aside, it's for the whole 'user experience' improvement. When it comes to gaming itself, I'll probably see 30secs or so taken off power on to desktop times, 10, maybe 15secs off game loading times, and maybe a few seconds off loading times between levels. Doesn't add up to a whole lot of time saved, but its down to the experience and feel of your machine. Liken it to stiffening up the suspension on your car; unless you're a professional driver actually running a course you won't see much if any speed increase but any novice driver will 'feel' the car be more responsive.

Arcane · 1 Jun 2011 at 10:27

When my Vertex RAID 0 died a while ago I had to use an old Raptor whilst waiting for the RMA, it was like pulling teeth quite frankly, annoyingly noisy and so slow I kept thinking something was up with it, Shogun and Crysis 2 took an age to load, no way would I go back to a Mechanical HD again.