How do you not have load times? At some point you're going to have to load those resources. Do you mean like between Acts and such? I'm legitimately curious, not trying to troll here
How do you not have load times? At some point you're going to have to load those resources. Do you mean like between Acts and such? I'm legitimately curious, not trying to troll here
100% agreed. It can be fully optimized, but it still need to load something.
IN any case the only benefit you're going to get from SSD is faster load times. You're game play won't really be affected. If you want to insure the best quality game play you're going to need a setup with good RAM, a good processor, a good graphics card and a good internet connection. Though, i'm sure most people already know that.
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Oh, and your load times will be slowed down if you have a slower bus RAM, by the way, even if you have a SSD. All of that data still gets loaded into the RAM at the speed of the RAM bus.
Otherwise, I doubt D3 is optimized only for SSD in minds. As you move around the world, things are loaded mostly before you get to them, and they will do so fast enough for most HDD I'm sure of that.
It might help when warping, using waypoints and the like.
You should never expect anything else from a SSD. A SSD is just a luxury, more so than most computer parts.
Any loading screen will probably be slightly faster with a SSD but that's about it. Once the game is loaded no issues. If you hit another loading screen, you might shave an extra second off that but I don't suspect they will be long as is.
How do you not have load times? At some point you're going to have to load those resources. Do you mean like between Acts and such? I'm legitimately curious, not trying to troll here
Except for the initial log into the game i doubt there will be load times at all, SSD in most cases is a waste.
After initially loading the game, will anything be improved by having the game installed on a SSD?
If you haven't bought the SSD yet, get a hard drive and spend the money you save on a better graphics card. All modern games benefit from a fast GPU more than any other variable.
SSD's are too expensive at the moment. As mentioned, buying a regular HD and spending the money on a graphics card will do you a lot better. I'd have 4 gigs of RAM at least (assuming Windows 7).
SSD's are too expensive at the moment. As mentioned, buying a regular HD and spending the money on a graphics card will do you a lot better. I'd have 4 gigs of RAM at least (assuming Windows 7).
On his note make sure you have a Windows 7 64-bit OS on 4 Gigs of RAM. The 32-Bit OS isn't able to recognize or use more than 3 gigs.
How do you not have load times? At some point you're going to have to load those resources. Do you mean like between Acts and such? I'm legitimately curious, not trying to troll here
100% agreed. It can be fully optimized, but it still need to load something.
IN any case the only benefit you're going to get from SSD is faster load times. You're game play won't really be affected. If you want to insure the best quality game play you're going to need a setup with good RAM, a good processor, a good graphics card and a good internet connection. Though, i'm sure most people already know that.
EDIT:
Oh, and your load times will be slowed down if you have a slower bus RAM, by the way, even if you have a SSD. All of that data still gets loaded into the RAM at the speed of the RAM bus.
i5 2500k OCed to 4.5-4.3 with a hyper212+ $30 fan
Asus p67 delux mobo
ddr 1600 ram (doesn't matter size or sticKS (obv if you're not an idiot you would get 2x 2gb or 2x 4gb)
nuff sed
560ti fermi graphics card (really good price/performance not to mention great card)
I can post a bang for buck 1000-1100 setup if you want guys
Thanks for the help. How do you tell what your RAM bus speed is? My specs are below:
Win7 Pro x64
Intel Core i7 920 Oced to 3.1 GHz
ASUS P6T basic
6 GB Corsair Dominator DDR3/1600
ATI Radeon HD 5750 1GB
1 TB 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
Asetek LCLC 120 Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan
Verizon FiOS 25 mbps connection
In the windows experience index, my hard drive is bringing the scores down from the 7 range to 5.9, so I've been thinking about getting a SSD, but it seems it won't make much of a difference for Diablo 3.
Thanks for the help. How do you tell what your RAM bus speed is? My specs are below:
Win7 Pro x64
Intel Core i7 920 Oced to 3.1 GHz
ASUS P6T basic
6 GB Corsair Dominator DDR3/1600
ATI Radeon HD 5750 1GB
1 TB 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
Asetek LCLC 120 Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan
Verizon FiOS 25 mbps connection
In the windows experience index, my hard drive is bringing the scores down from the 7 range to 5.9, so I've been thinking about getting a SSD, but it seems it won't make much of a difference for Diablo 3.
you screwed yourself by getting the i7 920 instead of i7 2600k or the i5 2500k
liquid cooling is way too expensive for it's benefits I mean you can OC the i5 2500k/i7 2600k to 4.5 or more with a hyper212+
also screwed yourself with the mobo since P6T isn't made for ocing
Thanks for the help. How do you tell what your RAM bus speed is? My specs are below:
Win7 Pro x64
Intel Core i7 920 Oced to 3.1 GHz
ASUS P6T basic
6 GB Corsair Dominator DDR3/1600
ATI Radeon HD 5750 1GB
1 TB 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
Asetek LCLC 120 Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan
Verizon FiOS 25 mbps connection
In the windows experience index, my hard drive is bringing the scores down from the 7 range to 5.9, so I've been thinking about getting a SSD, but it seems it won't make much of a difference for Diablo 3.
you screwed yourself by getting the i7 920 instead of i7 2600k or the i5 2500k
liquid cooling is way too expensive for it's benefits I mean you can OC the i5 2500k/i7 2600k to 4.5 or more with a hyper212+
also screwed yourself with the mobo since P6T isn't made for ocing
Thanks for that comment. I bought my computer in Dec 2009 so both of those wouldn't have been around. Liquid cooling was like a $20 upgrade so it wasn't really expensive.
After initially loading the game, will anything be improved by having the game installed on a SSD?
If your worried about load times just get 2 HD's and RAID 0 them. Even though as most already said it really wont matter.
My RAID setup gets 300-360mbps write and my SSD (boot drive and important docs and cs5) only gets 150-180mbps...raid gets 7.9 on the windows thing ssd only gets 6.9. Just an fyi
After initially loading the game, will anything be improved by having the game installed on a SSD?
If your worried about load times just get 2 HD's and RAID 0 them. Even though as most already said it really wont matter.
My RAID setup gets 300-360mbps write and my SSD (boot drive and important docs and cs5) only gets 150-180mbps...raid gets 7.9 on the windows thing ssd only gets 6.9. Just an fyi
Thanks, that is a good idea. I already have two HD's in there, just not in RAID. One is older though, I wonder if it will still be helpful. What do you use to test your actual read speed performance?
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Thanks, that is a good idea. I already have two HD's in there, just not in RAID. One is older though, I wonder if it will still be helpful. What do you use to test your actual read speed performance?
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A program called DiskBench (its free and you can get it here if you want http://www.nodesoft.com/diskbench) is pretty much what most people use to test their hard drives. It will check read/write speeds in a more "real life" situation.
You need 2 of the exact same drive for RAID 0. Well actually that's not true but to get the performance of it you do. Also the down side of RAID 0 is if you loose 1 HDD you lose all your data, so it doubles your chance for HDD failure. Another thing is you can do a hardware bios RAID (if your mobo supports it, and yours does) or a software RAID. However hardware RAID is much better/faster than software RAID. Just a couple things to think about before you start buying HDD's and what not.
Do some research, and if it fits you budget and needs I'd say go for it.
I've got all my games on a SSD and they all run better, so yes, i'd imagine D3 should as well.
By run better, i mean, load times are all near instant, and even when there isn't a load bar or anything, the slight bit of graphical lag associated with loading up something like a city and all it's assets when you zone into it suffers 0 fps loss. I <3 my SSD.
Wouldn't say in most cases. But I guess it depends on what you're using you're machine for. Even with just my hybrid ssd I notice everything loads faster.
This thread is making me want to invest in a SSD myself. They've come down a lot in price in the past month or two. I would expect D3 to be similar to SC2 with the longest load time immediately when you launch the game and then little to no loading to follow.
100% agreed. It can be fully optimized, but it still need to load something.
IN any case the only benefit you're going to get from SSD is faster load times. You're game play won't really be affected. If you want to insure the best quality game play you're going to need a setup with good RAM, a good processor, a good graphics card and a good internet connection. Though, i'm sure most people already know that.
EDIT:
Oh, and your load times will be slowed down if you have a slower bus RAM, by the way, even if you have a SSD. All of that data still gets loaded into the RAM at the speed of the RAM bus.
Otherwise, I doubt D3 is optimized only for SSD in minds. As you move around the world, things are loaded mostly before you get to them, and they will do so fast enough for most HDD I'm sure of that.
It might help when warping, using waypoints and the like.
You should never expect anything else from a SSD. A SSD is just a luxury, more so than most computer parts.
Except for the initial log into the game i doubt there will be load times at all, SSD in most cases is a waste.
If you haven't bought the SSD yet, get a hard drive and spend the money you save on a better graphics card. All modern games benefit from a fast GPU more than any other variable.
-Kardax
On his note make sure you have a Windows 7 64-bit OS on 4 Gigs of RAM. The 32-Bit OS isn't able to recognize or use more than 3 gigs.
i5 2500k OCed to 4.5-4.3 with a hyper212+ $30 fan
Asus p67 delux mobo
ddr 1600 ram (doesn't matter size or sticKS (obv if you're not an idiot you would get 2x 2gb or 2x 4gb)
nuff sed
560ti fermi graphics card (really good price/performance not to mention great card)
I can post a bang for buck 1000-1100 setup if you want guys
Win7 Pro x64
Intel Core i7 920 Oced to 3.1 GHz
ASUS P6T basic
6 GB Corsair Dominator DDR3/1600
ATI Radeon HD 5750 1GB
1 TB 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
Asetek LCLC 120 Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan
Verizon FiOS 25 mbps connection
In the windows experience index, my hard drive is bringing the scores down from the 7 range to 5.9, so I've been thinking about getting a SSD, but it seems it won't make much of a difference for Diablo 3.
liquid cooling is way too expensive for it's benefits I mean you can OC the i5 2500k/i7 2600k to 4.5 or more with a hyper212+
also screwed yourself with the mobo since P6T isn't made for ocing
Thanks for that comment. I bought my computer in Dec 2009 so both of those wouldn't have been around. Liquid cooling was like a $20 upgrade so it wasn't really expensive.
If your worried about load times just get 2 HD's and RAID 0 them. Even though as most already said it really wont matter.
My RAID setup gets 300-360mbps write and my SSD (boot drive and important docs and cs5) only gets 150-180mbps...raid gets 7.9 on the windows thing ssd only gets 6.9. Just an fyi
Thanks, that is a good idea. I already have two HD's in there, just not in RAID. One is older though, I wonder if it will still be helpful. What do you use to test your actual read speed performance?
Thanks, that is a good idea. I already have two HD's in there, just not in RAID. One is older though, I wonder if it will still be helpful. What do you use to test your actual read speed performance?
[/quote]
A program called DiskBench (its free and you can get it here if you want http://www.nodesoft.com/diskbench) is pretty much what most people use to test their hard drives. It will check read/write speeds in a more "real life" situation.
You need 2 of the exact same drive for RAID 0. Well actually that's not true but to get the performance of it you do. Also the down side of RAID 0 is if you loose 1 HDD you lose all your data, so it doubles your chance for HDD failure. Another thing is you can do a hardware bios RAID (if your mobo supports it, and yours does) or a software RAID. However hardware RAID is much better/faster than software RAID. Just a couple things to think about before you start buying HDD's and what not.
Do some research, and if it fits you budget and needs I'd say go for it.
By run better, i mean, load times are all near instant, and even when there isn't a load bar or anything, the slight bit of graphical lag associated with loading up something like a city and all it's assets when you zone into it suffers 0 fps loss. I <3 my SSD.
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