More frames per second in BF1 with SSD compared to HDD!
More frames per second in BF1 with SSD compared to HDD!
Hey there, this piece just appeared on my Facebook feed: http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/7911/u...index.html. The writer ran tests comparing a GTX 760 with a GTX 1060 paired with either an HDD or SSD, resulting in four different setups. From the data at 1080p resolution, three out of four titles—Desus Ex: Mankind Divided, Overwatch, and BF1—showed a 20-30% boost in frame rate simply by switching from HDD to SSD. I found this outcome surprising because I thought online shooters like Overwatch and BF1 would already load quickly enough, with memory and VRAM handling the initial load. I also noticed they mention using an i5 760 on an H97 motherboard, which isn’t uncommon on Tweaktown. Still, it’s worth noting that such a big improvement is rare, so I’m planning to test it myself before sharing results here later. From the four games in the article, only Overwatch and BF1 were tested, so I’ll focus on those first.
This outcome appears very improbable. I tried it with CS:GO and didn’t notice any benefits beyond longer load times. I’d appreciate hearing your findings if you decide to test it.
The i5 is significantly affecting performance, I see around 90+ on bf1 with AA. Probably not worth the trouble, though—cool article either way.
they didn’t seem to catch any differences in GTA 5 between the two drives, particularly with the WD blue drive. It’s possible they had a poor SSD or it was nearly full, which might have affected the results. All games should display consistent performance like GTA 5 did, since loading stutter doesn’t significantly lower FPS by much. It’s also conceivable they recorded zero FPS during loading and included that in their averages. Anthony Garreffa, your experiment looks very doubtful.
Since his CPU is quite outdated, the hard drive it used likely suffered from slow performance and acted as a major limitation.
If the graphics card lacks sufficient VRAM, would the system memory take its place first (after storage)? This explains why I find it strange that storage doesn’t affect frame rate. After all, I’m currently using an HDD for BF1, so hopefully this testing improves loading times even if other results remain unchanged.