SSD dedicated to "ArmA 2"

[Guest General Nuisance]

It just occurred to me that one of the suggestions I've read for the game is to defrag the hard drive. Therefore, is it preferable to have a dedicated H.D.D for the game? Furthermore, would a SSD be the most apt given it is meant to be the fastest?

[dmarkwick 261]

It just occurred to me that one of the suggestions I've read for the game is to defrag the hard drive. Therefore, is it preferable to have a dedicated H.D.D for the game? Furthermore, would a SSD be the most apt given it is meant to be the fastest?

I haven't seen much increase in speed (loading stuff etc) since moving my ArmA2 install to SSD, but it does remove the need to defrag it. If you don't use a SSD, then you must defrag it, especially after installing a patch. If you get a defrag program like Ultimate Defrag, you can specify certain files to be placed on the fastest part of the hard drive, like PBO files for example.

[slimSpencer 10]

a ssd will help, but it should not be necessary to dedicate it to arma2. You can safely install your OS on it in sense of performance.

[W0lle 1052]

Please search before posting. We have numerous threads about SSDs for ArmA2 already.