Solid state hard drive and Arma?

[bootleg soldier 2]

Hey guys just a quick Q to see if anyone knows if using a solid state hard drive will improve peformance for Arma?

Don't get me wrong at the moment i am able to run Arma very well as have I7 proccesor, Nvidia 470 and 6gb of ram. frame rates all more than acceptale on high and V high setting.... but as SSD's are super quick at reading from themselves was wondering if Arma is the sort of game that would benifit from them.

Now i know that SSD's improve loading times on say linear games that load in the level and that is it so don't neccesarily improve actual game perfomance but as Arma seems to load so much more into itself thought this is where it may benifit. Anyone use one and has noticed a difference? Or am i barking up the wrong wooden structure? :bounce3:

Bootleg

[ffur2007slx2_5 11]

There's already been a question asked in forum before I remember.

AFAIK, It is absolutely true that you can play the game smoothly with the viewdistance of 15000m if you use SSD.

[Tonmeister 14]

Hi,

I've recently made the transition to an SSD and I've noticed a improvement in gamplay, particularly with regard to texture streaming from the drive resulting in smoother visual consistency . I installed everything onto the ssd drive and ran the benchmark tests. The first benchmark ran at 24fps, whereas the second benchmark ran at 9fps, but I believe this may be due to other hardware, such as graphic and mobo, in my system more than the ssd capabilities. Stuttering hasn't been a problem, however I have noted it occasionally. The overall install with mods is around 35gig, and i have a 60gig drive.

OS::win7 64

mobo::M4A78T-E

ram::4Gig

ssd:: patriot inferno

Graphic:: ATI 5850

chip:: AMD phenom II X4 955

there are a few ssd threads in the forum which I recommend reading.

hope that helps

Edited December 14, 2010 by Ebolavirus

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