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[RE77ACTION]

It's my opinion that the stutters don't come from the HDD (maybe there are exceptions). I've tested the game on a HDD (7200) and on 3 very fast SSD's in a RAID 0 array (which is probably bottlenecked by the controller or bus). It's my experience that it makes totally no difference in stuttering. Thereby I have to say that my stutters are mostly mild.

I agree with TUSA/TX-Gunslinger that it has probably something to do with the code of the game. On the moments that you see a short heavy drop in FPS you see a simultaneous (more or less) drop in CPU utilization. Normally CPU utilization should increase when a game has lots to process.

[Orpheus]

Originally Posted by RE77ACTION

It's my opinion that the stutters don't come from the HDD (maybe there are exceptions). I've tested the game on a HDD (7200) and on 3 very fast SSD's in a RAID 0 array (which is probably bottlenecked by the controller or bus). It's my experience that it makes totally no difference in stuttering. Thereby I have to say that my stutters are mostly mild.

I agree with TUSA/TX-Gunslinger that it has probably something to do with the code of the game. On the moments that you see a short heavy drop in FPS you see a simultaneous (more or less) drop in CPU utilization. Normally CPU utilization should increase when a game has lots to process.

This is interesting. Games that have a lot of stutter often come accompanied by cries to install it to an SSD (which winds me up a bit, frankly lol).

Any graphs or screens that show this effect in action? Obviously you can't show us the stutters, but a CPU monitor shot showing these dropouts could go a long way in helping the devs (or us!) solve the stutter problem?

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by Orpheus

This is interesting. Games that have a lot of stutter often come accompanied by cries to install it to an SSD (which winds me up a bit, frankly lol).

Any graphs or screens that show this effect in action? Obviously you can't show us the stutters, but a CPU monitor shot showing these dropouts could go a long way in helping the devs (or us!) solve the stutter problem?

I'm not saying you'll get any better frame rates or reduce stuttering in any particular sim, but I doubt I would ever make another PC for myself without a SSD. (until something faster comes out of course )

For me it's worth the extra $150 for the faster system startup and game load times. And I'm not even part of the 'Now' generation. Lifes to short to be waiting around for your PC to start.

Cheers!