HiWould buying a SSD drive boost FSX performence ??

Hi,Load time--yes.FPS--no.

Anyone done tests?

The FPS rate remains unchanged.Since I installed my FSX on a good SSD, the sim runs more fluid and smooth. The textures are always immediately sharp. There are no blurried textures any more. I highly recommend a good SSD for the FSX. :(

thanks for your help gents.

Anyone done tests?

I use a 160 GB Intel X-25M SSD for my FS drive. FSX loads in ~20 sec vs 3 min from a 10,000 RPM 300Gb WD Velociraptor with the exact same configuration mirrored on it. I also note that I almost never see stutters when turning on the ground or in close proximity to dense autogen scenery.FPS are largely unaffected.Was it worth it? I think so.RegardsBob ScottColonel, USAF (ret)ATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VColorado Springs, CO

On my computer the SSD resulted in a bit quicker loading times. That's it and that's all. I don't notice any difference while flying. Nothing at all.

Takes me 11 second to start FSX and 70 seconds to get into a flight the first time and this is on a 7200 rpm drive.The expense of an SSD drive to me it not worth the gain.Nice little article about SSD operations http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/...e-used-why.html

SSDs will have much faster read times over the antiquated, dare I say, so passe' spin type storage device circa 2009 :) From what I read, SSDs makes quite the difference overall on the system, especially system boot time and when loading lots of data, so scenery and textures will load quite a bit better on an SSD drive. Think of the benefits of old ramdisks of way back when (except now if the power goes out, the data doesn't go poof). Keep in mind though that there are limits to bandwidth available depending on the interfaces you have. It appears the bottleneck is not so much the drive, it's the interface capacity. SSD manufacturers are working hard on boosting the interface speed as the devices are capable of sustained transfers that can max out current pipes. You should still realize significant difference overall in I/O over a regular hard disk.I have that on my definite buy list when prices get a bit more reasonable, as my Barracuda drive does quite nicely at the moment with its large cache and capacity.Cheers

Recently I had the chance to test a ssd drive for FSX.The loading times where quicker, but no difference in fps or fluidness.When looking at my disk led it lights up when loading FSX and then once every X seconds when flying.The 32mb cache drives are, imho, fast enough for FSX.Perhaps when faster boards will be released in the future it will make a difference.

For some interesting comments, read driveguru and c627627's posts in this thread:It's a good read..http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthr...5403&page=2

I also luv my SSD. The biggest benefit for me is that after all these years I don't have to listen to a (analog) HD cranking away. I won't ever go back. jja

I said the SSD doesn't do much for FSX, apart from starting up quicker, but that doesn't mean I don't like it: I also will not ever buy a regular hard disk again. I got Windows 7 on my SSD and also (dual boot) on my 'old' SpinPoint. W7 on the SSD is QUICK, responsive, a joy to work with: whenever I start the old system up, I am surprised at how long it takes before I can enter my password en before the desktop appears. Okay, it's all about seconds, not minutes, but the SDD feels fresh and quick so... if my old HD has to be replaced, I will get a SSD instead! Even though they are smaller and cost more. My hard disk days are over.

I beauty of an SSD is never having to defrag FSX again and not suffer any FSX performance degradation due to file fragmentation. It used to take me up to 3/4 of an hour to do a full "Name" defrag on my FGX partition. I agree that there is no perceived performance gain over a Velociraptor but you won't get performance degradation due to fragmentation over time with an SSD.Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

I'll add to the choir. I have seen no FSX performance improvement on replacing 2x150 GB Raptors with 1x 256 GB SSD. Only load times have reduced. However, one additional advantage worth highlighting is that power consumption and heat are way down, so that system fan noise is substantially reduced.Overall, is it worth upgrading? In a word: No.At least, not at current retail prices.Cheers,Noel.