August 13, 201114 yr Hi Guys, Would FSX (and other stuff) load faster with a SSD drive or a Sata III mechanical drive. I am having both fitted to my new system,and I was thinking of having the SSD drive as the boot drive, and FSX on the Sata III drive. Just one other question, is there any advantage with Windows 7 PRO 64bit, over, Windows 7 HOME 64bit, with running FSX and other stuff. Thanks all for looking. JCC.
August 13, 201114 yr +1 on jahman. If you can get a SATAIII SSD over a SATAII SSD even better. They have reads of up to over 540MB/s Di Agron Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 | Got a hardware question? Ask: HERE (Mobo's, Ram, CPU's, custom builds, general hardware etc) HERE (Graphics cards, monitors, drivers etc) HERE (Peripherals/Hardware and related drivers) HERE (Internet/Networking) PMDG FMC NavData out of date message fix HERE
August 14, 201114 yr Revodrive, very quick but won't help with performance. Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern
August 14, 201114 yr Read hereTake a 120Gb OCZ Vertex 3 for W_7 + FSX (office) and put the rest of the crap on a 2nd HD Jan Vaane - KLM149 aka PH-JVA
August 14, 201114 yr Win 7 and FSX on one 120GB SSD? You must have a small FSX folder or not many addons!!!! Glenn Ryzen 3700X, X570 Pro Wifi, 32GB 3600mhz RAM, Nvidia Titan Xp "Galactic Empire", RM750x PSU, H700 case, 2x NVMe M2 SSD, 1x SATA SSD
August 14, 201114 yr My FSX install is 81.3GB including GEX, REX and UTX. So that will fit alongside the OS on the SSD easily Di Agron Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 | Got a hardware question? Ask: HERE (Mobo's, Ram, CPU's, custom builds, general hardware etc) HERE (Graphics cards, monitors, drivers etc) HERE (Peripherals/Hardware and related drivers) HERE (Internet/Networking) PMDG FMC NavData out of date message fix HERE
August 14, 201114 yr Exactly. I'm getting a Corsair Force 3 120GB SSD in my new system. I'll get FSX, OS and all of my GEX (Eu & USA), REX & UTX (Eu, Can, USA). Di Agron Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 | Got a hardware question? Ask: HERE (Mobo's, Ram, CPU's, custom builds, general hardware etc) HERE (Graphics cards, monitors, drivers etc) HERE (Peripherals/Hardware and related drivers) HERE (Internet/Networking) PMDG FMC NavData out of date message fix HERE
August 14, 201114 yr My OS+FSX drive already hit the 100GB mark... it depends really. If you have photoscenery for example it's not feasible to have it all in an SSD, unless you have money to burn, that is
August 14, 201114 yr +1 on dazz. If you've got a deep pocket, grab a SSD and a 600GB Vrap....or just get 2 massive PCI-e SSD's.... Di Agron Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 | Got a hardware question? Ask: HERE (Mobo's, Ram, CPU's, custom builds, general hardware etc) HERE (Graphics cards, monitors, drivers etc) HERE (Peripherals/Hardware and related drivers) HERE (Internet/Networking) PMDG FMC NavData out of date message fix HERE
August 15, 201114 yr My OS+FSX drive already hit the 100GB mark... it depends really. If you have photoscenery for example it's not feasible to have it all in an SSD, unless you have money to burn, that isI really think Intel's SRT is the way to go. I DOES actually increase your HDD performance by 4x. Only if you have a Z68 mobo so it is a miss for a lot. Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern
August 15, 201114 yr I really think Intel's SRT is the way to go. I DOES actually increase your HDD performance by 4x. Only if you have a Z68 mobo so it is a miss for a lot. Can you do a quick test please Andrew? Load FSX, note how long it takes to loadClose it.Repeat and fly for a while, a short hop should doShut FSX down, and load it again, does it take it significantly longer to load after a flight? if it does the the SSD cache was depleted and replaced with new files do you have MyTraffic, the IVAO MTL or lots of scenery packages that increases load times? it should make it easier to notice the impact of smart response
August 15, 201114 yr I don't actually have it installed but I know it will help with overall system performance but I don't think it really helps within FSX. Could you help me. I am wondering weather to get a new 24" moniter (i have a 17" Analog LCD) or a 64GB SSD for the SRT. Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern
August 15, 201114 yr I don't actually have it installed but I know it will help with overall system performance but I don't think it really helps within FSX. Could you help me. I am wondering weather to get a new 24" moniter (i have a 17" Analog LCD) or a 64GB SSD for the SRT. If I were you it would be hands down the 24'' monitor, but that's just me... I'd give that GTX570 something nice to work with
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