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Yea a SSD makes a high difference in load times I have a dedicated 120gb SSD for my OS I'm booted into windows in about 10 seconds.I also got a 512GB SSD for p3d only Loading p3dv2 before the SSD was super long like 5 minutes now it's about 1 minute with an Orbx region


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If you have high resolution mesh installed, it will increase loading time significantly. The mesh is loaded when the progress bar reaches the 6 percent point. I have FS Global ultimate mesh, and when I was running P3D off of a mechanical HD, the pause at 6 percent was about 2 minutes. Since switching to a Samsung SDD, that time has reduced to about 25 seconds.


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For kicks, I timed mine as I read this thread.  I have what I would call an average, "middle-of-the-road" system by today's stamdards. Intel 2500K at 4.5Ghz, 32GB RAM, GeForce 780 6GB, SSD for P3D and 7200's for scenery.  I load GB's of photoreal with maxed out autogen. 

 

It took me 1 minute 16 seconds from pressing the P3D icon (bypassing the setup screen).  I'm used to that amount of time so I refill my "cuppa Joe" or check on something else when booting up.


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P3D on a 550 rate SSD around 25 seconds for me


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Wow. Seems like i need a SSD. It takes 5 minutes first time on my HDD.

 

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Wonderful bits of info people - thanks again.

 

Let me get more specific now. What more enhances performance in the following two scenarios:

 

1 - OS AND P3D on SSD

 

or

 

2 - OS on HDD and P3D on SSD

 

In other words, will P3D alone on an SSD be worthwhile?


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Not a super computer, but average

 

i5 - 4670K running at 4.0Ghz, 8gb ram, MSI GTX 780 Factory OC

 

OS on HDD

Pr3D, ORBX scenery, & planes on SSD

Orbx SCA-Loading KTOA

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Loading time = 1 min 16 seconds


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OS on HDD
Pr3D, ORBX scenery, & planes on SSD

 

Just what I needed to know. Thanks Jeff!


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OS on its own SSD and P3d on its own SSD is the way to go


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OS on its own SSD and P3d on its own SSD is the way to go

 

David,

 

I agree with you. By the way, what are your computer specs?


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Depends on the flight. I if i want to fly online I have a modified simobjects.cfg with all AI traffic package enable.

If i want to fly offline I use a .cfg with just UT2. That is a 2min. difference. All drives are SSD.

The loading times depends on how many simobjects someone has.

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Yes, SSDs make all the difference.

 

KSEA (with FTX ORBX Global active) loads in about 60 secs

KVPS loads in about 25 secs

 

Loading time will always be data volume dependent / Sim's settings.

 

First load is usually a tad slower than subsequent loads of the same scenario.

 

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I'm just using logic here but I think the OS and P3D should be on the same drive. Why?

 

P3D accesses many files that reside in your C: Users folder and other hidden folders associated with the OS. Why not have them on the same drive?

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I'm just using logic here but I think the OS and P3D should be on the same drive. Why?

 

P3D accesses many files that reside in your C: Users folder and other hidden folders associated with the OS. Why not have them on the same drive?

 

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