FS2020 on SSD or Hard Drive

[blazinga350 0]

If I install FS2020 on a hard drive, will it impact the fps compared to a SSD? I plan to install a lot of scenery addons.

[Bobsk8 12,814]

No, but it will take a long time to load, You can put the scenery add ons on a hard drive. 

[Ixoye 1,828]

I don't think it will affect your fps if you have enough of ram and fast internet, but loading times will be painfully long.

Edited March 31, 2021 by Ixoye

[omarsmak30 4,068]

You can put it will be slow to initial load. But however, I would definitely at least put the rolling cache in a SSD or even better in NVM SSD 

[Bert Pieke 7,585]

44 minutes ago, blazinga350 said:

If I install FS2020 on a hard drive, will it impact the fps compared to a SSD? I plan to install a lot of scenery addons.

A 500 GB SSD is not expensive these days.. worth the money..

[cianpars 1,171]

1 hour ago, Bert Pieke said:

A 500 GB SSD is not expensive these days.. worth the money..

You will quickly fill up 500 GB if you download a lot of photo scenery like I do Bert. I bought a 1 TB M.2 SSD and am beginning to wonder if it is big enough for the longer term.

Edited March 31, 2021 by cianpars

[Virtual-Chris 682]

What's a Hard Drive? 🙂

[Republic3D 1,232]

Definately go for an SSD. An NVMe M.2 if you can.

 

[ryanbatc 12,937]

18 minutes ago, Republic3D said:

Definately go for an SSD. An NVMe M.2 if you can.

 

Agreed!  I've got a 1TB SSD sata III and with lots of Community addons it's easily 7 minutes from double click to flying.  I usually just browse the net or plan something while loading.

[Republic3D 1,232]

1 hour ago, ryanbatcund said:

Agreed!  I've got a 1TB SSD sata III and with lots of Community addons it's easily 7 minutes from double click to flying.  I usually just browse the net or plan something while loading.

I have the same experience. I have MSFS including the Community folder installed on an NVMe M.2. I do notice increased loading times when using large addons (more than 1 GB), but usually it loads fairly quickly. The NVMe is about 3400/2500 MB/s read/write. On a regular SSD it would likely be 5 times slower, and on a HDD I wouldn't even dare guess. 

[blazinga350 0]

5 hours ago, Bert Pieke said:

A 500 GB SSD is not expensive these days.. worth the money..

does it matter if it is a sata ssd vs nvme?

[blazinga350 0]

would using a hard drive lower fps by 1-2?

[blazinga350 0]

i dont care about load times. im just worried that a hard drive will stutter more and reduce fps. is that true that it will stutter more and reduce fps?

[Bert Pieke 7,585]

Stutter yes, fps no.

[blazinga350 0]

Just now, Bert Pieke said:

Stutter yes, fps no.

If i have 32 gb ram, will it still stutter?