Moving over to SSD or not?

[buspelle 152]

Hi, just wonder, I have MSFS installed on my "normal" harddrive today... Its ok, but will I gain better preformance, and better fps/smoother "simming" and less stutter if I reinstall MSFS into my DDS drive?

Love

Buspelle

[ricka47 611]

If you have the room, I'd do that. You probably won't see a major change in performance but there will be some improvement. I have mine on an M.2 drive with an RTX3800 and a 5900X and do not see stutters on Ultra settings.

Edited July 4, 2021 by ricka47

[Tierborn 188]

15 minutes ago, buspelle said:

Hi, just wonder, I have MSFS installed on my "normal" harddrive today... Its ok, but will I gain better preformance, and better fps/smoother "simming" and less stutter if I reinstall MSFS into my DDS drive?

Love

Buspelle

Games that are installed on your SSD will load quicker than they will if they were installed on your HDD.  So yes, you should install MSFS20 onto your SSD.

SSD vs HDD Tested: What’s the Difference and Which Is Better? | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com)

[Bobsk8 12,754]

Faster loading of everything would be the result. 

[vadriver 248]

51 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Faster loading of everything would be the result.

but only if on the same drive as the OS (ie both on the SSD) .... ???

[highflyer2020 607]

Not sure why anyone is still on normal HDD these days for gaming....SSD all the way. Load times are quicker and it'll be a lot smoother as less time spent waiting for the I/O to fetch stuff from disk since it's A LOT quicker.

 

[leprechaunlive 1,859]

19 minutes ago, vadriver said:

but only if on the same drive as the OS (ie both on the SSD) .... ???

nope

[W2DR 1,860]

As above, load times will be quicker but there probably won't be any noticeable difference in performance. That said, if you do decide to go with the SSD it doesn't matter whether or not the OS is on the same drive. Because of the elimination of the latency caused by the mechanical movement of the HDD drive's head he old advice to put the OS on a separate drive doesn't apply to SSDs..

[buspelle 152]

Thanks for Your kind and helpfull answers! I will uninstall MSFS from its present place, and reinstall it on my SSD... Hopefully I have the space I need...

Love

Buspelle

 

[kaosfere 3,115]

4 minutes ago, buspelle said:

Hopefully I have the space I need

If not, SSDs of moderate size have become very cheap these days.   You can get a fairly well regarded model of 512GB NVMe drive, which will hold plenty of data, for under $100.  Or a similar one if you need to go with SATA.  

(I've not used that first one, but I've owned several versions of the latter over the years.)

[Bobsk8 12,754]

8 minutes ago, buspelle said:

Thanks for Your kind and helpfull answers! I will uninstall MSFS from its present place, and reinstall it on my SSD... Hopefully I have the space I need...

Love

Buspelle

 

Good idea to leave some headroom. How big is your SSD?

 

[Gazzareth 808]

I'd certainly want to run MSFS & Windows from SSD, although (personally) I would only put both on the same drive if it was 1TB+ - guess that largely depends on your attitude to add-ons (including World Updates)...

 

G

[regis9 4,022]

SSDs are fabulous for your OS drive (way faster boot) and any data intensive programs like MSFS.  Load times will be a big improvement I’m sure.  I was using P3D when I made the change and the load time reductions were dramatic.

[buspelle 152]

4 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

Good idea to leave some headroom. How big is your SSD?

 

237 GB, but  there is other things in there that take some space, so I hope it will be enough...😀

[Todd2 2,112]

4 hours ago, buspelle said:

Thanks for Your kind and helpfull answers! I will uninstall MSFS from its present place, and reinstall it on my SSD... Hopefully I have the space I need...

Love

Buspelle

 

I had to move MSFS off of my SSD because I ran out of space.