SSD in a gaming rig

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My gaming rig is complete and I'm only waiting on parts to arrive.
I will use my old and faithfull WD caviar blue 500GB HDD.
I've seen a couple ssd in action in laptops and i can see their advantages:
Lower power consumption,
Higher resistance to shocks,
Lower noise,
Faster boot time.

What I'm wondering is, as far as gaming goes, how much do they make a difference?
I know they do not boost the main quantifiable variable to evaluate performance in a game (fps), but how much do they impact the experience in recent games?

I'd like to hear some feedbacks before jumping on the crucial deal or getting a c300 from newegg.
 
SSD's generally make very little difference when it comes to gaming, from what I've seen at least.
 
Yes, I am. If you're worried about load times, then I don't see why this wouldn't help. Generally when people speak of gaming performance they're referring to framerate, hence why I was talking about it.
 
framerate=zero difference
load times=godsend

but really how many times do you load? when you start a game? then when you level change?

playing a mmo, yeah it'd make a ton of difference, playing a mmo back then (before ssd, but using raid0) i was always the first to zone in. You can tell this if your raid consists of 24 ppl, i'd zone in first and wait at least 5 seconds for the next person (usually my fiance, she didn't want raid0) and upwards of 30s for the slowest zoner.

but that's a mmo, really the only performance you'd see, but playing a game solo or mmo solo, you'd load heck a lot faster.
 
todlerix said:
are you sure this is true? Can't the hard drive's ability to load/stream a game cause frame rate issues, pauses, hickups?
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it can, but in most games a mechanical drive can more than handle what is being loaded from the hard drive (not much) and I believe the RAM handles the majority of reads in a game.
 
ryken said:
it can, but in most games a mechanical drive can more than handle what is being loaded from the hard drive (not much) and I believe the RAM handles the majority of reads in a game.
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has to get to the ram from the hard drive though

so if anything it'd increase your minimum and therefor average frame rate
 
An SSD is going to make absolutely ZERO difference in game performance. You're not going to get more FPS in any way, shape, or form.

The difference it WILL make is in loading times. You can pretty much say bye bye to long load times as most games will load almost instantly. Although these days so many games have intro screens that you can't skip through it's annoying as hell and makes fast loading times a moot point.
 
Yes, a SSD will reduce those hiccups in games such as the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series, where data is constantly streaming form your drive. Another game I have noticed a large difference in is Gothic 3, especially in loading/saving times. An SSD is useful in almost any application, as long as the rest of the rig is up to par so that the money is not best spent elsewhere.
 
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