7200rpm vs 120gig SSD

[Owwiee]

<p>Anyone play off a solid state drive?  Was wondering if loading EQ2 on a SSD would boot performance and by how much.</p>

[GussJr]

<p>Yes, yes, and by a lot depending on your cpu and graphics card.</p>

[Vitarga]

<p>I didn't see any real fps change with my upgrade to an ssd, but load times for the game and zoning is much better, and thats worth it to me.</p><p>The overall system performance of an ssd is worth it. Upgrade,  you will not regret it.</p>

[GussJr]

<p><cite>Xakal@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>but load times for the game and zoning is much better.</p></blockquote><p>I forgot to add this bonus of the ssd, too</p>

[deadcrickets2]

<p>The SSD will improve load times and prevent stuttering due to loading of textures as you move about.  Thus more stable frame-rates.  I will caution that the SSD are still fairly new tech and have a fairly high failure rate currently.  If you have the money by all means go for it.</p>

[Owwiee]

<p>Was thinking a smaller one just to load EQ2 too.  Still use my main drive to run the computer from.</p>

[GussJr]

<p><cite>Owwie@Venekor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Was thinking a smaller one just to load EQ2 too.  Still use my main drive to run the computer from.</p></blockquote><p>This is how my set up is done. If you have a Fry's Electronics near you, they usually go for about $140 or so...somewhere around there.</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p>I recently made the change myself.  I picked up two smaller SSDs, one for my OS and another for my installed programs.  It has been working out incredibly well for me.</p>

[Owwiee]

<p>Awesome!  Thank you.</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p>Be sure to update us on your experience when you do make the upgrade!</p>

[Owwiee]

<p>Will do....  Been 4+ years since my game rig got an overhaul.  Although it runs fine I think i'm gonna hand it down to my daughter who also plays EQ2 and build me a new rig.  Daddy needs a new PC!!</p>

[Amanathia]

<p><cite>Owwie@Venekor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Anyone play off a solid state drive?  Was wondering if loading EQ2 on a SSD would boot performance and by how much.</p></blockquote><p>Yep all my boxes have ssds.</p><p>Yes, it boosts performance of loading and zoning and whatnot (if zoning isn't being slow due to server issues).</p><p>SSD is the biggest "day to day normal operation" performance boost you can possibly imagine at the moment.  I'd rather have a phenom2 dual core and gtx460 with an ssd than a SB 2600k with a gtx580 and an hdd.  SSD is absolutely huge.  Beg, borrow, steal, or whatever you need to do to get one.  Windows starts in seconds, apps launch sooo much faster (and many apps at once, too).  Get one.</p>

[Amanathia]

<p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I recently made the change myself.  I picked up two smaller SSDs, one for my OS and another for my installed programs.  It has been working out incredibly well for me.</p></blockquote><p>Yep!  My only other advice is avoid drives with jmicron controller.  Other than that, even a previous gen "slower" ssd is going to be a huge difference.  (Not much diff in feel between a 1st gen intel ssd and a brand new sata3 corsair ssd, for example).  My adviec is grab a 120gb one, it's the sweet spot at the moment.  Intel drives are good, reliable.  Look at M4 drives for value and good performance, too.</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p>Thanks for the advice!</p>