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TL;DW:

  1. You'll want a PCIe 3.0 NVME drive at minimum for an optimal gaming experience. Anything beyond PCIe 4.0 is excessive and is a poor use of your money.

  2. SATA SSDs are still viable but on the cusp of unplayable.

  3. And lastly no one should game on a HDD/harddrive as the performance is beyond abysmal.

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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I wonder how the PC market compares to the PlayStation 5's speeds.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You can achieve, and beat, PS5 read speeds on PCIe 5.0. No game will really take advantage of it though. They don't even really take advantage of it on the consoles

[–] zhenbo_endle@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think it's a chicken-or-egg dilemma for PC gaming. Game devs don't want to lose the big market of legacy hardwares, so core gamers can't maximize their top notch PC's potentials.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I wonder how the new Ratchet and Clank runs on pcs.

[–] zhenbo_endle@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Good question. I found a comparison video by GamerInVoid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VODSVVkKRD4

According to their video, I think Ratchet and Clank is still playable on a PC with SATA SSD, but the waiting time when jumping between the worlds is definitely longer than NVMe

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

Mostly fine. The loading screens (rifts) just take a bit longer on slower hardware.

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Akin to volume 10 and 11 on an amp. Would you really notice if it only said 10?

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago

Well it's one louder, isn't it? It's not 10.