OS on SSD vs HDD for games

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JustCLM15

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Hi,
I was looking for some gaming benchmarks, but not those that games are on SSD or HDD.
Can someone link me a bencmark where they tested this:
Windows on SSD vs HDD in gaming
To see the fps difference if the Operating System is on SSD vs HDD while playing games/ benchmarks.
I only found tests where the game was on SSD or HDD, and other where they just tested the boot time of an OS.
Thanks
 
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Put the OS on the SSD.
Why? Because the system does many more things than just run a game. All those things will also be fast.

The OS living on the SSD will not affect the FPS of the game. The game living on the SSD may or may not benefit overall gameplay.
It probably won't affect raw FPS, but will affect level loading times.

And do...
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I'm trying to think why this would matter. I don't think the game will be loading Windows files mid gameplay, so I don't think there would be any affect on FPS in a game if Windows were on the SSD.
 
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Put the OS on the SSD.
Why? Because the system does many more things than just run a game. All those things will also be fast.

The OS living on the SSD will not affect the FPS of the game. The game living on the SSD may or may not benefit overall gameplay.
It probably won't affect raw FPS, but will affect level loading times.

And do NOT concentrate on 'boot time' as the only indicator of SSD or Not SSD. It is far more than that.
 
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The only game I'm aware about an SSD helping performance rather than load times is in GTA5. This game likes to eat memory from system to Vram and if don't have enough of either will start to use the pagefile where an SSD does help. Vram on a graphics card today is commonly used as temporary storage space but depending how good the developer is to utilize this space (GTA5 not really efficient but that's open world for you i guess) often dumps to system memory to swap/make room for new vram data then onto hdd if not enough system memory.

Thats the only area in game play fluency an SSD may come into affect if you don't have enough system memory to accommodate a poorly optimised game. Quick loading games/programs is pretty much an SSD you'll come to expect.
 
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