Difference between SSD and memory card

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Ericisspicy

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What is the difference between these two? In terms for gaming. Sorry noob question, I'm just beginning to get into PC gaming.
 
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When you play a game it uses both.

When you're in-game you're going to be heavily using your RAM, as the data is dynamically being accessed and changed.

When the game is finished if you have a local save file that will live on the SSD.

Example:

If you're playing Doom, the save file and all game configuration information is living on the SSD. As soon as you RUN Doom and begin playing the SSD information is loaded into the RAM. While you're playing the game quite a lot of the game is living on the RAM, as it is being dynamically interacted with. When you save your game and quit the changes are permanently written to the SSD and the RAM isn't being used for the game any longer.
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This article does a great job at explaining the differences in easily understood terms:

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/whats-diff-ram-vs-storage/

Essentially RAM (random access memory) is the temporary storage where dynamic tasks are performed with the data. The SSD (disk memory) is where data is actually saved after the changes take place.
 
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When you play a game it uses both.

When you're in-game you're going to be heavily using your RAM, as the data is dynamically being accessed and changed.

When the game is finished if you have a local save file that will live on the SSD.

Example:

If you're playing Doom, the save file and all game configuration information is living on the SSD. As soon as you RUN Doom and begin playing the SSD information is loaded into the RAM. While you're playing the game quite a lot of the game is living on the RAM, as it is being dynamically interacted with. When you save your game and quit the changes are permanently written to the SSD and the RAM isn't being used for the game any longer.
 
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My apologies if this is being didactic, but RAM and a memory card are two different things. SSD vs. RAM was well explained above. A memory card is more like an SSD, but it's one of those thingies that you plug into a camera to store pictures or a console to save your games or that comes with a game on it to play when you plug it into the console.... I'm a bit incoherent right now.
 
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