Does an SSD boost your performance in-game?

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cmangum100

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Hey everybody. Quick question- does an SSD boost your load times/performance when in multiplayer games? I was reading on another forum saying yes, but I have a certain set of circumstances. I play Grand Theft Auto V (more specifically, FiveM) and I get lag only when driving fast in vehicles, or quickly trying to do an action. Really it only happens when it’s trying to load chunks, and I’ve looked at task manager while playing, and saw “Disk” at 100% every time I get the lag, which tells me it is the disk. Here are my specs:

GPU: GTX 970 Turbo OC
CPU: i7 6700K
HDD: Segate (idk the model) 2TB
Ram: 16GB HyperX
Mobo: ASUS z170 Pro Gaming

Now, with those specs, I shouldn’t be getting lag much, right? I’m nearly 100% sure it’s because I need an SSD, but need more opinions.
 
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Darkbreeze
It will not increase your FPS. It will only increase the performance, and thus reduce, your loading times for maps, levels, textures, anything that has to actually "load" from the drive, and ONLY if your game files are actually ON that drive.

If you have an SSD for the OS but your game files are stored on a secondary HDD, you are not going to see any benefit from an SSD.

That being said, EVERYTHING else including the operating system itself is going to benefit from it. These days, it should be practically mandatory that an SSD be used for the OS drive.
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It will not increase your FPS. It will only increase the performance, and thus reduce, your loading times for maps, levels, textures, anything that has to actually "load" from the drive, and ONLY if your game files are actually ON that drive.

If you have an SSD for the OS but your game files are stored on a secondary HDD, you are not going to see any benefit from an SSD.

That being said, EVERYTHING else including the operating system itself is going to benefit from it. These days, it should be practically mandatory that an SSD be used for the OS drive.
 
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