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We tested the impact of SSD speed on gaming performance in 11 titles & we analyzed from SATA to PCIe 5.0 to see whether upgrading to a faster NVMe SSD would have an impact (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] frischkaesbagett@feddit.org 81 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Out of all the games tested, only two showed measurable performance differences between SATA and PCIe SSDs: Forspoken and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.

Across all other titles, PCIe SSDs provided no meaningful performance advantage, and there were no observable differences between PCIe generations. In the vast majority of games tested, a SATA SSD delivers comparable performance.

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My cheap ass can't tell the difference either

[–] cenzorrll@piefed.ca 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I can tell the difference between nvme and sata when booting and loading applications. It's so small that I'm happy to remain a cheap ass. I also went to college in the "turn on your computer, then go make breakfast" days, so I guess in more tolerant of it.

[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The problem is that SATA SSDs, at least in Europe, are rarily meaningfully cheaper than some cost effective PCIe3.0 or PCIe4.0 SSD. Well at least it was like that before the AI inflation.

[–] SteveTech@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, but an SSD you already own is cheaper than buying a new one. So it's interesting to see how much improvement an NVMe SSD would make if someone were to upgrade from a SATA one.

[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That is another question, at the current crazy prices, even for SATA SSDs I would not upgrade in any case unless I realky need additional capacity.