How much will an SSD help Anthem's load times compared to a hard drive?

If you're wondering what's better, an SSD or HDD for PC gaming in 2023, we've covered everything you need to know here.

Prey’s initial load took between 53 seconds and 1minute 13 seconds through a hard drive, and 37 seconds when shifted to an SSD. Loading a save game dropped from 15-19 seconds to six seconds.

Do note, to get the most out of PS4 titles on PS5, the games have to be installed on the PS5’s SSD. You can still play PS4 games off an external HDD, but you won’t get the load time benefits.

Games load faster if they are installed on an SSD rather than an HDD and there will be significant differences in terms of performance between them. Related read: How to move Steam Games to ...

A new video has surfaced, which shows comparison between SSD and HDD load times for Bethesda’s latest title, Fallout 4.

Anthem has had some problems with loading times on HDDs, and even if these issues are optimized, you'll still want to play it on an SSD for the best performance on PC.

M.2 nvme vs ssd vs hdd Win10 / Game Loading Times Games: Metro Exodus - 00:35 Watch Dogs 2 - 01:24 Far Cry New Dawn - 02:02 Kingdom Come Deliverance - 02:31 Shadow of the Tomb Raider - 03:00 ...

Digital Foundry found that high-quality SATA SSDs load games just as fast or faster than the PS5's internal storage.

Our choices for the best NVMe M.2 SSDs give you blisteringly fast load times.

ssd M.2 NVMe PCIe 5.0 (AORUS 10000) vs hdd (WD Blue) Game Loading Times System: Windows 11 Core i9-13900K asus rog Strix Z790-E Gaming cpu Cooler - be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 GeForce rtx 4090 24GB ...

The SSD is a Samsung EVO 250, and the HDD is a Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB. You can also check out our comparison of Fallout 4 running on a GTX 570 compared to a GTX 970 here.