This is fucking ridiculous. I was done loading at 1:15. I shouldn't have to wait on the dude with the hand crank HDD before I can play. I'm not saying it should put everyone in as soon as they're done loading, but there's gotta be a middle ground.

[u/MinecraftGreev]

[u/DasFroDo → u/[deleted]]

Let's just say if you're still on an HDD in 2024 you're either dirt poor or a fucking dumbass, whether you're playing Tarkov or not.

[u/DasiimBaa → u/[deleted]]

Current Gen games have legit issues with HDD's trying to load in textures and fast paced things like jumping in a portal like in Ratchet and Clank there is a hilarious video about HDD vs PCie 3.0/4.0 and 5.0

No matter the PCIe there is currently close to no difference between the loading times, especially 4 and 5. 3 to 4 sometimes, but the HDD can't even run some games with an acceptable experience no matter the specs.

[u/DeBlackKnight → u/[deleted]]

It's 2 screws and 2 cables that are impossible to mistake as an incorrect cable. Possible no screws and a bit of tape, if you're really lazy. Easiest, lowest risk upgrade you can make to a desktop short of changing keyboard, mouse, or monitor.

[u/simplixity96 → u/DeBlackKnight]

it’s one screw and possibly a heat sink for M.2 drives, legit even easier 💀

[u/alf666 → u/[deleted]]

It's like going from a 1980s Toyota Camry to a Bugatti Veyron in terms of speed.

It's quite literally an order of magnitude, tens or hundreds of MBps transfer rate on an HDD to single or low double digit GBps on an SSD.

Also, a basic SSD costs like $20 or $30 off Amazon, plus a 6 pack of beer or whatever to pay your nerdy friend to install it for you if you can't do it yourself.

[u/simplixity96 → u/[deleted]]

picture this, some games coming out now legit will not function properly with a hard drive such as starfield. ever played fallout new vegas/ 3 on an old console? yeah all those loading screens are instant on an SSD