We all know PoE "requires" an SSD

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Riince wrote:

ok but the sequential speed doesn't really matter.

You keep making that claim, but on what basis? PoE has a lot of textures that are larger than 4k. Generally speaking, there will be a lot of both random and sequential disk reads when loading a zone in PoE.

...uh... why?..
Loading times are very short, don't see reason of having PoE on SSD.

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Redwyrm wrote:

...uh... why?..
Loading times are very short, don't see reason of having PoE on SSD.

it's like talking to a wall.. defending shit coding because they love the game so damn much that they are blind..

and for the record none of the triple AAA games I own need SSD to run smoothly.

poe is the only exception it must be a funny coincidence..

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codetaku wrote:

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Riince wrote:

ok but the sequential speed doesn't really matter.

You keep making that claim, but on what basis? PoE has a lot of textures that are larger than 4k. Generally speaking, there will be a lot of both random and sequential disk reads when loading a zone in PoE.

How often do you think a single file is going to be large enough to cause either a sata or nvme ssd to ramp-up to its maximum rated sequential read speed in the sea of iops that is the game load anyway. Just being larger than 4k isn't going to cause that. I'm not sure if any texture will but I'd like to see more in-depth testing done. Evidence has only been anecdotal up to this point, I think it will be faster but not by much in an actually measured test.

Yeah i would not run path of exile on HDD. I remember how long that took, not to mention a hard drive with a few errors on.

I do not think NVME is nessesary, but it feels danm good.
SSD defently is though.

Just here to confirm that reinstalling PoE on my SSD instead of my HDD literally changed the world: almost no loading screen, no freezes or lag... The difference is undeniable.

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Redwyrm wrote:

...uh... why?..
Loading times are very short, don't see reason of having PoE on SSD.

As per the title, SSD should be in the minimum requirements listing.

I run Borderlands 3 on my m2. I'm too lazy to reinstall PoE onto it but my guess would be a 10% - 20% loading time increase (or decrease as the case may be) if you are coming from an SSD. I use OBS to write to the m2 while I play POE.

I also didn't put PoE on it because at one point Windows 10 booted up and just failed to find the m2 (after it was working fine for a a bit). So it's new and sketchy which is why I only use it mainly as a scratch disk (along with Br3 as a trial run). I've rebooted Win numerous times and have not had that problem since but I'm not sure what caused it in the first place so I am still being cautious.

I had to toggle an option in the BIOS for the mobo to recognize the m2 in POST as it was disabled by default (fuck knows why perhaps to save power or something). When Win 10 failed to see it at one point I had to cycle that option 1 more time but like I said it made me scratch my head as to why it randomly failed the one time.

I will probably put PoE2 on the m2 as it will be a good reason to have a clean install at that point.

I prefer ssd+supporter pack. xD

If you really want ideal load times, just install PoE on a RAMdisk, get 32gbs of RAM (surprisingly cheap these days to be honest, it's not a bank breaker) and set aside like 20gbs and install the game on that drive. Try not to let your pc turn off completely, though, or you'll have to reinstall it.

I genuinely wonder how long "allocating space" will take, it'd probably be measurable in milliseconds. Load times for zones will end up being bottlenecked by the server, so it could actually be an interesting test to find out what is the absolute minimum load time you should aim to get near with an SSD.