SSD and DayZ

[quobble 175]

Hello my fellow survivors!

I just got my SSD from Amazon and it took me a while to install it.

Now that im done I ported some of my Steam games, including DayZ, to my new drive and tested them out.

 

The result in DayZ Standalone was gigantic FPS improvement in major cities. (I always had good FPS in the woods or other minor areas)

 

I am using the: 

Intel Core i5 cpu @2,57 GHz

NVidia GeForce GTX 660

12 gigs of RAM

Windows 7 64bit

 

My drives are:

1.24 TB HDD 

122 GB HDD (OS)

232 GB SSD 

 

Before SSD was installed and DayZ was ported to it:

50+ frames in non city areas

30 with major drops down to 15 - 20

 

After SSD was installed and DayZ was ported to it:

60+ frames in non city areas

50 - 60 frames in major cities.

 

Anyone with the same experience?

 

[DemonGroover 8836]

I have been on servers in the mod that use an SSD and i have noticed big improvements so i would imagine the same for Standalone.

[Lady Kyrah 1110]

An ssd isn't gonna change much when it comes to your framerate, but it should help to speed up the loading/unloading of assets as you travel the game world.

[Mos1ey 6301]

In the mod I noticed that while running the game from my SSD didn't actually increase my FPS I'd say it did feel like the game was running at about 10 FPS higher, because everything was just that much smoother. Plus a lot less texture pop ins etc. so I would definitely recommend running games like ArmA or DayZ from an SSD to anyone that owns one.

 

I'll move DayZ over once we're in to beta and the updates are a bit fewer and further between.

Edited January 11, 2014 by Mos1ey

[quobble 175]

There is for sure a FPS boost, I compared via fraps before and after.

Im going to test out Arma 3 and some other games soon.

 

I maybe will port some non steam games too. Not sure yet since the only games that give me kinda low FPS are all BI games and Minecraft :D

[Brofessional 9]

Any open-world game like DayZ/Arma where the assets are streamed as you play is where SSD's really shine.

[gray-z@hotmail.co.uk 84]

What settings? For that CPU and clock speed this is nothing short of amazing with anything more than absolute minimum settings.

 

I run DayZ off an SSD

3930K @ 4.5GHz (Liquid Cooled)

2 x 7970's (Liquid Cooled)

16GB of 2133 RAM

 

.cfg fix

launch options optimized

 

Before anyone says anything about my E-Peen this is just a comparison........... play with your own  ;)

 

From that I get roughly 25-30fps in the Big towns/cities and 60fps (VSync - Enabled) out in the open on the following settings.

 

Rendering Res - 2192 x 1200 (114%)

Memory - Auto

Textures - Very High

Objects - Very High

Terrain - Normal

Clouds - Normal

Shadows - Low

AA - Normal

Alpha to Coverage - All trees and Grass

Edge Smoothing - FXAA Normal

HDR - Very Low

Ambient Occlusion - Disabled

PP - Normal

 

But I like the pretty so probably won't change them unless there's some trick to settings that I'm unaware of  :huh:. Yes I am aware of the trick AKA - Lower your Settings  :P

 

Regardless, well done sir.  :thumbsup:

Edited January 11, 2014 by G24HAM

[quobble 175]

Rendering Res - 1600 x 900 - 100%

Memory - Auto

Textures - Very High

Objects - Very High

Terrain - High

Clouds - High

Shadows - High

AA - Normal

Alpha to Coverage - All trees and Grass

Edge Smoothing - FXAA Very High

HDR - Low

Ambient Occlusion - Disabled (of course) 

PP - Normal

 

(cfg files edited)

(Steam launch options edited)

Edited January 11, 2014 by =GS=Quobble

[gray-z@hotmail.co.uk 84]

Hmmmm, interesting... Last query

 

What are the values for -

 

sceneComplexity=?;

ShadowzDistance=?;

viewDistance=?;

preferredobjectviewDistance=?;

[wild_man 4442]

soon I getting new pc with SSD :)

 

i never experience more than 30 frames in dayz even if i looking only on debug plains  :|

 

in city is maximum 22 fps but below 20 is normal :(

 

i am so excite after read this to get my pc and enjoy smooth flow high detail maximum beauty no slide show dayz experience :thumbsup:  :D

Edited January 11, 2014 by KoS

[boneboys 7988]

I have just installed a new SSD 256gb 840 pro with a clean W7 and all that goes with it.

Previous HD is 2nd boot option

Everything is running smoother, including DayZ & HoS.

I have not tested fps but I'm certain there is a decent increase.

 

I was lucky, my mate ordered one for Christmas and when the delivery arrived there were 10 in the box (no kidding) so I got one for half price, (AmaZon)  :thumbsup:.

I've asked him for a 2nd at the same price but he's playing hard to get.

 

Samsung Magician is worth installing to optimise performance.

[Andarne (DayZ) 84]

I have just installed a new SSD 256gb 840 pro with a clean W7 and all that goes with it.

Previous HD is 2nd boot option

Everything is running smoother, including DayZ & HoS.

I have not tested fps but I'm certain there is a decent increase.

 

I was lucky, my mate ordered one for Christmas and when the delivery arrived there were 10 in the box (no kidding) so I got one for half price, (AmaZon)  :thumbsup:.

I've asked him for a 2nd at the same price but he's playing hard to get.

 

Samsung Magician is worth installing to optimise performance.

10 SSD's!?

Boneboys, my good friend! Pleeeeeease....

===

Got my eyes on a SanDisk 128GB SSD on Amazon. Just need to get the funds together, now...

[Warheart 17]

I have run DayZ Mod always from ram disk. Still using in SA and it runs little better than on SSD i tested few weeks ago the effects. FPS increace SSD VS RAM is small 2-3fps but it does make the random stutter go off almost completely.

[Space Milk 195]

Hello my fellow survivors!

I just got my SSD from Amazon and it took me a while to install it.

Now that im done I ported some of my Steam games, including DayZ, to my new drive and tested them out.

 

The result in DayZ Standalone was gigantic FPS improvement in major cities. (I always had good FPS in the woods or other minor areas)

 

I am using the: 

Intel Core i5 cpu @2,57 GHz

NVidia GeForce GTX 660

12 gigs of RAM

Windows 7 64bit

 

My drives are:

1.24 TB HDD 

122 GB HDD (OS)

232 GB SSD 

 

Before SSD was installed and DayZ was ported to it:

50+ frames in non city areas

30 with major drops down to 15 - 20

 

After SSD was installed and DayZ was ported to it:

60+ frames in non city areas

50 - 60 frames in major cities.

 

Anyone with the same experience?

 

 

That is just strange?

Maybe there was a patch or more/less players/zombies/loot?

SSD's only affect loading times of games and other software, like your OS.  Starting a game, entering a game and waiting for the map to load, turning on your computer and waiting to get to log screen, etc.

 

Only things that can affect frame rate would be your GPU, CPU, and maybe RAM.

Edited January 12, 2014 by Space Milk

[Space Milk 195]

10 SSD's!?

Boneboys, my good friend! Pleeeeeease....

===

Got my eyes on a SanDisk 128GB SSD on Amazon. Just need to get the funds together, now...

 

Dude, IF you can, try to get something bigger than that, like 180 GB, or 256...

Trust me, I used up all my 128 GB SSD space for OS and games, and now have to install games on HDD.

[vile. 38]

I'm using a 8 GB RAM disk for Dayz which is many times faster than any SSD but the FPS increase was only minor compared to HDD.

In large cities i didn't notice any changes, frame rate took a dive while playing from HDD and still does using RAM disk.

Overall the game feels a lot smoother though.

Edited January 12, 2014 by vile.

[liquidcactus 719]

i hear ppl yamma on all the time about ssd hdd's.. didn't know they actually improved things like what you guys are talking about..

[hombrecz 832]

I got 128GB SSD, but I did not notice any FPS gain whatsoever.

Games load faster, its super difference when playing Battlefield 4, but I would not say I gained any FPS.

 

 

 

I am using the: 

Intel Core i5 cpu @2,57 GHz

NVidia GeForce GTX 660

12 gigs of RAM

Windows 7 64bit

 

After SSD was installed and DayZ was ported to it:

60+ frames in non city areas

50 - 60 frames in major cities.

 

 

Dude you must be some kind of magician.

I've got better PC I'd say (no bragging intended), but In Cherno / Elektro I get around 30 FPS.

 

My specs:

i-7 4770K 3,5 Ghz

8GB ddr3

Radeon HD 7870 2GB

Win7 64bit on 128GB SSD + DayZ SA

 

DayZ SA steam launch parameters:  -noSplash -noPause -world=ChernarusPlus -cpuCount=8 -exThreads=7

edited cfg to have frames ahead to 1.

Edited January 12, 2014 by Hombre

[Mos1ey 6301]

What settings? For that CPU and clock speed this is nothing short of amazing with anything more than absolute minimum settings.

 

I run DayZ off an SSD

3930K @ 4.5GHz (Liquid Cooled)

2 x 7970's (Liquid Cooled)

16GB of 2133 RAM

 

.cfg fix

launch options optimized

 

Before anyone says anything about my E-Peen this is just a comparison........... play with your own  ;)

 

From that I get roughly 25-30fps in the Big towns/cities and 60fps (VSync - Enabled) out in the open on the following settings.

 

Rendering Res - 2192 x 1200 (114%)

Memory - Auto

Textures - Very High

Objects - Very High

Terrain - Normal

Clouds - Normal

Shadows - Low

AA - Normal

Alpha to Coverage - All trees and Grass

Edge Smoothing - FXAA Normal

HDR - Very Low

Ambient Occlusion - Disabled

PP - Normal

 

But I like the pretty so probably won't change them unless there's some trick to settings that I'm unaware of  :huh:. Yes I am aware of the trick AKA - Lower your Settings  :P

 

Regardless, well done sir.  :thumbsup:

 

You seem to have everything a bit backwards. You've got all the pointless things that don't look that nice cranked up and the things that are worth the performance drop turned down.

 

Try maxing everything, dropping object detail to "normal" at the highest and disabling clouds, ambient occlusion and post-process effects.

 

Judging by your specs I'd say that you'd probably get 40-80 FPS depending on where you are on the map. 40 FPS is perfectly playable in RV engine games (and I'm someone that prefers my game running at 100+ FPS) though.

Edited January 12, 2014 by Mos1ey

[Zjasuu 337]

I thought about installing Dayz on my SSD too, but I wasn't sure if it would help, now after reading your post I might even try it out.

 

Specs: i7 860 2.80GHz // GTX 660 Ti // RAM 8 Gt // Win8.1

 

Right now on very low graphics in cities ~60 FPS, on very high in woods ~50-60 FPS but in cities like 5 FPS :/

[mrzee 8]

Yeah I wont be installing DayZ SA onto my SSD, the thought of all the read/writes to the drive...frankly scares me....

[apme123 1]

Yeah I wont be installing DayZ SA onto my SSD, the thought of all the read/writes to the drive...frankly scares me....

Put your paperweight ssd in a glass case unplug it and never use it, what did you buy it for?

[quobble 175]

...why would it be bad for an SSD to be written on???

I thought this is the purpose for a drive.

[Mos1ey 6301]

...why would it be bad for an SSD to be written on???

I thought this is the purpose for a drive.

 

Because they're incredibly instable and rewriting files slowly kills them. They're essentially timebombs, the more you write/delete files on an SSD the faster it will die.

Edited January 12, 2014 by Mos1ey

[quobble 175]

Because they're incredibly instable and rewriting files slowly kills them. They're essentially timebombs, the more you write/delete files on an SSD the faster it will die.

I think thats why it tells me here that if I want to delete bigger amounts of files on my SSD, I should use the safe erase in the "Magician" program