Need advice decreasing load times with my pc. Buying an SSD possibly.

[sainjori 4]

Hello.

I hope this is the right forum section for this question.

Anyway I am thinking about buying an SSD for my pc with i5-2500k intel processor, 560ti gtx, 4gb 1333mhz ram to decrease load times in Dayz and maybe even have a smoother experience.

Can somebody advise me what the effects will be running Dayz on an SSD drive.

Thanks alot.

[random51 172]

The load times aren't caused by your PC if all of the various pieces of the puzzle are installed properly.

The load times are a server<----->hive issue.

I have all of this on SSD. On a good server I can be in the game in less than a minute. On a bad server it could take forever, literally.

Do yourself a favor before buying any hardware. Make sure all of dayz/arma2/battleye is installed properly. Then see how fast you can load up on a server that is at the same arma2 beta rev and that reboots itself every 4-6 hours. I think you'll find that loading is fine.

[sainjori 4]

I want to add my experience to this issue now that i have an ssd installed. I dont regret buying it one bit. load times are decrease and i have absolutely no more stuttering in the game. Not even when i am driving a vehicle.

I dont even use the ramdisk option because i dont feel its nesessary now that i have arma II and dayz installed on the SSD.

I hope this is helpful to people having the same issues.

Not that this alle really matters now. I realized the game is severely broken if you leave the coast. Hacks are rampant and i am going to wait for the standalone.

have a nice day

[extinctsquirrel 24]

From my experience the load times differ as such:

-not many players: within 20 secs in the game

- a lot of players(30+): wait 5-9mins

Ping affects it a little aswell.

Again,

My expetience only

[Heaves 4]

Upgrading to a quality Solid-state drive will always allow games to load much faster, but zoning into the game, as random51 said, is server related.

[lordopeth 274]

I would definately get one.. Read my post below.

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/65507-ssd-dayz-and-you/

[gambla 118]

I run one too. Load times are decreased and data streaming of Arma is improved too. But as it was already said, the connection to a server will not benefit of it. FPS do not rise.